Which phenomena among the following best explains why clothes take longer to dry and sweat from our body does not evaporate easily.

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  1. Presence of gases in air
  2. Air pressure
  3. Humidity
  4. Seasonal Winds

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Option 3 : Humidity
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The correct answer is Humidity.

  • Humidity is the concentration of water vapor present in the air.
  • Water vapor, the gaseous state of water, is generally invisible to the human eye.

Important Points

  1. Humidity indicates the likelihood for precipitation, dew, or fog to be present.
  2. Wet clothes take a longer time to dry on a humid day because the air has a lot of water vapor.
  3.  So it can't accommodate the water vapor created by the wet clothes. So, the water remains, in the clothes for a longer time.

Hence, Due to the humidity clothes take longer to dry and sweat from our body does not evaporate easily.

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