Drew's+sweatology+hw

Sweatology Article Make a unique wiki page. Copy and paste questions. The article is an attachment below. (1) Why is sweat like your personal air-conditioner and why is that important? Sweat is our interior coolant. Our sweat glands evolved after we lost our fur.

(2) The human body can tolerate cooling. How much? Give examples. It can tolerate 20 degrees below normal. We can recover from long periods of hypothermia.

(3) The human body can not tolerate over heating. How much? Give examples. The brain starts to malfunction with a six or seven degree fever. 110 degrees is the highest compatible with life.

(4) Why do we think humans evolved sweat glands? Give examples. We evolved sweat glands after we lost our fur.

(5) Describe some of the variation in the amount of sweat glands. Give examples. Different people have different sweat glands. Some people may only have 2 million and others may have twice that much. Some heavy sweaters may have glands that are bigger than normal.

(6) What happens during menopause with respect to sweat? Give examples. During menopause the sweat glands become overactive and may generate sweat when none is needed.

(7) What happens as we age? Why is that dangeous? Give examples. At the age of 60 both sexes begin to sweat less. This is why the elderly at more at risk during a heat wave.

(8) Is clothing good or bad when it comes to sweat? Why? Give examples. The study conducted in the California desert showed that clothing made people sweat less than people wearing almost nothing.

(9) Describe what happens during heat acclimation. Give examples. At first the internal temperature climbs and they sweat a lot and lose a lot of salt and as the days go on their body temperature drops and their endurance improves. This happens to athletes

(10) Who is "Adam"? Why is he being used for scientific experimentation? Adam is a mannequin that sweats like a human. He is being used to explore ways to cut back on air conditioner use.