Question 17

Which of the following best explains a person suffers more severe burns when his skin is exposed to steam than when boiling water is poured onto his skin?

  • A.steam is at a higher temperature than boiling water
  • B.steam posses greater heat energy per unit-mass than boiling water
  • C.steam spreads more easily over a wider area of the skin than boiling water
  • D.steam panetrates more easily over a wider area of the skin than boiling water
  • E.the specific latent heat of vaporization is released in changing from boiling water to steam
Objective

Question details

Exam body
WAEC
Subject
Physics
Year
1988
Question no.
#17
Type
Objective

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