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Pbs Teachers: Life's Little Questions: Why Are Peppers Hot?

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Determine your sensitivity to taste by examining your tongue for the number of papillae, or taste buds, per centimeter. Investigate how capsaicin, the component that gives peppers their heat, can also be used as an anesthetic and pain reliever.

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Concepts
taste buds
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capsaicin, fungiform papillae, senses, taste, bartoshuk's taster test, pbs, pbs teachers: life's little questions: why are peppers hot?, fruits
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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