How does being cold work? How do the air molecules interact with your body to make you cold?
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Think of it like this. Let’s say you have a glass box with a divider inside. The divider splits the box into two separated compartments. Let’s fill one side with water, while leaving the other side empty. The water side represents your skin, and the empty side represents the air. Water represents heat.
When we remove the divider, water flows into the empty side. Now the whole glass box has an even water level. Why? Well, because water likes to spread out. Likewise, heat likes to spread out too. When you expose your skin to the air, your body heat will try to “spread out” to places where there isn’t as much heat, like the air. So, heat literally leaves your skin.
What that means is the air isn’t making you cold. You’re making the air hot, and by doing so, you’re losing your own heat, making you feel “cold.”
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