Question

When we burn a cotton yarn, it smells like
burning paper, but when we burn a silk yarn,
it smells like charred meat. Explain what
could be the reason for the same.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation: Burning cotton or cotton clothes smells like a burning paper. Cotton is a plant product and paper is also made from plants. So when cotton is burnt, it smells like burning paper. Silk is made from silkworms, si it smells like charred meat or burnt hair

Answer 2

Explanation:

Cotton is a plant product and paper is also made from the plants.So, when cotton is burnt, it smells like burning paper.

Whereas silk fabric come from silkworm.silkworm is an animal. Animal smells meat. So, when silk yarn is burnt, it smells like charred meat.