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Question 119

Spot the false statement about sweating and cooling in the senses-and-skin topic.

  1. Evaporation can remove heat from skin
  2. Evaporation adds heat to the bodyCorrect answer
  3. Sweat must evaporate for evaporative cooling
  4. Sweating can support temperature regulation

Explanation

Cooling occurs when sweat evaporates and takes heat away from the skin. Simply producing liquid without evaporation does not explain the heat transfer, and evaporation removes rather than adds heat to the body.

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