EXERCISES, LESSON 4
INSTRUCTIONS. The following exercises are to be answered by marking the response
that best answers the question or best completes the incomplete statement or by writing
the answer in the space provided.
After you have completed all the exercises, turn to the solutions at the end of the
lesson and check your answers. For each exercise answered incorrectly, reread the
material referenced after the solution.
1.
List the three types of heat injury.
a. _________________________________.
b. _________________________________.
c.
_________________________________.
2.
Human beings are homeothermic which means that humans are capable of
_______________________________________________________________.
3.
A human's body temperature is maintained in two ways: by heat ____________
and heat ___________________________.
4.
The ____________ rate is the term for the rate at which the body produces heat.
5.
The body produces heat by ________________ activity,_________________ or
metabolic rate, _____________ intake, external temperature, and certain
_________________________.
6.
Two other ways the body produces heat are tissue contractions and _________
_____________, the latter containing a large volume of water which absorbs
heat and acts as a coolant.
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