Wonder Box Questions!!!Wonder Box Questions!!!

How do people get headaches?How do people get headaches?

• Tension headachesTension headaches: most common headache. : most common headache. (Muscle) Up to 90% of adults have had tension (Muscle) Up to 90% of adults have had tension headaches. Tension headaches occur more headaches. Tension headaches occur more commonly among women than men.commonly among women than men.

• Migraine headachesMigraine headaches: second most common : second most common headache. (Arterial/ Veins) An estimated 28 million headache. (Arterial/ Veins) An estimated 28 million people in the United States (about 12% of the people in the United States (about 12% of the population) will experience a migraine headache. population) will experience a migraine headache. Migraine headaches affect children as well as Migraine headaches affect children as well as adults. More women than men are affected.adults. More women than men are affected.

What is dandruff?What is dandruff?

• The shedding of dead skin cells from the The shedding of dead skin cells from the scalpscalp• When the skin cells on our scalp are When the skin cells on our scalp are

renewed the old ones are pushed to the renewed the old ones are pushed to the surface and out of the scalpsurface and out of the scalp• about 50% of people in North America about 50% of people in North America

suffer from dandruff. suffer from dandruff.

What is the brain made of?What is the brain made of?• About two-thirds of your brain is composed of fats.About two-thirds of your brain is composed of fats.• Our brains are a big bundle of nerve cells, which are Our brains are a big bundle of nerve cells, which are

gray, white, and a little pink in color and have a gray, white, and a little pink in color and have a texturetexture

• There are nerves that are as thin as an individual There are nerves that are as thin as an individual hair, or others that are as large a ½ inch thick ropehair, or others that are as large a ½ inch thick rope

• disorders such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disorders such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's appear to be from membrane loss of fatappear to be from membrane loss of fat

How do chips form & could hot chips harm you?

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• Hot, spicy foods raise body temperature.

• It can also increase the need to eat by causing more saliva to be produced, possibly leading to over eating.

• But other then that, in moderationin moderation, no.

When people lose weight where does it go?When people lose weight where does it go?• RESPIRATIONRESPIRATION– Stored food is converted to energy as your Stored food is converted to energy as your

body needs itbody needs it– If you intake more the body stores more & If you intake more the body stores more &

weight is gainedweight is gained

– If you use the energy the body has less stored If you use the energy the body has less stored & weight is lost& weight is lost

How do people get breast cancer?How do people get breast cancer?• Your body creates cells & replaces those that die with Your body creates cells & replaces those that die with

new ones.new ones.• Most cell replacements are healthy, but some change into Most cell replacements are healthy, but some change into

a harmful cell. These harmful cells can divide quickly over a harmful cell. These harmful cells can divide quickly over and over again without dying, making many, many copies and over again without dying, making many, many copies of itself, this is “cancer.” There are many different kinds of itself, this is “cancer.” There are many different kinds of cancer, named by where they form in the body. of cancer, named by where they form in the body.

• This group of harmful copies is called a cancer tumor.This group of harmful copies is called a cancer tumor.• Tumors can form anywhere in the body & will not stop Tumors can form anywhere in the body & will not stop

growing or spreading. When these cells spread it’s called growing or spreading. When these cells spread it’s called metastasis. This causes sickness in the body as the metastasis. This causes sickness in the body as the healthy body tries to fight the cells.healthy body tries to fight the cells.

• Tumors can be benign, which means the lump is not Tumors can be benign, which means the lump is not cancer. Or the lump can be malignant, which is cancer.cancer. Or the lump can be malignant, which is cancer.

• A tumor is benign until it spreads to another area of the A tumor is benign until it spreads to another area of the body (metastasis)body (metastasis)

• Having a family history, being older, and a persons diet Having a family history, being older, and a persons diet and lifestyle choices can affect their risk of having and lifestyle choices can affect their risk of having cancer.cancer.

• Women with breast cancer can have healthy lives after Women with breast cancer can have healthy lives after treatment if a lump is caught early.treatment if a lump is caught early.

• Doctors and scientists are working to find cures. They Doctors and scientists are working to find cures. They are researching new medicines that may even help are researching new medicines that may even help prevent the disease. For now, it's important for women prevent the disease. For now, it's important for women to catch the disease early.to catch the disease early.

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Why do we have fingernails & how are Why do we have fingernails & how are they made?they made?

• The base of the fingernails and toenails, as The base of the fingernails and toenails, as well as some of the nail along both sides of well as some of the nail along both sides of the nail, are embedded into the skinthe nail, are embedded into the skin

• nails are made of protein (that is also in skin nails are made of protein (that is also in skin and hair). and hair).

• As new cells grow in the matrix, the older As new cells grow in the matrix, the older cells are pushed out, compacted and take on cells are pushed out, compacted and take on the familiar flattened, hardened form of the the familiar flattened, hardened form of the fingernail. fingernail.

How does hair turn gray or white?How does hair turn gray or white?• Hair is white. It gets its natural color from

a type of pigment called melanin. The natural color of our hair depends upon the amount of melanin in the middle layer of the hair shaft.

• hair turns gray because of age and genetics, in that genes regulate when the pigment runs out of each individual hair follicle.

• This occurs at different rates in different hair follicles

What is in glow

sticks?

What is in glow

sticks?

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How is chocolate made?How is chocolate made?• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye78F3-

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