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Why does spraying kerosene oil on stagnant water reduce the breeding of mosquitoes?
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- 1It significantly increases the temperature of water
- 2It chemically contaminates the water making it toxic for mosquitoes
- 3It decreases the surface tension of water, interrupting the breathing of larvae✓
- 4Kerosene acts as a direct chemical poison for adult mosquitoes
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It decreases the surface tension of water, interrupting the breathing of larvae
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