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Assertion : Animals curl into a ball, when they feel very cold.
Reason : Animals by curling their body reduces the surface area.

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If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.

B

If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.

C

If assertion is true but reason is false.

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If the assertion and reason both are false.

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When the animals feel cold, they curl their bodies into a ball to decrease the surface area of their bodies. As total energy radiated by body varies directly as the surface area of the body, the loss of heat due to radiation would be reduced.
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