Choose the correct option.

Reproductive age in women starts when their

• menstruation starts.

• breasts start developing.

• body weight increases.

• height increases.

Write notes on :

Adam’s apple.

Write notes on :

Secondary sexual characters.

Write notes on :

Sex determination in the unborn baby.

Word game : Use the clues to work out the words.

Across

3. Protruding voice box in boys

4. Glands without ducts

7. Endocrine gland attached to brain

8. Secretion of endocrine glands

9. Pancreatic hormone

10. Female hormone

Down

1. Male hormone

2. Secretes thyroxine

3. Another term for Teenage

5. Hormone reaches here through blood stream

6. Voice box

7. Term for changes at adolescence.

The table below shows the data on likely heights of boys and girls as they grow in age. Draw graphs height and age for both boys and girls on the same graph paper. What conclusions can be drawn from these graphs?

What is the phase of life when the body undergoes changes to attain reproductive maturity called?

What is the age period of adolescence?

What is reproductive maturity called?

Write any two changes in bodies of boys during adolescence.

What makes a person tall during adolescence?