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Sweat

Key Stage 3

Meaning

Sweat is a liquid made by the skin used to cool the body temperature.

Key Stage 4

Meaning

Sweat is a liquid made by the skin used to cool the body temperature.

About Sweat

When sweat is made by the sweat glands the sweat evaporates from the skin which causes the skin to cool down.
Human sweat when their body temperature gets too high.
Sweat contains chemicals which are harmful to bacteria. This reduces the chance of infection.

References

AQA

Sweat, pages 72, 75, GCSE Biology; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA

OCR

Sweat, pages 117, 124, Gateway GCSE Biology, Oxford, OCR