Chemistry
Give reason:
A frying pan is made up of steel but its handle is made up of wood.
Answer
A frying pan is made up of steel but its handle is made up of wood or plastic. This is because steel is a good conductor of heat and it allows heat to pass to the food kept in the pan for cooking while wood and plastic being bad-conductors or insulators do not get too hot to burn our hand.
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(b) A form of carbon used as a gem.
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(d) Two substances used to make jewellery.
(e) A substance used as an insulator.
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