It is estimated that you lose heat to cold water four times faster than to cold air. Your body is mostly water. What if your body had much less water in it, and the rest of it consisted of substances that heated and cooled as easily as metal. Would a cold environment be more chilling or not? Explain.

It is estimated that you lose heat to cold water four times faster than to cold air. Your body is mostly water. What if your body had much less water in it, and the rest of it consisted of substances that heated and cooled as easily as metal. Would a cold environment be more chilling or not? Explain.

BIOLOGY:CONCEPTS+APPL.(LOOSELEAF)

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Chapter37: Maintaining The Internal Environment

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