At Body Temperature 2,404 Joules of Energy Are Required to Evaporate

question 49

Short Answer

At body temperature 2,404 joules of energy are required to evaporate 1.00 g of water.After vigorous exercise, a person feels chilly because the body is giving up heat to evaporate the perspiration.A typical person perspires 25 mL of water after 20.minutes of exercise.How much body heat is this person using to evaporate this water?

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Definitions:

Lumping Species

In taxonomy, the practice of grouping together organisms that are very similar but considered distinct species, emphasizing similarities over differences.

Tertiary Scavengers

Organisms that feed on dead animals after primary and secondary scavengers have done so, often contributing to the final stage of decomposition.

Scavenged Food

Food obtained by finding and consuming leftovers or waste, rather than through hunting, farming, or purchasing.

Denisovans

A recently discovered archaic human group inhabiting parts of Asia identified by fossils (dated to 30-50 kya) and its genome sequence, which shows interbreeding among ancestral groups.