A gas jar was inverted over burning yellow phosphorus floating over water in a beaker. After burning, the water level was found to rise in the gas jar. The water level rises because
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A.
pressure inside the gas jar is greater than pressure outside it -
B.
the air in the gas jar had been used up by burning -
C.
oxygen in the gas jar had been used up by burning -
D.
nitrogen in the gas jar had been used up by burning -
E.
the temperature in the jar had risen considerably