Ciencia Básica

WHAT EXACTLY KILLED THE DINOUSOURS?

TERMINOLOGY: silly jokes, asteroid, declining, volcanism, lava, dust, soot, climate change, dinosour count, 6-mile wide asteroid, layer, KP-G boundary, iridium, earth´´´ surface, molten rocks, tsunami

VERBS: due to, spew out, trigger, crash, hold on, to blast, fall back, to worse, extinct

HEAT TRANSFER

TERMINOLOGY: umbrella, heat, ultraviolet radiation, summer,

VERBS: Heading out, warn, radiate, 

TOOTH DECAY

TERMINOLOGY: cavities, black sketch pen, bacteria, mouth, teeth, tongue, harmless, enamel, dentin, pulp, mineral, layer, underlying, blood vessels, nerves, acid, sugar, saliva, further, decay

VERBS; feed, dissolve, decay, restore, prevent, keep up,

WHAT IS AN ALLERGY

TERMINOLOGY: magic spell, overreaction, immune system, harmless, subatnce, peanut, milk, pollen, allergens, white blood cell, lymphocytes, foreign invader, bacteria, viruse, parasite, antigent, antibody, hence, excess mucus, running nose, itching throat, watery eyes,

VERBS; trigger, 

WHAT IS DIABETES?

TERMINOLOGY: rare, disease, glucose, sugar level, blood, Statue of Liberty, bloodstream, pancreas, insulin, cell, inadequeate, hence, gestational diabetes, pregnant, blindness, kidney failure, heart attack, 

VERBS: remain, covert, release, buold up, lead,

WHY IS PLUTO NOT A PLANET ANYMORE?

TERMINOLOGY: silly, IAU astronomers, planet, celestial body, orbit, spherical, shape, clear, neighborhood, gravity, dwarf planets, path, thus, objects,

VERBS: discover, 

WHY DO DEAD WHALES EXPLODE?

TERMINOLOGY: firecrackers, stop bluffing, shark, decomposition, methane, carbon dioxide, layer, blubber, skin, pressure, tissue, flesh, weak spot,

VERBS: to het washed up, decompose, to build up, to bloat

WHAT CAUSES TIDES?

TERMINOLOGY: rise, fall, sea level, height, high-tide, low-tide, gravitational pull, moon, bulge,

VERBS: drop, pull away, 

WHY DO SNAKES SHED THEIR SKIN?

TERMINOLOGY: outer skin, epidermis, hence, further, growth, parasites, beneath, hard surface, a tear, 

VERBS: shed, secrete, rub, drag, wriggle, slither out 

WHY DO WE CRY WHEN WE LAUGH?

TERMINOLOGY: tear, laughing, laughter, crying, theory, face muscles, tear duct, neurological condition, brain injury, disorder, mistakenly

VERBS: to scrunch, squeeze, link, trigger, 

HOW NOT TO CRY WHILE CUTTING ONIONS

TERMINOLOGY: chemical, sulfoxide, enzyme, eventually, lubricating liquid, sulfuric acid, temperature, thus, tight googles, onion roots, hence, 

VERBS: release, react, freeze, drop, reach, avoid, throw, running water

WHY DO WE CRY?

TERMINOLOGY: chocolate, happiness, sorrow, brain, limbic system, emotion, lacrimal gland, eyebrows, tears, thus, physical response, painkillers, endorphins, mood, stress hormon, ACTH, enkephalin, non-verbal, submission, attacker, symphaty, survival   

VERBS: inform, produce, stabilze, get rid of, serve 

HUMAN TEARS

TERMINOLOGY: crack a joke, amino acid sulfoxides, cell, enzyme, syn-propanethial-S-oxide, volatile, substance, mild sulfuric acid, absolutely, burning sensation, lacrimal gland, disinfecting liquid, 

VERBS: rupture, release, evaporate, lubricate, to wash off, hold, fall down