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Burps, Boogers, and Beyond

Burps, Boogers, and Beyond

• Why do grown-ups use deodorant?
  
  
• Why do people get gas?
  
  
• Why does my breath smell bad in the morning?
  
  
• Why do I have to go to the toilet?
  
  
• Why is pee yellow?
  
  
• Why is poop brown?
  
  
• Why is ear wax yellow?
  
  
• What are boogers?
  
  
• Why do burps make funny sounds?
  
  
• What is poop made out of?
  
  
• Why do we burp?
  
  
• What is a pimple?
  
  
• Why do feet smell?
  
  
• What is a scab?
  
  
• What is mucus?