Woollen clothes are used in winter season because woollen clothes

Question

Woollen clothes are used in winter season because woollen clothes (A) are good sources for producing heat (B) absorb heat from surroundings (C) are bad conductors of heat (D) provide heat to body continuously

Tardigrade Admin · Accepted Answer

Static air trapped in the wool fibres is a bad conductor of heat. Thus woollen clothes do not allow the body heat to escape, so indirectly warm you up.

Q. Woollen clothes are used in winter season because woollen clothes

are good sources for producing heat

absorb heat from surroundings

are bad conductors of heat

provide heat to body continuously

Static air trapped in the wool fibres is a bad conductor of heat. Thus woollen clothes do not allow the body heat to escape, so indirectly warm you up.