Key term for Edexcel GCSE Biology, used in Homeostasis.
The reduction in temperature that occurs when liquid sweat turns into a gas, requiring and removing latent thermal energy from the skin.
Evaporative cooling appears in Edexcel GCSE Biology revision content for Animal Coordination, Control and Homeostasis, especially Homeostasis and Skin and Thermoregulation.
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