Cold Weather Quiz

[CeaBee]

True or False?

1. Drinking alcohol--brandy, for example--will warm you up when out in cold weather.

2 Mark Twain once said, "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco

3 Burning wood in a fireplace can make the inside of a house colder

4 When making ice cubes, using hot tap water rather than cold water will make them freeze faster

5 No two snowflakes are exactly alike.

6 Storing batteries in the refrigerator will make them last longer

7 You will get sick if you go outside in the cold with wet hair.

8 Goose bumps serve no biological function.

9 You should not freeze water in plastic bottles, as it can release carcinogenic dioxins from the bottle into the water.

10 An avalanche is usually triggered by a loud noise.

[ILP]

Re: Cold Weather Quiz

True or False?

1. Drinking alcohol--brandy, for example--will warm you up when out in cold weather. <span style="color: #FF0000">false </span>

2 Mark Twain once said, "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco <span style="color: #FF0000">True </span>

3 Burning wood in a fireplace can make the inside of a house colder <span style="color: #FF0000">true, again </span>

4 When making ice cubes, using hot tap water rather than cold water will make them freeze faster [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/confused.gif[/img]

5 No two snowflakes are exactly alike. <span style="color: #FF0000">true </span>

6 Storing batteries in the refrigerator will make them last longer <span style="color: #FF0000">false </span>

7 You will get sick if you go outside in the cold with wet hair. <span style="color: #FF0000">nope, daht false </span>

8 Goose bumps serve no biological function. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70402-thinking.gif[/img]

9 You should not freeze water in plastic bottles, as it can release carcinogenic dioxins from the bottle into the water. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/confused.gif[/img]

10 An avalanche is usually triggered by a loud noise. <span style="color: #CC0000">nope, but mi nuh know wah triggah dem... </span>


now, CB please to check mi ansas...cah you is di moderator of dis forum [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70388-shameonyou.gif[/img]

[Gen]

Re: Cold Weather Quiz

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[CeaBee]

Re: Cold Weather Quiz

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Freaky_Gen</div><div class="ubbcode-body">a dem kinda sitten yah post dunga dis forum [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/whistle.gif[/img]

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[CeaBee]

Re: Cold Weather Quiz

Answers:











1. False A swig of brandy might initially make you feel warmer, but drinking any alcoholic beverage actually lowers your core body temperature. It sends blood to your skin, which will make you feel warm and flushed, but causes you to lose body heat. You could suffer from hypothermia and not even feel it. Alcohol can also cause dehydration and impair your judgment, which can make matters even worse.

2. False Anyone who's ever experienced a foggy San Francisco summer has most likely thought of this famous quote, but the truth of the matter is there is no evidence that Mark Twain ever actually uttered (or wrote) those words.

3. True A fire in the fireplace may evoke feelings of warmth and coziness, but in actuality it is an extremely inefficient way to heat your home. The design of most traditional masonry fireplaces creates a draft that pulls air out of the room to fuel the fire and causes the majority of the heat generated by the fire to go up the chimney. This, in turn, can draw cold air in through other leaks in your home, making it colder rather than warmer.


4 False While it is true that under certain conditions, hot water can freeze more quickly than can cold water, it is a phenomenon that occurs only in specific conditions in a laboratory, not in your freezer at home. So if you want to make ice cubes quickly, use cold water.

5. True Most snowflakes look pretty much the same as you watch them fall from the sky, but it's a different ballgame under the microscope. The size, shape, and texture of a snowflake are determined by a variety of factors, including temperature, humidity, and other atmospheric conditions at the time it is formed. At a molecular level, the number of possible variations is nearly infinite, so the probability that two snowflakes would be exactly alike, even when formed under similar conditions, is almost zero.

6. True Storing batteries in the fridge can make them last longer, but not necessarily much longer. Keeping regular alkaline batteries in cold storage will extend their life by less than 5 percent, so it's probably only worthwhile to do so if you live in a particularly hot climate, since they do lose their charge faster in high temperatures.
On the other hand, NiMH and NiCd batteries self-discharge at a much faster rate than alkaline batteries at room temperature. Thus storing them in the refrigerator will significantly extend their life, although you'll need to bring them back to room temperature to use them.

7. False This is just an old wives' tale. You may feel cold, but you can't catch a cold or flu just from going outdoors with wet hair. The common cold is caused by more than 100 kinds of viruses, not by feeling cold. Coming down with the sniffles was formerly thought to result from exposure to cold weather, a belief probably traceable to the fact that people tend to crowd together indoors when it's chilly outside, causing a more efficient transmission of virus from person to person

8.False Piloerection, or "goose bumps," is your body's attempt to retain heat when you are cold. Small muscles raise the hair on your arms and legs in order to trap an insulating layer of warm air near your skin and prevent heat loss. Unfortunately, humans aren't as hairy as they once were, so this biological strategy is not as effective as it was for our distant ancestors.

9 False This is an e-mail hoax that was circulated on the Internet a few years ago. Even if there were dioxins in plastic water bottles (and there is still some debate on that issue), freezing them would not cause any kind of chemical release to occur

10 False Most avalanches are caused by people, but not because they're making a racket. While it is possible for an explosion or a gunshot to trigger an avalanche, it is far more likely to be the result of someone being in the wrong place at the wrong time. The pressure of someone stepping, skiing, or snowmobiling across a weak spot is what generally causes a huge slab of snow to cleave away and tumble down the slope.

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[Gen]

Re: Cold Weather Quiz

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: coolbeans</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Freaky_Gen</div><div class="ubbcode-body">a dem kinda sitten yah post dunga dis forum [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/whistle.gif[/img]

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[ILP]

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[CeaBee]

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[CeaBee]

Re: Cold Weather Quiz

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Juss_ILP</div><div class="ubbcode-body">True or False?

1. Drinking alcohol--brandy, for example--will warm you up when out in cold weather. <span style="color: #FF0000">false </span>

2 Mark Twain once said, "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco <span style="color: #FF0000"><s>True </s>FALSE</span>

3 Burning wood in a fireplace can make the inside of a house colder <span style="color: #FF0000">true, again </span>

4 When making ice cubes, using hot tap water rather than cold water will make them freeze faster [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/confused.gif[/img] <span style="color: #FF6666">FALSE</span>

5 No two snowflakes are exactly alike. <span style="color: #FF0000">true </span>

6 Storing batteries in the refrigerator will make them last longer <span style="color: #FF0000"><s>false </s> TRUE</span>

7 You will get sick if you go outside in the cold with wet hair. <span style="color: #FF0000">nope, daht false </span>

8 Goose bumps serve no biological function. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70402-thinking.gif[/img] <span style="color: #FF6666">FALSE</span>

9 You should not freeze water in plastic bottles, as it can release carcinogenic dioxins from the bottle into the water. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/confused.gif[/img] <span style="color: #FF6666">FALSE</span>

10 An avalanche is usually triggered by a loud noise. <span style="color: #CC0000">nope, but mi nuh know wah triggah dem... </span>


now, CB please to check mi ansas...cah you is di moderator of dis forum [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70388-shameonyou.gif[/img] </div></div>

Teacher fail the test [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif[/img] 50% for you

[ILP]

Re: Cold Weather Quiz

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: coolbeans</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Juss_ILP</div><div class="ubbcode-body">True or False?

1. Drinking alcohol--brandy, for example--will warm you up when out in cold weather. <span style="color: #FF0000">false </span>
2 Mark Twain once said, "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco <span style="color: #FF0000"><s>True </s>FALSE</span>
3 Burning wood in a fireplace can make the inside of a house colder <span style="color: #FF0000">true, again </span>
4 When making ice cubes, using hot tap water rather than cold water will make them freeze faster [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/confused.gif[/img] <span style="color: #FF6666">FALSE</span>
5 No two snowflakes are exactly alike. <span style="color: #FF0000">true </span>
6 Storing batteries in the refrigerator will make them last longer <span style="color: #FF0000"><s>false </s> TRUE</span>
7 You will get sick if you go outside in the cold with wet hair. <span style="color: #FF0000">nope, daht false </span>
8 Goose bumps serve no biological function. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70402-thinking.gif[/img] <span style="color: #FF6666">FALSE</span>
9 You should not freeze water in plastic bottles, as it can release carcinogenic dioxins from the bottle into the water. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/confused.gif[/img] <span style="color: #FF6666">FALSE</span>
10 An avalanche is usually triggered by a loud noise. <span style="color: #CC0000">nope, but mi nuh know wah triggah dem... </span>

now, CB please to check mi ansas...cah you is di moderator of dis forum [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70388-shameonyou.gif[/img] </div></div>

Teacher fail the test [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif[/img] 50% for you </div></div>

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[BlessedLadyOfZion]

Re: Cold Weather Quiz

Damn homey. Yuh not even mek de quiz rest likkle fi other ppl come in an participate *kissteet*

[CeaBee]

Re: Cold Weather Quiz

is Freaky come in here and upset mi equilibrium u nuh [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70361-embarassed.gif[/img]

[BlessedLadyOfZion]

Re: Cold Weather Quiz

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[CeaBee]

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[DC]

Re: Cold Weather Quiz

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