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Lab: Blood Typing — Unit test

Question 1 • Biology - SC3209 IC

In which of the following scenarios does skin help to maintain body temperature?

Answer
A
When jumping into cold water, one’s skin releases body heat into the water.
B
While walking during a hot summer day, sweat on the skin evaporates and cools the body.
C
After accidentally touching a hot cookie sheet, a blister forms on one’s finger where all the heat entered the body.
D
After a long run, an Olympic athlete stretches out her arms and legs.

Explanation

When sweat evaporates from the skin, it carries heat away from the body and helps cool it down. So the hot-day scenario shows skin helping maintain body temperature. Releasing heat into cold water, as in A, also transfers heat, but the question’s clearest temperature-regulating mechanism is sweating and evaporation.

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