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How do you take a temperature without a thermometer?

According to Dr. Rajiv Desai, skin temperature from the core of the body when exposed to environmental temperature (such as an air conditioned room) will more than likely deem the hand method futile.\nA study where mothers tested the skin temperature method to evaluate their children revealed only a 50 percent accuracy rating. A doctor will be able to detect if you have a fever and be correct approximately eighty percent of the time, according to Dr. Desai. Utilizing a thermometer is the most accurate method to measure temperature whenever a fever in a patient is suspected.

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What is oxidized sterling silver?

Pure silver must generally be polished and cleaned on a regular basis to keep it from becoming tarnished. It should not be placed in areas where it will be exposed to large amounts of oxygen and should be taken care of in special silver storage containers. Oxidized silver will not be affected by the tarnish and the tarnish will allow the silver to take on a more oxidized work. Oxidized silver does not have to be polished or cleaned and can generally be left in any type of environment.Pure silver is found only in the ground and is not combined with other elements to make pieces of jewelry or ho..

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What is a physical property of sulfur?

Sulphur is a solid element that naturally occurs near hot springs and volcanoes. Some other physical properties of sulphur are that it is tasteless and odorless in its solid form, it does not conduct heat or electricity well and it is brittle and not metallic. Sulphur's boiling point is 444.6 degrees Celsius. The familiar smell associated with sulphur is actually from the chemical compound formed from hydrogen and sulphur, hydrogen sulfide, which is a poisonous gas.

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What are metabolic wastes?

Animals excrete metabolic wastes because they are not useful, but plants have the ability to transform some of these wastes into useful substances.\nMetabolic wastes are excreted through excretory organs such as the kidneys and the malpighian tubules. The skin, which is the largest organ in the human body, also acts as an excretory organ. The skin has sweat glands that excrete perspiration through its pores. Perspiration is composed of salts, water and nitrogenous wastes.\nUrea, ammonia and uric acid are the three nitrogenous wastes eliminated from organisms. These substances are produced from..

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How long does it take to freeze tap water?

Under the first condition, if two glasses containing varying quantities of tap water are left to freeze, the water inside the glass with the lesser amount freezes faster compared to the other glass. Based on the second factor, if two containers carrying tap water of differing temperatures are put inside a freezer, the water inside the glass with the lower temperature turns into ice faster than the water in the other glass. When two glasses start with the same amount and temperature, the water inside the glass placed in a colder environment freezes faster.

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What is the Lewis structure for CL3PO?

Three chlorine atoms are shown around the phosphorous, and oxygen is displayed at the top. Dots in the diagram represent 32 valence electrons, which form the chemical bonds. From the diagram, the formal charge can be determined by subtracting the nonbonding electrons from the total electrons. Cl3PO is also known as a Cl anion, which is a molecule with a negative electrical charge due to a greater number of electrons than protons.

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What is areal density?

IBM was the company that introduced the RAMAC in 1956, which is the first hard disk computer. RAMAC's areal density was only two thousand bits per square inch. This has increased dramatically since then. As of 2014, disks have reached a capacity of 100 billion bits, or 100 gigabits, per square inch.

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What is angular magnification?

Angular magnification is the ratio between the size of the angle as seen in the eyepiece and the size of the object's angle object when placed at a conventional closest focal point. In this case, the size of the object is a linear dimension, and the angle is the apparent size. In angular magnification, the linear dimension of the image created in the mind in unstated distance cannot be given. Therefore, the angular size refers to the angle delimited by the object at the focal point. Theoretically, one must take the tangent of the angle to get the real angular size. Practically, this step ..

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What is Neptune known for?

Neptune's mass is approximately 17 times that of Earth. Its small core is comprised of silicate and nickel-iron rocks, but most of the planet is a gaseous atmosphere. The rings that surround Neptune are thought to be made of ice particles coated with silicates or carbon.\nNeptune's weather is thought to be characterized by huge storms, with winds gusting over 1,300 miles per hour. Two of these ongoing storms can be seen when looking at Neptune through a telescope: the Great Dark Spot and the Small Dark Spot. Much of what is known about Neptune has been gleaned from observations made ..

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What are some physics projects?

The magnification experiment requires a rudimentary understanding of optics, lenses and the attendant equations. The distance between the object you're viewing and the degree of magnification of the lens gives you the optical distance equation.\nThe principle of refraction plays a part in the laser and sugary soda experiment. Using Snell's law from any physics text on optics, you can find the angle of refraction between the water's surface and the air above it by placing an object extending into both mediums and seeing how much it bends. A laser beam is a coherent source of ligh..

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