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Does your body lose heat by conduction while in a swimming pool?

Yes, your body can lose heat by conduction while in a swimming pool. Conduction is the transfer of heat through direct contact with a cooler surface, such as the pool water, causing your body temperature to drop.


Why do rivers appear shallower than they really are?

Let us consider an object 'O' at the bottom of a river/swimming pool. Light speeds up as it travels from water to air. So, the ray is bent away from the normal. As a result for an observer on the shore, it appears as if the rays are coming from a point 'I', which is just slightly above the bottom of the surface That is why rivers and swimming pools seem shallower than they really are.


How can I efficiently heat a swimming pool to ensure comfortable temperatures for swimming?

One efficient way to heat a swimming pool and maintain comfortable temperatures for swimming is to use a pool heater. Pool heaters can be powered by electricity, gas, or solar energy, and can quickly raise the water temperature to a desired level. Additionally, using a pool cover when the pool is not in use can help retain heat and prevent heat loss, further ensuring comfortable swimming temperatures.


When you look down into a swimming pool are you likely to underestimate or overestimate its depth?

When looking down into a swimming pool, you are likely to overestimate its depth. This is because of the way light refracts in water, making objects appear closer to the surface than they actually are.


If you fill up a sink with water does it appear deeper or shallower?

Due to the refraction of light, a body of water (whether its a sink, pool or lake) will appear more shallow than it actually is.

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A swimming pool appears shallower than it is because of?

This is because of the refraction of the light when it hits the water.


What are things swimming in your swimming pool that looks like tiny hammer head sharks and how do you get rid of them?

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Can you recommend an easy-to-follow guide on the proper maintenance of home swimming pool filters?

Actually there is a website that has been developed to help swimming pool owners and guide them on proper swimming pool maintenance. The website is called Best Swimming Pool Guide and can be located at: http://bestswimmingpoolguides.com/


How frequently are swimming pool vaccumed?

When ever it looks like it needs it, It depends largely on the nature of the dirt getting into the pool.


What you call a person who looks after the swimming pool?

There are many different jobs associated with a swimming pool. A lifeguard watches out for swimmers, a pool boy or cabana boy serves drinks and cold washcloths to sunbathers, and there is also a maintenance crew involved with keeping the swimming pool clean and functioning properly.


Why does a swimming pool look shallower than it is?

Due to refraction. When light travels through a denser substance, it bends towards the normal, so things appear to be at a different angle, size or depth than they really are.


What is swimming pool in English?

'Swimming Pool', sometimes shortened to 'Pool'.


What should you look for in a salt water pool when purchasing a resale home?

Is it an indoor pool or outdoor pool? Have a qualified swimming pool tech, a swimming pool inspector or a swimming pool consultant advise you through an inspection of your pool. They will find and actually visually see things that stand out as needing attention or repairs or adjustments. Those things I cannot do over the internet. k


What will kill red fungus in swimming pool?

Red or pink algae in a swimming pool is actually a bacteria. The most common cause is contamination from swimming suits when going from the ocean to the pool. Chlorine is the most effective treatment. Algae products will not work because it is not a true algae.


How much water in swimming pool?

The dimensions of the pool are needed to calculate this Well actually depends how big and how much u put in to it!


Why are swimming pool coopers used?

What are swimming pool "Coopers"


What is measurement and label of the swimming pool?

it depends on which swimming pool