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Q: What is the main heat transfer mechanism between the environment and the body? How does this…

A: Heat transfer can be defined as the discipline of thermal engineering that will concern with the…

Q: Describe the method of Temperature regulation?

A: The process by which an individual maintains the internal temperature of their body is termed as…

Q: Young children and older adults have more difficulty in regulating their body temperature.Older…

A: Thyroid gland is important gland to regulate the compensation function (for example heart beat ) and…

Q: Define nonshivering thermogenesis?

A: Thermogenesis process of heat production that will occur in the organisms which are warm-blooded…

Q: True or Fale. Heat capacity is numerically equal to specific heat.

A: Heat capacity is the amount of heat needed to change the temperature of a unit mass 1°.

Q: List the physiological adaptations that occur during acclimatization to heat.

A: Thermoregulation is an ability through which an organism can maintain its body temperature in a…

Q: Explain Control of Heat Loss by Radiation?

A: The heat is lost in the form of evaporation of the sweat in the body via a process called radiation…

Q: One among the following statements is true regarding temperature regulation: A. Excess blankets or…

A: Thermoregulation It is the ability to balance the body temperature within normal range. Several…

Q: Why the heat acts directly on cells to increase metabolic rate?

A: Metabolism is the chemical reaction occur in the organism's body to maintain their life. In an…

Q: In endotherms, what controls the balance between the amount of heat lost and the amount gained?

A: Endotherms can be defined as those organisms that can alter their heat production to maintain the…

Q: temperature regulation

A: Your hypothalamus is a section of your brain that controls thermoregulation. When it senses your…

Q: Explain the activity at optimum temperature and the meaning of optimum temperature

A: usually for every enzymes to work properly , there are certain condition which have to be kept at a…

Q: Define the term shivering thermogenesis?

A: Content brief:            The production of heat within the tissues to raise the body temperature is…

Q: Why heat is not an effective means of driving unfavorable processes in biological systems?

A: Heat is not an effective means of driving unfavorable processes in biological systems. Heating up a…

Q: What are two methods of storing energy? Between the two, which is safer for the environment and the…

A: Stored energy is energy that has built through time and can abruptly release, causing significant…

Q: What detects a change in core body temperature?

A: Core body temperature is different from peripheral body temperature. the core temperature is the…

Q: Why does the body temperature need to be maintained within narrow limits?

A: The body temperature need to be maintained within narrow limits because:

Q: Describe the three elements in the heat stress index, and explain why one is more important than the…

A: In biology, the heat stress index is defined as the amount of evaporation needed by a person's…

Q: Describe the general principles of the control of body temperature?

A: Introduction  Humans and Aves are known to be endothermic animals. Endothermic animals are those…

Q: At what human body temperature can hypothermia set in?

A: Hypothermia occurs when body temperature falls below 95 F or 35 C. It is a medical condition which…

Q: Why is temperature regulation important?

A: Your body regulates its internal temperature through a process called thermoregulation. Your body's…

Q: Wind is related to the movement of warm and cold air masses. Which kind of heat transfer does this…

A: Answer: 3rd option: convection

Q: When the ambient (room) temperature is very high, the human body will lose heat by

A: Thermoregulation in humans is an important aspect of homeostasis. Humans have been able to adapt to…

Q: Humans maintaining an average internal temperature of 37 °C is an example of which of the following?

A: The body temperature of human body is regulated by the hypothalamus of the brain and maintains…

Q: Classify heat capacity and specific heat capacity as an extensive or intensive property. heat…

A: A property which can be measured and tells about the physical system state is termed as physical…

Q: What effect and implications does temperature have on the human body and during surgery during the…

A: The human body is made of different organ systems. Each system plays a major role in maintaining the…

Q: Which type of heat exchanger could be used to materials contains high amount of vitamins?

A: Generally, heat exchangers exchange heat from one material to another material by direct or indirect…

Q: What happens when the temperature of the body changes?

A: Metabolism describes all of chemical reactions that are important for sustaining life of a living…

Q: What conclusions can be made regarding the effect of heating (cooking) on Vitamin C?

A: cooking food in boiling water -vitamin C, B group vitamins, iron and calcium will leach out.…

Q: An organism with lower surface-to-volume ratio will likely lose body heat to the environment slower.…

A: The surface-to-volume ratio, also known as surface area-to-volume ratio of an organism is way of…

Q: What is something that is related to thermoregulation that has an impact on the environment?

A: The human body is capable of many checks and balances throughout numerous systems. From fluid and…

Q: Which of the following animals use countercurrent heat exchange to maintain elevated body…

A: Countercurrent heat exchangers countercurrent exchangers help an organism retain its body heat. It…

Q: The loss of heat by a body, which, as a general rule, loses heat by 1-1 ½ degrees per hour until the…

A: After death of the organism the organ systems of the body fails that causes disruption of the…

Q: Define Evaporative Cooling. How Evaporative Cooling contributes to Life.

A: An evaporative cooler is a device that cools air through the evaporation of water. The temperature…

Q: Water has a high specific heat and thus only changes temperature seasonally. never changes…

A: Specific heat : it is simply the amount or quantity of heat or energy required by one gram of any…

Q: How many kilocalories of heat does an expenditure of 679 KJ produce?

A: One kilocalorie (1 kcal or 1000 calories) is the amount of heat (energy) needed to raise the…

Q: Temperature and wind combine to cause heat loss.  Hypothermia occurs when the body temperature falls…

A: When the temperature of the body decrease from the normal level then a condition arises to define…

Q: Define Evaporative Cooling. How Evaporative Cooling contributes to Life

A: The process by which molecules in the liquid state are converted to gaseous molecules by application…

Q: Which of the following is the only option that is not true for non-shivering thermogenesis? Group…

A: Nonshivering thermogenesis is characterised as a rise in metabolic heat output (above basal…

Q: Define: lower critical temperature, thermoneutral zone, upper critical temperature

A: The normal functioning of an organism depends upon the maintenance of its internal conditions like…

Q: The following statements describe the reason why water is most essential nutrient, except: A. Water…

A: *water is an essential nutrients asit is required in amounts that exceeds body ability to produce…

Q: INCREASE IN HUMIDITY AIR CAUSES 1. increase of the heat output by evaporation 2. reduction of the…

A: Answer3- reduction in heat release by radiation

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A: The heat transfer method is divided into three types: conduction, convection, and radiation. Heat is…

Q: What animal is not a homeothermic, endothermic, poikilothermic, and ectothermic? and what does this…

A: The methods of thermoregulation are all intended to bring the body to a state of homeostasis or…

Q: Which chemicals are useful for energy storage on a short-term basis? Which are for intermediate term…

A: Energy is needed for all living organisms for their activity and the energy is obtained from the…

Q: Why does dry heat require more time and higher temperatures than moist heat?

A: The reason is given below.

Q: What is the primary source of energy for living beings on earth?

A: Plants make their own food. Animals depends on plants for their food. Green plants have chlorophylls…

Q: Write a question appropriate for this study guide about the heat energy added to 1683 grams of any…

A: If there is a sample whose weight is 1kg and one wants to increase its temperature by 1K, then the…