2 Washing day

(a) Some children have washed a jumper.

Why does the jumper feel heavier after it is washed?

2a

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(b) The children want to find out how long the jumper takes to dry.
They hang the jumper up to dry.

Name the process that completely dries the jumper.

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(c) The children weigh the jumper every hour.
They make a graph of their results.

1000
900
800
700
Mass of
600
drying
jumper 500
(grams) 400
300
200
100
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Time (hours)

How many hours did the jumper take to dry?

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(d) The children repeat their test the next day. They wash and dry the
same jumper in the same way. The jumper dries more quickly.

Give ONE possible reason why the jumper dries more quickly
when they repeat their test.

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