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Fever, heat stroke and extreme cold can all change body temperature. What is high temperature, what is normal body temperature and what can cause it to drop? Test your knowledge about the conditions that can affect your body temperature.

Fever, heat stroke and extreme cold can all change a person’s body temperature. What is high temperature, what is normal body temperature and what can cause it to drop? Test your knowledge about the conditions that can affect your body temperature.

1. What is the normal body temperature for a human being?




2.True or false: the more serious the illness, the higher the temperature?




3. What is the usual cause of fever?




4. What is hypothermia




5. What is heat stress?




6. What are some of the symptoms of heat stroke?




7. What is frostbite?




8. What is hyperhidrosis?




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