Skin Layers
What is the outermost layer of the skin?
Epidermis
What should you wear to protect your skin from getting burned in the sun?
Sunscreen
How long does it take for us to get a new set of skin cells?
1 month
What do we have in our skin that help us feel heat, cold, or touch?
Nerves, specifically Sensory Nerves
What is the best way to protect our skin from germs and dirt?
Wash your hands!
Which layer of the skin contains sweat glands and hair follices?
Dermis
What type of light is in the sun that is bad for our skin?
UV or Ultraviolet
The thickest layer of skin is found in:
The sole of our foot
Our nerves send messages here so that we can feel things
Brain
This pigment is what makes each person have a different skin color
Melanin
What is the deepest layer of our skin that stores fat and keeps us warm?
Hypodermis
Too much sun exposure with no protection can lead to this?
Skin cancer
How does our skin make sure that we don't get too hot?
Through sweating from the sweat glands
About how many nerves do we have in our skin?
19 million
People with lighter skin have {more or less} melanin?
Less
Which layer of the skin protects the body by keeping germs and dirt out?
Epidermis
What is it called when we get a red painful patch of skin from being out in the sun?
sunburn
How many pounds does the skin of an average person weight?
6 pounds!
By giving us goosebumps, which trap warm air around our skin!
Albinism is:
the condition where people do not have melanin in their skin, hair and eyes
Which layer of the skin contains nerves that help us feel things like pain, temperature, and pressure?
Dermis
What are 3 things we can do or wear to protect ourselves from the sun?
The thinnest layer of our skin is found in:
Our eyelid
How did the guy in the video's hand not freeze in the liquid nitrogen?
The hot blood pushed to the tips of the hands and made sure it didn't get too cold
UV rays
Sunburns