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1. When walking barefoot around the house,a girsl notices that the tile floor feels colder than carpeted portions.
2. After sunbathing on a beach, the water in the ocean feels very cold upon entry.

4. A person who is not ill can detect if you have a fever by placing his or her hand on your forehead.
5. You can't tell if you have a fever by feeling your own forehean.
6. After cinubg indoors in the winter tine, the room fells very warm at first, later it doesn't feels as warm.
7. Water in lakes or the ocean does not feel as cold at night as it did during the daytime.
8. Areas sheltered from the wind feel warmer than windy places, even though the air temperature is the same.
9. Experienced outdoors people know the value of keeping their socks and footweaer dry. They remain comfortanle during cold weather while a person with wet feet if chilled.
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2006-12-25 10:46:35 · 5 answers · asked by Kitana 2 in Science & Mathematics Physics

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The answer to most of it boils down to few general observations:
there being a heat flow only when there is a temperature difference;
the rate of heat transfer depends upon the materials involved;
when something you touch feels cold, it isnt just that the object is at low temp, but that you lose heat to that body at some rate;
and the body temp being 37 deg C.

2006-12-25 10:53:15 · answer #1 · answered by Venkat 3 · 2 0

It's called; habituation when your nerves get used to a certain stimulus like temperature differences. There's also acclimatization.When, your body acclimatizes to the surrounding temperature and humidity where you're born. Eskimos are acclimatized to cold climates compared to Tropical dwellers.
#1, The carpet is a less dense material than tile. So, it heats up faster.
#2. The body is warmed up faster than the Ocean. A human body is a lot less massive than the Ocean. So,the Oceans temperture is colder always.
#4. Tmperature difference.
#5. Uniform temperature throughout entire body of the sick individual makes it impossible to feel the temperature increase.
#6. While utside. You lost heat. Inside, you gain heat. Heat is lost form the house over time. So it gets colder.
7. Your nerves became habituated to the initial stimulus.
8. The sheltered areas heat isn't being displaced by the wind.
9. Wet socks or clothes absorb body heat.The colder the water. The more het is absorbed. That's why we sweat. To absorb heat.

2006-12-25 11:10:22 · answer #2 · answered by sandwreckoner 4 · 0 0

the heat that touches the other person doesnt hurt them

and unless its a chercoaled person
i just think the heat is so people will have to pay attention to that person instead of thinking that someone else is

because people arent sure what everyone is really doing anyway

even if you dont know how to help them the heat still makes that person more interseting than anything else you were to do today

2006-12-25 10:58:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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2016-12-18 19:02:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

it's all relative.

2006-12-25 10:49:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

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