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Monday 30th

SNOT SCIENCE

Questions:

  1. The author is being clever here by giving the title two meanings. Can you figure out what are these two meanings?
  2. When the author writes about ‘up there’ in the introduction, where do you think ‘up there’ is? Draw your answer.
  3. What is the author doing by writing ‘Oh, and I have it on good authority that it’s salty… a friend told me.’?
  4. What does the author think of Jimmy Grimble? Tell me why.
  5. What is the function of the nose?
  6. How do ‘lysozymes’ work?
  7. Why do you have acid in your stomach?
  8. What happens when you produce more snot?
  9. How do you flush out the germs from your body?
  10. What does the author mean by ‘bacteria busting’?
  11. Why is the snot green?
  12. What happens to the snot when it changes from green to brownish-black?
  13. Why do you think the author is trying to be funny?
  14. From the words: ‘attack’ and ‘war’, what do you think the author is referring to?
  15. ‘Now, where did I put my hanky?’, what do you think is going to happen?
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