Science Mysteries: Why Do People Yawn?

Science has given humans many amazing devices and useful bits of knowledge. We know so much about our bodies and how to stay healthy, for example. We also know how to make machines and devices that make life easy for us. Scientists dedicate their lives to knowledge, but even with a lifetime commitment, sometimes scientists fail to find all the answers. One mystery that still remains unsolved is why we yawn—what makes us yawn and what purpose it serves.

Recent studies suggest that we yawn when we get tired as a way to encourage our brains. The theory is that yawning helps cool the brain, allowing it to work more efficiently. According to WebMD's article about these studies, when you yawn, your jaw muscles get stretched, increasing blood flow to your neck, face, and head. Also a deep breath during the yawn forces spinal fluid and blood down from the brain. The cool air then cools down these fluids.

Other scientists believe, however, that yawning is a form of communication. This theory attempts to explain why yawning seems to spread from person to person. This kind of behavior is called "contagious yawning" and carries with it a possible social message. Scientists are not yet sure what exactly the message is, but they believe people who have more social empathy are more likely to start yawning when they see someone else yawning.

Scientists will continue to investigate the mystery of the yawn. Is it a leftover behavior from before humans had language? Was it a "Hey, I'm sleepy. Let's go to sleep" message? Or is it really just a way to keep our brains cool? While this behavior still is largely a mystery, one thing is certain: you are probably fighting the urge to yawn right about now.

Which word from the text best describes scientists' understanding of the yawn? (5 points)

a
Mystery
b
Breath
c
Language
d
Message

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Answer 1

Answer:

mystery

Explanation:

Throughout the passage, the author repeatedly refers to yawning as a mystery. For example, "One mystery that still remains unsolved is why we yawn—what makes us yawn and what purpose it serves." and "Scientists will continue to investigate the mystery of the yawn." and also, "while this behavior still is largely a mystery, one thing is certain:"


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In which underlined adjective clause is the relative pronoun used as the object of a preposition?

a The part of Alaska that is within the Arctic Circle is cold most of the year.
b The explorer whom I met last year has never been to the North Pole.
c The climate is one in which little foliage can grow.
d I saw a dog whose sled left without him.

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Answer:

D would be answer I guess

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(adverb) My sister answered the question intelligently.
What is the adverb

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Answer:

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3. Do you think that sports officials must be fit and healthy in officiating
games? Why?​

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Answer:

yes

Explanation:

coz sports are going to help our body being healthy by the toxic get out from our body when we sweating

yes, i think sport officials must be healthy to set a good example

Fren bought groceries that cost $14.40 .She paid the store clerk, Ping,with a $20 bill. Ping makes change by saying. 2 pennies make the total $14.40 . 6 dimes makes it $15.00 ,and 6 dollars makes it $20 .

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Answer:

D. yes, ping should give five one dollar bills, not six

Explanation:

Given data is

Fren bought groceries.

The groceries cost = $14.40

She paid to ping (clerk) = $20

hence, the money should give by ping to fern is = $20 - $14.40 = $5.6

two pennies make the total of $14.40 which is true.

six dimes makes $15 this is also true.

six dollars makes $20 this is false.

Since $15 + $6 = $21 which is not equal to $20.

How does Machiavelli work to achieve his secondary purpose—to inform his readers?

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He explains that principalities don't know how to rule themselves. He describes the steps people take when they join rebellions. He describes the emotions of people in a conquered republic.

Explanation:

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Which two parts highlight the psychological consequences of war?

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Answer:

Quit

Explanation:

Nin

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What is the indirect object in the sentence?


I sent her a postcard about my trip.

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The indirect object is “her.”
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(The indirect object is to whom or for whom the action of a verb is being performed.)

Write down Questions about why you in particular do something that u do-

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I JUST DID IT, D

Explanation:

EDGE

After analyzing the simile in the excerpt, we can say it compares the following:

D. The ugly words to a group of buzzards.

What is a simile?

A simile is a figure of speech in which a comparison between two different things is made. Similes always rely on words such as "like" and "as" to make the comparison.

In the excerpt, the simile compares two things to other two different things:

Ugly words are compared to a group of buzzardsMr. Shiflet's head is compared to the top of a tree

Since letter D is the only option that presents one of those two possibilities, it is the correct answer.

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Which are traits of a free verse poem? Check all that apply.
O a clear pattern of rhyming words
| lines that vary greatly in length
no set number of lines per stanza
an established meter and rhythm
a pattern for stressing syllables

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Answer:

lines that vary greatly in lengthno set number of lines per stanza

Explanation:

Free verse doesn't rhyme or have a regular meter and tends to follow the rhythm of natural speech with no particular pattern of stressing syllables.

Answer:

B. lines that vary greatly in length. C. no set number of lines per stanza.

Explanation:

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Which country is the island of Socotra part of? from text

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Answer:

Yemen

Explanation:

Socotra sits at the entrance to the Gulf of Aden, only 60 miles from the horn of Africa. Politically it is governed by Yemen, some 230 miles to the north. Geographical isolation has sculpted Socotra in its unique form.

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inevitable bias
bias by omission and bias by arrangement
bias by omission
unintentional bias
It depends completely on what the events were, so there is not enough information to tell.

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Answer:

inevitable bias

Explanation:

no matter what they did its going to be viewed as some kind of bias

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hi, I hope you’re having a good day :)

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He sold many oranges (Passive voice )​

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Which fact from the Tinker v. Des Moines court decision best supports the
reasoning that the conduct of the student protesters was protected by the
Fourteenth Amendment, which prohibits deprivation of life, liberty, or
property?

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Which fact from the Tinker v. Des Moines court decision best supports the reasoning that the conduct of the student protesters was protected by the Fourteenth Amendment, which prohibits deprivation of life, liberty, or

property?

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A. The record shows that students in some of the schools wore

buttons relating to national political campaigns, and some even

wore the Iron Cross, traditionally a symbol of Nazism.

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B. On the other hand, the Court has repeatedly emphasized the need

for affirming the comprehensive authority of the States and of

school officials, consistent with fundamental constitutional

safeguards, to prescribe and control conduct in the schools.

C. The action of the school authorities appears to have been based

on an urgent wish to avoid the controversy which might result

from the expression, even by the silent symbol of armbands, of

opposition to this nation's part in the conflagration in Vietnam.

D. That they are educating the young for citizenship is reason for scrupulous protection of Constitutional freedoms of the individual if we are not to strangle the free mind at its source and teach youth to discount important principles of our government as mere

platitudes.

Answer:

D. That they are educating the young for citizenship is reason for scrupulous protection of Constitutional freedoms of the individual. if we are not to strangle the free mind at its source and teach youth to discount important principles of our government as mere platitudes

Explanation:

The Tinker vs Des Moines Independent Community School District case which was decided by the Supreme Court ruled that the students' use of armbands represented free speech to and was not bound by the actions of the people that participated in it.

It also ruled that the school could not alienate their constitutional rights as the actions of the students in no way substantially interfere with the operation of the school.

n a feeding frenzy, the pigeons descended upon the breadcrumbs that the kindly old man on the park bench continued to toss.

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Answer:

the pigieons are being nice

Explanation:

c

Blazing in gold and quenching in purple,
Leaping like leopards to the sky,
Then at the feet of the old horizon
Laying her spotted face, to die;
Stooping as low as the kitchen window,
Touching the roof and tinting the barn,
Kissing her bonnet to the meadow,-
And the juggler of day is gone!
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Answer:

The Sun is being personified in the poem.

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Answer:

Antonio afterwards says that he regards this world as the stage of a theatre on which everyone has to play some part, his own part on this stage being a sad one.

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that would just mean the content of whatever poem you are studying is either paradoxical or displays 2 different ideas that prove or emphasise the message.

Read this excerpt from "The Savoy."

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Answer:

The answer is B.

Explanation:

The excerpt shows that the narrator is very embarrassed.

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'Her angry words were bullets to him'. The comparison of angry words to bullets here is a ____________________. *

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Answer:

metaphor

Explanation:

Metaphors compare two unlike things without using "like" or "as," unlike similes. Angry words and bullets are being compared without "like" or "as," making it a metaphor.

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**what poetic device is used by saying the ground is the snow’s ‘permanent residence’

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metaphor?

explanation :

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Metaphors. I hope i helped :) have a good day :)

1. All his information ..... wrong. (was, are, were)​

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Answer:

well makes more sense with "was" tbh.

All his information "was" wrong.

Explanation:

describe the effect of blank verse in the poem how would the poem be different if frost had used a rhyming form?

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Answer:

^^^^^^^^The use of blank verse makes the poem sound like everyday speech. Blank verse’s regular meter gives the poem a sense of structure and stability. If the poem had a rhyme scheme, it would not sound like people were talking normally. If the poem had a rhyme scheme, the rhyme might be distracting to the reader. Rhyme schemes can sound artificial.

Explanation:

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Answer:

Fitst person is right

Explanation:

got it right on edge

Read the information in the brainstorming table.

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Which piece of information best completes the table?

Every year, the students in our school put on a spring performance.
Finally, the chorus teacher announced there would be a school play.
Then I chose a song and prepared for my audition.
Finally, I was selected for a leading role in the play.

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Answer: is d

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present simple​

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Answer:

shining

Explanation:

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