Biology/Drowning in Hot Water vs. Cold Water
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Question
Would a person drown faster in a pond during the summer or the winter?
Hi Carmen
In the summer. People that have been taken from freezing water are more likely to be revived (depending of course on how long they were under). This is because lower water temperature means lower body temperature and cell metabolism slows down.
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Walter Hintz
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Science teacher for over 50 years. MSc. in biology. I can answer questions in general biology, zoology, botany, anatomy and physiology and biochemistry.
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I have a MSc in biology and have been a science teacher for over 50 years. At present I am a faculty member at a college and a science consultant at seven catholic schools.
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The Ohio journal of Science
Momentum-The Journal of the Catholic Education Association
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