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Reaching The Age Of Adolescence

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Define adolescence.

Solution

Adolescence is the period of life, when the body undergoes changes, leading to reproductive maturity. It begins around the age of 11 and lasts upto 18 or 19 years of age. In girls adolescence may begin one or two year earlier than boys.

Some More Questions From Reaching The Age of Adolescence Chapter

List the changes in the body that take place at puberty.

Prepare a Table having two columns depicting names of endocrine glands and hormones secreted by them.

What are sex hormones? Why are they named so? State their function.

Choose the correct option.

Adolescents should be careful about what they eat, because

Choose the correct option.

Reproductive age in women starts when their

Choose the correct option.

The right meal for adolescents consists of

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.

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