Adolescence (9-18 years)

Question 1

Adolescence

Answer 1

An important status change following the onset of puberty during which a young person develops from a child into a adult

Question 2

Puberty

Answer 2

A period of rapid growth during which young people reach sexual maturity, and become biologically able to reproduce and secondary sexual characteristics develop

Question 3

Hormones

Answer 3

Chemical substances produced in the body and transported in the blood stream that control or regulate body cells or body organs.

Question 4

what are the major female physical changes?

Answer 4

• Pubic hair grows
• Period start (menstruation)
• Breasts develop
• Shape changes
• Become taller - growth spurt
• Gain weight

Question 5

what are the major male physical changes?

Answer 5

• Pubic hair grows
• Facial hair grows
• Penis and testicles develop
• Voice breaks (deepens)
• Become taller - growth spurt
• Gain weight

Question 6

what is the hormone produced by males?

Answer 6

Testosterone - produced by the testes that controls the development of male sexual characteristics

Question 7

what are the hormones produced by a female?

Answer 7

Oestrogen - produced in the woman’s ovaries that control the development of sexual characteristics and stimulate changes in the reproductive organs.
Progesterone - produced in the ovaries and is responsible for the changes including ovulation and menstruation.