Q&A/Class 9/Chemistry

Why do people perspire a lot on a hot humid day?

Class 9CBSEChemistryChapter: Matter in Our Surroundings
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On a hot, humid day, due to the heat our body starts sweating for the cooling mechanism i.e., by evaporation and gets cooling effect. But the air cannot hold any more water on a humid day and therefore the sweat or perspiration is seen.

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