Concept explainers
To determine:
The rate at which the body temperature will return to normal if out of desperation an individual have dunk his head into the cooler to get relief from heat.
Introduction:
In living organisms the
The endotherms are the animals that maintain their internal body temperature by thermoregulation as sudden change in the body temperature could be fatal for an organism. Endotherms get heat from the internal metabolic activities if the outside temperature is low and cool down their bodies by process of sweating if the outside temperature is high.
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