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                  bacteria (bak-TEER-ee-uh)—a small                                                            BOOKS
                  living thing                                                                                 Claybourne, Anna. Smelly Farts and Other Body

                  cell (SEL)—one of the tiny units that are                                                    Horrors. Disgusting & Dreadful Science. New York:

                  the basic building blocks of living things                                                   Crabtree Publishing Company, 2015.
                                                                                                               Crispin, Sam. Vomit! Your Body at Its Grossest!
                  evaporate (ee-VAH-puh-rayt)—to pass                                                          New York: Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2018.
                  off or cause to pass off into vapor from a                                                   Perish, Patrick. Disgusting Bodily Functions. Totally

                  liquid state
                                                                                                               Disgusting. Minneapolis: Bellwether Media, 2015.
                  fiber (FI-burh)—mostly indigestible

                  material in food                                                                             WEBSITES

                  gland (GLAND)—a body part that                                                               Human Body Facts
                  produces a substance to be used by the                                                       www.scienceforkidsclub.com/human-body.html

                  body or given off from it                                                                    Poop Facts for Kids
                                                                                                               easyscienceforkids.com/the-scoop-on-poop-
                  nerve (NERV)—a band of tissue that                                                           human-excretory-system-basics/
                  connects parts of the nervous system with

                  other organs in the body                                                                     What’s a Fart?
                                                                                                               kidshealth.org/en/kids/fart.html
                  nutrient (NYOO-tree-ent)—a substance
                  or ingredient a person or animal needs to

                  be healthy

                  virus (VAHY-ruhs)—a tiny organism that

                  causes a disease








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