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Question
Give suitable explanation for the following:
Perspiration and transpiration help to cool the body temperature of the organism.
Solution
In both perspiration and transpiration, water is lost by evaporation from the body of the organism as water vapour. This evaporation reduces the temperature of the body surface and brings about cooling in the body of the organism.
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