Read this article to answer the questions below https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zdcgpg8
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Question 1
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Do all people have the same number of papillae on their tongue?
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Question 2
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Explain super tasters in terms of what flavours they prefer to eat and the number of papillae they have. Do you think you are a super taster?
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Question 3
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What is the name for people who can eat pretty spicy foods and are not sensitive to strong flavors? Do they have more or less papillae then a super taster?
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From birth our brain knows to spit out or dislike what taste? The reason it knows this is because in earlier times, when ancestors survived on food they could find, when a plant tasted this way, it often meant it was poisonous.
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Do everyones taste receptors work the same? Explain using evidence from the article about PROP.
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Question 6
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Explain how your mom can affect your food preferences (give a scientific answer from the article!)
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People who decide to drink beer or wine on their 21st birthday (this is a british article so the age there is 18), typically don't love it on the first try. Explain how these beverages are often "acquired tastes".