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How the increase in clothes on a body prevents heat loss.  

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Planning Introduction In this experiment I hope to find out how the increase in clothes on a body prevents heat loss. To put this experiment easier to make we shall use test tubes as the body and increase the number of cotton layers around it to represent the clothes. We shall plan a strategic method to calculate the heat loss in each test tube over a certain period of time. We shall observe how fast the body decreases in temperature by recording the temperature every 30 seconds. Safety In this experiment we shall be working with a lot of glass therefore we have to be careful in the presence of test tubes. The thermometers are also very fragile and the mercury may be harmful if released. Fair Test Constants Variables Temperature of water surrounding the body No of layers on the test tube Temperature of body at the start of the experiment Temperature of the body (will be measured) Time that body is...

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