Horses sweat heavily during high-intensity activities.This physiological response takes advantage of which property of water?

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The ability of water to absorb and release large amounts of heat without a significant change in temperature (high heat capacity) helps regulate the horse's body temperature during exercise, but sweating itself takes advantage of water's high heat of vaporization. Sweat evaporates from the horse's skin, removing heat from the body and cooling the horse. Water has a high heat of vaporization (the amount of heat required to change a unit of liquid into a gas), which means that it takes a lot of energy to evaporate water, allowing it to remove heat efficiently from the horse's body.

Horses Sweat Heavily During High-Intensity Activities