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You are in the middle of a science test. ___1___
is total silence in the class. While the others are
writing ___2___
furiously, you are beginning to ___3___
hungry. It is nearly recess time and you are___4___
of how delicious a bowl of laksa in your
canteen would taste. Suddenly,
___5___ any warning at all, your stomach ___6___
a loud growling sound. Your classmates ___7___
to giggle and you nearly die ___8___
embarrassment.
___9___ does
your stomach behave that way ? When you are
___10___
, your stomach begins to secrete digestive
juices. The churning of these ___11___
in your stomach is what ___12___
the growling sound. When you eat something to ___13___
your hunger, the juices will not churn as there is
now something to work ___14___
. Thus, the churning of these juices ___15___
the stomach's way of alerting you that it is time to ___16___.
Your brain also ___17___
an important part in informing you that you are
hungry. There is part of the brain ___18___
the 'appestat'. Scientists believe that it is ___19___
part of the brain that tells your body ___20___
you are hungry as well as when to stop eating.
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