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Could the lines have been switched over? body tempreature can also have an affect how you interpret the tempreature of water.

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Why is it that when you put the left in cold water and the right hand in hot water and take both out and put them normal water why does the left hand feel hot and the right feel cold?

If you have a heated item and put it in a normal temperature water, it feels cold because the hot water may feel so hot that it is cold. It's the opposite for the cold item.


Why do you feel cold after hot water bath?

The hot water on your skin opens your pores, and makes you sweat. The sweat evaporates, taking body heat away - making you feel cold. When your body is cold - you shiver.


How does the cold affect the body?

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Why do you feel cold after taking hot water bath?

The hot water on your skin opens your pores, and makes you sweat. The sweat evaporates, taking body heat away - making you feel cold. When your body is cold - you shiver.


Why is it that when you take shower with hot water you feel cold?

Water absorbs heat from its surrounding as it evaporates.


What helps you feel if water from the tap is hot or cold?

The sense of temperature in your fingers would help you feel that.


Why do you feel cold after taking a hot shower?

Because the hot water evaporates from your body making your body feeling cold. Just dry yourself off as quick as you can and keep your shower water a little bit warm so you don't feel cold!


Does sensitive skin hurt less in hot water or cold water?

Not all sensitivity is the same; if the skin has been burned it will feel better in cold water, and it is has been frostbitten, it will feel better in hot water. Too much heat or too much cold is going to be painful. Try mildly warm water instead.


Why do you feel cold after taking a hot bath?

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What is that experiment with the two bowls with hot and warm water?

There is one bowl of hot water and one bowl of cold water and one bowl of warm water. You place one hand in the hot and one hand in the cold for approx. 30 seconds and then place your hands in the warm water and that hand that was in the hot water will feel cold and the hand that was in the cold water will feel hot. This is because the nerves have gotten used to the temperature and therefore have to adjust again to return to normal. Thanks! That helps a lot! I knew I had done it before but I couldn't remember what it was!


Why do you feel more cold after taking a bath with hot water as compared to cold water?

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How did the people in the early civilisations measure temperature?

When they feel hot they think it's hot n feel cold then they feel cold