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Why a dead body rises up in water and a living person goes down water?
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∙ 13y ago
A dead body decomposes in water as the organs & cells absorb water.The decomposed body increases in volume weight to displace more water to float. A living body cannot displace water as the volume and tends to sink in water.
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50 ml.
What is a perchs blood temperature?
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Well, for one thing, his blood is not circulating.
When body temperature rises what becomes active?
The sweat glands become active when the body temperature rises.
What happens to the body after a person dies?
Like all living things, the body corrupts when it dies.
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There is oxygen in the body which is lighter than water thus the body rising up to the surface of the water
Why can a person not float in fresh water but can in salt water what does that tell us about the density of salt water?
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The blood vessels dilate.
