The larger the surface area to volume ratio of an organism, the more space there is over the surface for heat to be lost to the atmosphere, therefore the smaller the organism, the reduced amount of heat loss.
This comes in useful for animals like the Polar Bear and the Arctic Wolf and Fox because they need to have a very low surface area compared to their volume. This is why Polar Bears and Penguins look pudgy and round and why Arctic foxes and wolves are very small.DO NOT COPY AND PASTE THIS!
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they have rounder and plumper bodies with shorter legs and tail and ears than an average fox you see on the suburbs the less surface area there is the more the heat its common sense coming from a 10 year old
yes heat loss is affected by diameter, circumference and surface area. Heat loss depends on the surface area : volume ratio.......the larger this is the more heat is lost if a cylinder having the same volume but a different surface area...(therefre radius and circumference is different)........the cylinder having the larger surface area will loose heat fastest
Heat loss of water: The surface area effects the the rate of heat loss because the rate of heat loss increases if the surface are is higher. How: The water is spread out into a bigger space meaning the
the larger the surface area you have, to more heat that you are going to lose.
Surface area and temperature gradient
The larger the surface area the faster the rate of heat loss will be.
Increasing the Surface Area increases the heat loss. You will find a nice example in the related question link below.
colour, shape, surface area
The bigger surface area to volume, the quicker it will lose heat, as it has a bigger surface where the heat can rise and travel out from. If the volume is the same but the surface area is smaller, heat will stay in for longer as there is only a small area for the heat to escape from, meaning it has to go little by little.
Well, If the surface area is small, say 1 m2 . And the temperature is 1000C You lose only 2% of your heat. But if the surface area is big/largel, say 10 m2 . And the temperature is still 1000C You lose only 20% of your heat. So the bigger your surface area the bigger your heat loss is. Warning: It is a example, the calculation is not correct!
The bigger surface area to volume, the quicker it will lose heat, as it has a bigger surface where the heat can rise and travel out from. If the volume is the same but the surface area is smaller, heat will stay in for longer as there is only a small area for the heat to escape from, meaning it has to go little by little. I LOVE MICHAEL JACKSON
Surface area is a factor in the efficiency of heat exchange. A greater surface to mass ratio creates a faster transfer of heat. This is why the heat sink on your CPU has the multiple bars that increase its surface area. If it was just a solid cube (or worse yet a sphere), it would not have nearly the potential to remove heat from the CPU. Other factors in heat loss or dissipation include temperature differential, humidity, air circulation, and the chemical composition of the materials used.
A bigger animal has a small surface area in relation to their large volume. Smaller animals have a bis surface area to volume ratio which mean heat is easier to be lost.