Question

Many organism dispose of excess body heat by evaporative cooling. What property of water is responsible for this adaptation? Explain your answer

Answer 1

sweating, the body sweats when the temperature is too hot so it can go back to the average temperature

Answer 2

Many organisms dispose of excess body heat by evaporative cooling. The property of water termed as high specific heat is responsible for this adaptation.

Explanation:

Evaporating cooling refers to the phenomenon in which when water is heated it leads to evaporation due to which the heat present in the body gets removed.

Specific heat is the amount of heat required or lost to convert 1 g to 1 degree Celsius. This is one of the most important property of the water and this property of water is responsible for evaporative cooling mechanism.