Answers to Questions Kids Ask! - Where "Why?" Turns to "Wow!"
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Questions About Gross Stuff
What is earwax and how does it form?
Even though it is pretty disgusting it does some good stuff. Ear wax is known more formally as cerumen. It is produced by glands in your ear called aprocine glands,…
What is Sweat?
Your body works best when its temperature is about 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (37 degrees Celsius). When your body gets hotter than that, your brain doesn’t like it – it wants…
What is spit?
Pull a lollipop out of your mouth and you’ll see it. Wake up after drooling on your pillow and you’ll feel it. That’s right, it’s spit, also known as saliva…
Why Does Sweat Smell?
Sweat isn’t just wet – it can be kind of stinky, too. But the next time you get a whiff of yourself after running around outside and want to blame…
What is a scab?
You’re running around with your friend, laughing your head off, when suddenly you trip over a rock and hit the ground. As you pick yourself up, you notice that your…
What is puke?
Puke is a lot of things. You may have heard these words to describe it: vomit, throw up, upchuck, gut soup, ralphing, and barf. Whatever you call it, it’s the…
Why Do I Burp?
“Burp!” You cover your mouth with your hand, but it’s too late. The people at the next table in the food court already heard. As you turn back to your…
What are boogers?
To understand what boogers are, you need to know about mucus (say: myoo-kus). Mucus is the thin, sticky, slimy stuff that’s made inside your nose. If you’re like a lot…
What is a fart and why do we do it?
P.U.! What’s that smell? How can your body make something so stinky? Farts – also called flatus (say: flay-tus) or intestinal (say: in-tes-tuh-null) gas – are made of, well, gas!…
Why Does My Nose Run?
There are several different reasons why your nose might run. If you have a cold or the flu, your nose goes into mucus-making overdrive to keep the germ invaders out…
Is picking your nose really bad for you?
Picking your nose may rank up there with spitting and burping as good old-fashioned (and repulsive) fun. But for those who know noses, that unspeakable habit does involve health risks…
How does your body make you throw up?
Normally, your digestive system carries food down your throat, into your stomach, and on through your intestines until what’s left of the food reaches the end of the line at…
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