Consider the following statements and identify the correct answer.
STATEMENT(I): Convection is a mode of heat transfer by actual motion of matter. It is possible only in fluids.
STATEMENT (II): We wear white or light-colored clothes in summer so that they absorb the least heat from the sun. However, during winter, we wear dark colored clothes which absorb heat from the sun and keep our body warm.

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Both Statement I and Statement II are true

Both Statement I is false, but Statement II is true

Both Statement I is true, but Statement II is false

Both Statement I and Statement II are false

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

In conduction, the molecules which are heated up become lighter and start moving upward and comparatively colder molecules come down and therefore a convection current develops which is possible only in the fluids.

White color absorbs the least and black color absorbs all wavelengths. That is the reason we wear light or white color in summer and dark color in winter.

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