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Reaching the age of adolescence

Write notes on—
(a) Adam’s apple.
(b) Secondary sexual characters.
(c) Sex determination in the unborn baby.

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Reaching the age of adolescence

Choose the correct option.
(a) Adolescents should be careful about what they eat, because
(i) proper diet develops their brains.
(ii) proper diet is needed for the rapid growth taking place in their
body.
(iii) adolescents feel hungry all the time.
(iv) taste buds are well developed in teenagers.
(b) Reproductive age in women starts when their
(i) menstruation starts.
(ii) breasts start developing.
(iii) body weight increases.
(iv) height increases.
(c) The right meal for adolescents consists of
(i) chips, noodles, coke.
(ii) chapati, dal, vegetables.
(iii) rice, noodles and burger.
(iv) vegetable cutlets, chips and lemon drink.

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Reaching the age of adolescence

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

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Reaching the age of adolescence

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

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Reaching the age of adolescence

List changes in the body that take place at puberty.

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Reaching the age of adolescence

What is menstruation? Explain.

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Reaching the age of adolescence

Define adolescence.

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Reaching the age of adolescence

What is the term used for chemical secretions of endocrine glands
responsible for changes taking place in the body?

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Reproduction in animals

Differentiate between internal fertilisation and external fertilisation.

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Reproduction in animals

What is metamorphosis? Give examples.

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