To minimize
melting, the best shape to make ice from water
is a sphere.
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affect how architects design
buildings?
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before they are given to a patient?
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have more flavor whole or chopped?
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in a punch bowl while cans of
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When people fall into cold
water, the risk of
hypothermia (dangerously
lowered body temperature) is greater
than that of drowning. If you are alone and
wearing a life preserver, try the Heat
Escape Lessening Posture (HELP; see fig. 1)
Keep your arms close to the sides of your chest, cross
your legs and pull them up as far as you can.
If you are in the water with two
or more people, try the huddle
position shown in Figure 2. Stay close together
and keep still to
keep colder water out. The huddle can help small children
survive longer.
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