KROK 1 2013 – Question 73 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
Thermometry revealed that the temperature of the exposed skin is by 1–1.5 °C lower than the temperature of the adjacent areas covered with clothing from natural fabrics. The reason for this is that the clothes reduce the heat loss through:
- A. Conduction
- B. Evaporation
- C. Convection
- D. Radiation
- E. -
Hint
Think about how natural fabric alters the air layer next to the skin and which physical route of heat loss that layer governs.
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