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Grade 128 grade science

It is difficult to burn a heap of green leaves but dry leaves catch fire easily. Explain.

Profile image of Pawan Prajapati
5 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Harshit Singh
5 Years ago
Dear Student

The green leaves contain some water due to which the ignition temperature of leaves increases and they do not catch fire easily while dry leaves have no water, so they catch fire easily.

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