Fur Feathers Scales Insulation：毛皮羽毛鳞片绝缘.ppt

* Q14. If you were to compare the fur of a snowshoe hare in winter to that of a snowshoe hare in the summer, how would you expect these two coats to differ? Which coat would be the thickest? Which coat would be the densest? We would expect the snowshoe hare to shed hair in the summer so that its coat would be less dense in the summer months than in the winter months. We wouldn’t expect the thickness of the fur to change, as fur thickness is determined by the length of the individual hairs. * Q15. If the outside temperature is -5°C, and the internal temperature of a hare is 99°F, does heat flow into or out of the hare’s body? What if the hare is in the desert and the outside temperature is 40°C? In order to compare the hare’s temperature to the outside temperature, we must first convert it to degrees Celsius. Using the formula above we find that ? (5/9)(99°F – 32) = 37.2°C Then, since heat flows from warmer regions to cooler regions, we see that in both cases, heat flows out of the hare’s body. * Q16. What is the heat loss through a 1m square window on a home, if the outside air temperature is 15°C, the inside temperature is 25°C, and the R-value of the window is 2 Km2/W? (Be careful with your units!) ?To find the heat loss per square meter, simply divide the temperature difference by the R value. Since there is a difference in temperature of 10°C (which also is equal to 10K), and the R-value of the window is 2 Km2/W, energy will be lost at a rate of through the window. Since the area of the window is equal to 1 m2, heat is lost through the window at a rate of 5 Watts, or 5 joules per second. * Suggested Reading Grades K-3 Fur and Feathers - Elizabeth Miles Feather and Fur! What Makes Cats Purr?: Exploring Your Pet's World - Boughton Cobb Animal Feathers & Fur - David M. Schwartz and Dwight Kuhn (Illustrator) Feathers and Hair - Ted O'Hare All About Heat - Lisa Trumbauer The Magic School Bus in the Arctic: A Book About Heat - Joanna Cole, Ar