The Heat Index Tells You How Hot It Feels as a Result

question 18

Multiple Choice

The heat index tells you how hot it feels as a result of the combination of temperature and humidity. The figure below gives a contour diagram for the heat index as a function of temperature and humidity. Heat exhaustion is likely to occur when the heat index is 105 or higher. If the temperature is about 95 , at about what humidity level does heat exhaustion become likely?

• A)39%
• B)43%
• C)47%
• D)51%

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Definitions:

Brain Death

Cessation of activity of the cerebral cortex.

Cerebral Cortex

The outer layer of the brain, responsible for complex mental functions such as thinking, perceiving, producing, and understanding language.

Cerebral Cortex

The outer layer of neural tissue of the cerebrum in the brain, playing a key role in memory, attention, perception, cognition, awareness, thought, language, and consciousness.

Consciousness

The state of being aware of and able to think about one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, and experiences.