KROK 1 2008 – Question 60 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
A human body cools in water much faster that in the air. What way of heat emission in water is much more efficient?
- A. Heat conduction
- B. Sweat evaporation
- C. Heat radiation
- D. Convection
- E. -
Hint
Think about how water differs from air as a surrounding medium (heat capacity, thermal conductivity), and which of the listed routes of heat loss depends directly on those properties.
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