When one layer of cold air comes into touch with another layer of heated skin or clothes, the layer of cool air will absorb heat from the warmer surface, and as its temperature increases, its density will decrease. Now that the air is lighter, it may rise away from the body, taking the heat with […]
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Up to a height of 11,000 meters, which marks the transition point between the troposphere, in which we live, and the stratosphere, which is above us, is made up of gases that are evenly mixed in the following proportions: Gas [%] of Dry Air by Volume [%] of Dry Air by Weight Nitrogen [N2] 78.09
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Why can being in a hot environment make someone feel weak?, What about the wind makes it so refreshing?These feelings are directly associated with the body’s efforts to stabilize its temperature.The easier something is for us to do, the more at ease we are. As warm-blooded mammals, humans must keep the temperature of their essential
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