When a substance (except water) is heated, its density

increases

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decreases

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remains same

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none of these

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Solution

The correct option is B decreases
When a substance is heated its volume increases and its density decreases. This happens because the mass of a substance remains same, but its volume increases.
The increase in volume of substance with increasing temperature is called expansion.

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