Question

Rahul’s mother was going to make pickle. For this she cut the vegetables into small pieces and put them in the sun for few hours. Rahul was observing all her activities very curiously and asked his mother if why she had put the salted vegetables in the sun. among the following what might be the most appropriate answer for his question?

Answer 1

Answer:

Muskan'a mother cut the vegetables into small pieces and put them into the sun (to get sunlight) for few hours so that they lose water by diffusion and evaporation and become dry. <br> (ii) She mixed common salt to the cut vegetables so that the cells of cut vegetables lose further water by exosmosis. Heating was done to evaporate the water. This is done to check the growth of microorgnisms such as bacteria and fungi on the vegetables. <br> (ii) Acetic acid is used as preservative, it kills the microorgarisms.

Answer 2

Answer:So that the vegetables may lose all the water by diffusion and evaporation and become dry.

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