What is the term used for secretions of endocrine glands responsible for changes taking place in the body?
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What is menstruation? Explain.
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List the changes in the body that take place at puberty.
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Prepare a table having two columns depicting names of endocrine glands and hormones secreted by them.
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What are sex hormones? Why are they named so? State their function.
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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 woman 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, noodle, coke.
(ii) chapati, dal, vegetables.
(iii)rice, noodles and burger.
(iv) vegetable cutlets, chips and lemon drink.
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Write notes on :
(a) Adam's apple
(b) Secondary sexual characters
(c) Sex determination in the unborn baby.
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