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F. Short answer ques ons.
1. What is adolescence?

2. What is puberty?
3. What do you mean by hormones?
4. What are endocrine glands?

5. Why should we not take drugs frequently?
G. Long answer ques ons.
1. What major changes take place in our body during the phase of adolescence?
2. Height is the most no ceable change that take place during the puberty. How?

3. What are the changes in our body shape during puberty?
4. What are the secondary sexual character?
5. Write the characteris cs of hormones.

6. Write the hormones secreted by pituitary gland with their func ons.
7. What do you mean by the reproduc ve phase of life?
8. How is the sex of baby determined?

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Project Activity
A. Make a chart showing different stages of life of a human being and present it in your classroom.
B. Make a presenta on showing why do a growing body need nutri ous food.

C. Name some nutri ous food in the box given below.

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HOTSTSTS
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A. Drugs are harmful at all ages. Why do we then specially emphasise that adolescents should
avoid drugs?

B. Why do you think the pelvic area in girls broadens at puberty?

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