Question
Paheli kept an empty bottle made of plastic inside a refrigerator. After few hours, when she opened the refrigerator she found the bottle had collapsed. Explain the possible reason.
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Answer
On cooling the air, contraction of air takes place. So, the air inside the bottle contracts due to the low temperature. Hence, the bottle collapses due to the outside pressure.
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