What is adolescence?
Adolescence is a period of life when body undergoes changes leading to reproductive maturity.
In easy language,
Adolescence is the period between childhood and adulthood.
Period between 11 to 18 years is called adolescence
Since this period covers the ‘teens’ (13 to 18 or 19 years of age), adolescents are also called ‘teenagers’.
What is Puberty?
The time when adolescents become sexually mature and capable of reproduction is called puberty
Girls attain puberty around age of 10-12 years
Men obtain puberty around 12-13 years
Different changes in human body during adolescence is called Puberty like increase in height,change in voice,development of reproductive organs etc
Let’s look at them in the next post.
Questions
NCERT Question 9 (3) - Word game : Use the clues to work out the words.
Protruding voice box in boys
NCERT Question 2 - Word game : Use the clues to work out the words.
Protruding voice box in boys
NCERT Question 9 (7) - Word game : Use the clues to work out the words.
Endocrine gland attached to brain
