Answers to Questions Kids Ask! - Where "Why?" Turns to "Wow!"
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Blushing is a nervous reaction that triggers tiny blood vessels in your skin to widen. This allows more blood to flow to your skin and creates that reddening effect that you seem to know all too well. Blushing just happens to be your way of reacting to a particular situation. Someone else may not visibly blush, but they may very noisily tap their fingers or clear their throat. Everybody is different, but everybody gets embarrassed or nervous sometimes!
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What makes your hands prune up when soaked in water?
It has to do with the the way your fingers are made. The tips of fingers and toes are covered by a tough, thick layer of skin. When they are…
Why do my fingers, toes, and ears get cold first on a winter day?
It would sure be terrific if your toes could stay toasty all the time. But this doesn’t happen in frosty weather because your body has bigger things to worry about–like…
What makes people have different skin colors?
Under your outer layer of skin, there are special cells which make a pigment called melanin. How much melanin there is in your skin determines whether you are light or…
What’s an Adam’s Apple?
When kids hit puberty, their bodies and minds go through tons of changes. One change that every kid can count on is lots of body parts growing and changing shape….
Why do mosquito bites itch?
Because that female mosquito who bit you was very smart! She wanted to take a drink of your blood. But she’s only got a narrow tube for sucking blood. You…