Grossology 101
ENG 1P1
1. Complete the worksheet provided and we’ll take up your answers.
2. Then you will read the passage on pgs. 36-37 so that you can tally how many
correct answers you have.
3. Then complete the questions below:
a) Why do you think kitchen counters and cutting boards are dirtier than toilet
seats?
2. How do you think the Canadian soldiers responded to the order to urinate on pieces of cloth and put them
over their faces during a chlorine gas attack?
3. What else, besides flossing, can we do to reduce bad breath?
4. Why do you think government regulations allow some insects or insect parts in food?
5. What is the real reason that many airline passengers fall sick after a flight? Do you think there is anything
that people can do to protect themselves from germs while flying?
6. Why is a human less likely to become ill from kissing a dog than from kissing another human?