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In order for most things to decay, decay causing bacteria have to be present and alive. Below freezing temperatures will also freeze this bacteria and stop the decaying process. This is why we use freezers to preserve food today.
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 14y agoBodies decompose due to bacteria and tissue oxidation. When on ice, bacterial growth is severely limited, and the chemical changes proceed more slowly without the buildup of heat.
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∙ 12y agomost bacteria survive freezing temperatures
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∙ 14y agoBecause no oxygen or decomposers can reach it to decay it.
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∙ 14y agoAll organic matter will decay in time, though it is greatly affected by local conditions.
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What happens to human bodies that are swept away from a tsunami?
Some may wash back on shore while others may be found by rescue and recovery efforts or by other boats at sea. Still other bodies may decay at sea and never be found.
What is a nuclear decay graph?
Make a graph by plotting the atomic number vs the mass number of stable isotopes. If you then locate the position of some unstable isotope and it is on one side of the stable isotopes it indicates beta decay, but if on the other side it indicated alpha decay. This a nuclear decay graph.
What is the beta decay of radium 226?
Radium-226 does not decay by beta decay. It decays by alpha decay to radon-222.
Why do some researchers complain when the emission of a gamma particle is called gamma decay?
Because its not a decay process. Gamma is an emission of energy in the form of photons from the nucleus when the nucleus changes from one energy level to a lower energy level. It is true that this is often preceded by a decay event, such as alpha or beta, but it is a distinct, non decay, event.
What are the three products of radioactivity decay?
alpha decay, beta decay, and gamma radiation
Why do the bodies of mammoths not decay?
cuz its gay
What happens when bodies do not decay?
they will stay preserved, like if they are frozen
What is rare because the bodies of dead animals decay rapidly?
nothing
What can citric acid do to human bodies?
decay and burn them in a long time
How do human bodies decay?
Examples: by dehydration, bacterial attack, insect attack.
What is a sentence with morbid?
He developed a morbid fascination with the process of decay in dead human bodies.
How does the process of decay help us?
Not a whole bunch of dead bodies laying around...
What do you call saints that don't decay after death?
Incorrupt is the term used to describe saints whose bodies do not decay after death when there is no explanation (embalming, etc.) for the occurrence.
How were the ancient bodies preserved?
they just put desert sand, salt and some herbs. they also removed certain organs that held moisturebecase moisture allows decay
How is animals recycled?
Their bodies decay, and are also eaten by other animals, which in turn poop the nutrients into the soil.
Why do bodies decay when you die but not when you're alive?
because there flesh goes into the ground and into the soil. There bones are left.
What happens to human bodies that are swept away from a tsunami?
Some may wash back on shore while others may be found by rescue and recovery efforts or by other boats at sea. Still other bodies may decay at sea and never be found.
