This unit was written by Chris Stoker and adapted for the web by
Tamzen Wood.
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Chapter 15 Notes |
| Health Effects of Extreme Weather | |
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1. Do you understand the how the human body maintains thermal homeostasis?
2. Do you understand conduction and how this concept affects thermal comfort?
3. Do you understand how the insulating properties of materials affects thermal conductivity?
4. Do you understand convection and how it affects the process of cooling the body?
5. Do you understand how the body regulates body temperature
in terms of:
a) voluntary response
b) involuntary response
c) vasoconstriction
d) vasodilation
6. Do you understand the health conditions caused by different weather extremes?
7. Do you understand the difference between apparent temperature and actual temperature?
8. Do you understand the effect of UV radiation on the skin?
9. Do you understand how differences in air pressure affect the body?
1. What are the primary ways the body exchanges heat with the environment?
2. Explain the symptoms of hypothermia and at what temperatures they may start occurring.
3. What is windchill index? Why isn’t it totally accurate?
4. Explain the tree types of UV radiation and the problems with each.
5. How does changing air pressure affect the body?
6. How might someone be able to feel a storm coming?
7. What are some of the health conditions caused by adverse or extreme weather?
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