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Because the air (gas) has a low density, it travels upwards.

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You can smell the dinner cooking from upstairs because scent molecules are carried through the air and can travel easily through the house, especially if there is good air circulation or ventilation. The steam and vapors from the cooking also contribute to spreading the smell around the house.

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If a bottle of ammonia is spilled in the basement and it's molecules spread to areas where the molecules are less concentrated so that you begin to smell it upstairs what has happened?

The ammonia molecules have diffused from an area of high concentration (the spill in the basement) to an area of low concentration (upstairs), allowing you to smell it. This movement of molecules from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration is known as diffusion.


Why can you smell food that is cooking in the kitchen when you are in a different part of the house?

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Which process explains why you can tell that your neighbor is coocking?

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you can smell it


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What was popular in Europe of cooking?

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When cooking or cooked, they smell like sewage.


Why do your turkey giblets smell bad cooking them?

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