Term?
After the prenatal stage is the ________ stage.
Infancy!
The time before birth is the ___________ stage.
prenatal
Moods...this is the same thing as your
Feelings
The final growth stage!
This is adulthood!
When you grow older, more responsible, and helpful you are...
Mature
What is a growth spurt?
A period of rapid change.
What is body image?
How you think your body looks.
Hygiene is your...
cleanliness!
The groups of specialized cells that produce hormones.
Glands!
What is the gland that helps set the pace at which the body functions?
The thyroid gland.
What is puberty?
Puberty is the physical changes a person experience during adolescence.
Give examples of GOOD hygiene:
(MUST GET AT LEAST 3)
Shower
Soap
Brush Teeth
Brush Hair
Wash hands often (especially after bathroom use)
Change clothes & underwear EVERYDAY! ;)
What is the term for all the things that surround you every day?
environment
What are hormones?
Hormones are chemicals in the body that pass on messages from the endocrine system that cause things to happen.
Describe the childhood stage...
...a period of slow and steady growth and development that last until you are about ten years old.
What is the part of the brain that tells the pituitary gland when to release its hormones?
hypothalamus
This body system is important in determining how your body grows; sends messages around the body in the form of chemicals called hormones.
Endocrine System
What is heredity?
the passing of characteristics from parents to their children.
What is the pituitary gland?
It is the “master gland”; sends out hormones that tell the other glands what to do; located just beneath the brain.
What is adolescence?
the period of rapid growth and development from about age 10 to about age 19.