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What happens to thebody when it touches something hot?

the body turn hot


An example of a reaction to a stimulus is?

Retracting a hand if it touches something hot


How do you use detract in a sentence?

like this: You will detract your hand if it touches something hot. LOL


What reflex movement does your body exhibit when your hands touches something very hot?

A reflex action.


What to use to see how hot something is?

a thermometer or your skin.


What happens when metal touches something hot?

In accord with the second law of thermodynamics which states that heat spontaneously travels from a hotter object to a colder one, when metal touches something hot, the area where it touched something hot, will get warmer because of the increase in energy of the molecules, this warmth will spread throughout all the available metal until the metal and the hot substance it is touching have the same internal energy.


How heat is transferred between a hot and a cold object by conduction?

Heat is transferred between a hot and a cold object by conduction through direct contact. When the hot object touches the cold object, kinetic energy from the hot object's particles is transferred to the cold object's particles, causing them to vibrate and increase in temperature until thermal equilibrium is reached.


What happens when a body over heats?

Your body overheats anytime heat (like heaters, the sun, fans, etc.) touches your skin. Remember that skin is a nerve. Whenever your skin is warm or hot. YOU are hot. That's why we sweat or else we will way overheat and we will die.


What is a hot water burn?

A hot water burn is when the water touches your skin, seeps under with burning liquid. After it seeps under your skin it starts to turn your skin into a hot molt of skin. It burns for a long while I suggest waiting ten twenty minutes of barley putting ice on it then put pain reliever and a band-aid on then if 1st degree it will go away in a few days.]


How the human skin adapted to its function?

Skin is specialized to be more sensitive in some parts of the body and less sensitive in others. This is mainly because to alert a person of any dangers. The Skin on the extremities of the body like the finger tips is ultra sensitive so that it alerts a person when he touches something very hot or cold. Whereas skin on other parts of the body like the arms or the chest is not so sensitive.


How does your body react if you are to hot?

It generates sweat from the sweat-glands. This seeps onto the skin surface - and evaporates - taking heat with it and making you cooler.


Which factor most determines how hot or cold something feels when you touch?

Thermal conductivity most determines how hot or cold something feels when you touch it. The nerve endings in your skin determine what is hot and cold when you touch it.