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Your muscles use energy to contract. The by-product of this energy consumption is heat.

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When you shiver does your body temperature rise or fall?

When you shiver, your body temperature rises as a reflex to generate heat. Shivering is a way for your body to produce heat when it is feeling cold by causing your muscles to rapidly contract, which generates heat as a byproduct of the movement.


Why do you feel cold when you have a temperature?

When your body is fighting an infection, it releases chemicals that cause your blood vessels to constrict and make your muscles shiver, which generates heat. This can fool your body into thinking it is cold, even though you may have a fever.


What doesn't belong maintains posture movement promotes growth or generates heat?

generates heat


What are two ways your body can generate heat?

You can move your body or shiver.


Why do all animals shiver?

To get warm. By shivering their muscles, heat is generated


What does body do to create heat?

Mammals will shiver or posses what is called 'brown fat' that continuously produces heat.


Why are you suddeNly cold when you step out the poll and the wind blows?

When the wind blows past any wet surface it begins to dry it by a process called "evaporation", but evaporation requires heat for it to succeed. If your skin is the wet surface this heat will be taken from your skin, and so you will feel cold and perhaps begin to shiver. Shivering is a mainly muscular action which generates heat.


What generates heat to the body?

skin


Why do we Shiver when we are ill?

Shivering is the bodys way of raising the temperature. When we shiver our muscles are working, and as they work they generate heat. Heat, as in running a fever helps fight infections, as the bacteria doesn't multiply as well when it gets warmer.


What do your muscles do when you get cold and shiver?

When you get cold and shiver, your muscles contract and relax rapidly to generate heat and warm up your body. This process helps maintain your body temperature.


Why would a person may shiver?

Muscle contract and expand involuntarily to produce heat


Which Jovian planet generates the least internal heat?

Uranus generates the least internal heat among the Jovian planets. Its internal heat production is lower than that of Jupiter and Saturn.