2007-04-18 11:27:49 · 7 answers · asked by hana s 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Huh? It's common sense! If the water is even below 55F you can get hypothermia, and fast. Water conducts heat away from the body much more quickly than air does.
2007-04-18 11:30:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the core temperature of a human drops below 98.6 then hypothermia can set.
Hikers who are caught in a cold rain storm with inadequate clothing or shelter have died of hypothermia before they finished walking across an open field. All it takes is exposure to drive down that inner core temperature of the human body and everything will shut down.
2007-04-18 11:32:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hypothermia is when the human body gets extremely cold. Hyperthermia is just the opposite.
2007-04-18 11:32:32 · answer #3 · answered by eviltwin5894 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because cold lowers body temperature. That is what hypothermia is, it is the lowering of body temperature below a level in which the body can function.
2007-04-18 11:31:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hypothermia means low temperature. So if you are dumped into a cold water.....Hypothermia.
2007-04-18 11:32:14 · answer #5 · answered by African 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-04 06:45:02 · answer #6 · answered by menut 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They get cold.
2007-04-22 06:46:30 · answer #7 · answered by Dr. R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋