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• What molecule is like a charged battery for your cells?

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• What causes double joints in people?

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• What is a regular body temperature?

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• What percentage of the population has attached ear lobes?

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• What makes up a nucleotide?

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• What is the length of the human intestines?

  1 hr 14 min ago - The adult intestines both small and large are about 28 to 35 ...

• What principle states that genes that segregate independently do not influence each others inheritance?

  1 hr 15 min ago - Sounds like the term your looking for is Mendel's Law of Inde...

• What are the 5 functions of the liver?

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• What is the largest poop ever?

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• How did the funny bone get it's name?

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• What does cellulose do in the body?

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• Why do you shake when you're cold?

  1 hr 15 min ago - We shake when it's cold to generate heat and to get the core ...

• How fast does average hair grow?

  1 hr 15 min ago - Hairs grow at an average rate of 1/2 to 1 inch per month. Mak...

• How many punds of pressure to rip an ear off?

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• What is the difference between bacteria and eukaryotes?

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• Which lobes of the brain receive the input that enable us to feel someone scratching your back?

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• Can you kill someone with a drop of water?

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• How are autonomic activities controlled?

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• What are the main functions of the vertebral column?

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• Is your stomach the large or small intestine?

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• What is the first phase of mitosis?

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• How do I breathe?

  1 hr 16 min ago - You don't have to think about breathing because your body's a...

• What is the definition of the word biology in biology?

  1 hr 16 min ago - Biology is the study (-logy) of life (bio-). This means all l...

• What is repoductive isolation?

  1 hr 16 min ago - The mechanisms of reproductive isolation are the collection o...

• What can change the organs that develop in specific parts of an embryo?

  1 hr 17 min ago - Congenital heart defects happen because of incomplete or abno...

• How does the message of taste go to your brain?

  1 hr 17 min ago - Humans receive tastes through sensory organs called taste bud...

• What to types of cells is phloem composed of?

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• What are some ways in which bacteria can benefit people?

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• What causes a person to burp?

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• What ecological role do many heterotrophic bacteria fill?

  1 hr 18 min ago - Heterotropic bacteria have been suggested to lay a key role i...

• What are the important functions of food?

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