Your body is like a smart thermostat. When it's hot, your skin sends out tiny water droplets, that’s sweat, and when they evaporate, you feel cooler. When it's cold, your body starts shaking, that’s shivering, to make more heat inside you. It all works together to keep you just the right temperature.
Examples
- You're outside on a hot day, and your body starts to feel warm, you sweat, and the coolness of your skin helps you stay comfortable.
- When it's freezing outside, your body starts shaking, this is shivering, and it gives you more warmth from inside.
- After a long swim in cold water, your body gets really chilly, you start shivering until you get back to shore.
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See also
- How Do Birds Migrate So Far?
- What Causes Hiccups?
- How Can a Single Seed Grow into a Tree?
- Why Do People Have Different Shapes of Faces?
- Why Do We Blink?
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