Adolescence Flashcards
What is adolescence?
The time in your life where you change from a child into an adult.
What types of change occur during adolescence?
Physical changes and emotional changes.
What are the physical changes of adolescence called?
Puberty.
What is puberty?
The physical changes of adolescence.
During which age range does puberty usually occur in most people?
9-14.
Why does puberty need to happen?
The reproductive system needs to develop so that the person can have children if they choose to.
List 4 changes that happen to girls AND boys during puberty.
Pubic hair and underarm hair grows.
Body smell becomes stronger.
Emotional changes occur.
Growth spurt.
List 4 changes that happen only to girls during puberty.
Breasts develop.
Ovaries start to release eggs.
Periods start.
Hips widen.
List 5 changes that happen only to boys during puberty.
Voice breaks (gets deeper).
Testes and penis get bigger.
Testes start to produce sperm.
Shoulders widen.
Hair grows on face and chest.
What causes puberty to happen?
Sex hormones are released from the ovaries or testes which act as chemical messengers.
These hormones trigger physical changes.
Where are male sex hormones made?
In the testes.
Where are female sex hormones made?
In the ovaries.
How do hormones travel around the body?
In the bloodstream.
