True or False: Participants can dissipate heat by sweating while exercising in water.

Sweating is a natural mechanism that helps regulate body temperature, primarily effective in air environments. In water, especially when fully submerged, the body dissipates heat more through convection, conduction, or radiation, rather than relying on sweat evaporation. While participants may sweat in water, the cooling effect is minimal because the surrounding water provides a constant temperature that prevents efficient evaporation of sweat from the skin. Therefore, the assertion that participants can effectively dissipate heat by sweating while exercising in water is false. The body's heat regulation shifts primarily to other mechanisms due to the influence of water temperature, hindering the effectiveness of sweating as a cooling method.