Farts, Vomit, and Other Functions That Help Your Body

By Kristi Lew

Our bodies sweat, vomit, sneeze, and pee. But who would have thought that sweating cools our bodies or that boogers keep bugs from getting into your lungs? Pull out a tissue, and get ready to explore the amazing functions that keep your body going.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: Jul 15, 2021
• ISBN: 9781663983497

Kristi Lew

Kristi Lew is the author of more than thirty science books for teachers and young people. Fascinated with science from a young age, she studied biochemistry and genetics in college. Before she started writing full-time, she worked in genetics laboratories for more than 10 years and taught high-school science. When she’s not writing, she enjoys sailing with her husband aboard their small sailboat, Proton. She writes, lives, and sails in sunny St. Petersburg, Florida. You can reach Kristi and her two furry, feline office mates at [e-mail]. As soon as she gets back from the beach, she’ll write you back.

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Nasty (but Useful!) Science: Farts, Vomit, and Other Functions That Help Your Body by Kristi Lew

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Amazing Body

Up It Comes!

Pass the Gas

Gotta Go

The Poop Scoop

Working Up a Sweat

Pus Power

Snot a Sneeze

Cough It Up

Sticky Ears

Nasty but Nice

Glossary

Read More

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Copyright

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AMAZING BODY

The human body is an amazing machine. Your lungs take in a gas called oxygen. Then your heart pumps oxygen-filled blood through your body, keeping you alive. At the same