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Exam questionKROK 1Medicine · 2013

Thermometry revealed that the temperature of the exposed skin is by 11,5° 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:

Answer options

  1. Convection
  2. -
  3. Conduction
  4. Evaporation
  5. Radiation
Correct answer

Convection

Explanation

Convection is heat loss through fluids, the parts covered with fabrics will keep the moisture in thereby preventing heat loss.

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