Science, 10B Jaidin Dierckx, 10gold.

Does eating poppy seeds give you a higher chance of failing a drug test? How many/what quantity would you have to eat before there was a positive result for drugs in your system? 1) Yes, they can. Eating poppy seed pastries can cause positive results for opiates (such as heroin, morphine and codeine). Once in your system they can remain there for up to two days, or up to 60 hours if larger quantities are consumed. If you were to take a drug test during this time the results could quite possibly come up positive. 2) Tests have shown that two poppy seed bagels would do it, but the reason poppy seeds show up in drug tests is because they contain trace amounts of morphine (which is an ingredient in heroin). To get a full dose of morphine from poppy seeds you would have to eat 40 grams of just poppy seeds.

If you were in a shipwreck, would it be better to be fat or skinny? Why? 1) Fat. 2) Because the excess fat would act as a buoyant as well as protect you from the cold (water is cold), which means it would be possible to conserve more energy than the thinner person, who would have to exert more effort to stay afloat, because they have nothing else to help them stay above water.