Account for the following:
$(a)$ When sugar crystals dissolve in water,the level of water does not rise appreciably.
$(b)$ Doctors advise to put strips of wet cloth on the forehead of a person having high fever.
$(c)$ Naphthalene balls disappear with time without leaving any solid residue.
$(d)$ $A$ wooden table should be called a solid.
$(e)$ Dogs generally hang out their tongue in summer.

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(N/A) Particles of sugar crystals occupy the empty spaces between the particles of water,hence the volume does not increase significantly.
$(b)$ The water in the wet cloth absorbs excess heat from the body due to the high latent heat of vaporisation,which helps in lowering the body temperature.
$(c)$ Naphthalene balls undergo sublimation,where they directly convert from a solid state to a gaseous state without leaving any residue.
$(d)$ $A$ wooden table has a fixed shape,a fixed volume,and is rigid and incompressible,which are the characteristic properties of a solid.
$(e)$ Dogs hang out their tongues to increase the surface area for the evaporation of saliva,which causes a cooling effect on their body.

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