Biology: Life on Earth
Biology: Life on Earth
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780321729712
Author: Gerald Audesirk, Teresa Audesirk, Bruce E. Byers
Publisher: Benjamin Cummings
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Chapter 2, Problem 2AC
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The meaning of the following sentence: “It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity.” The disadvantage to the sweating if it had lower heat of vaporization.

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Sweating undergoes evaporation that is the reason for the cooling of the body. Sweating occurs easily in the regions with the dry heat, whereas the areas with the humidity sweating do not occur easily due the presence of moisture in the air.

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