The Teen Years

The Teen Years

Ø What is meant by adolescence?

(adolescence is the period of life when the body undergoes changes leading

to reproductive maturity)

Ø Give examples of any three secondary sexual characters that are seen in

human males.

(the secondary sexual characters seen in human males are development of

facial hair such as beard and moustache, development of hair on the chest,

in armpits and the pubic region, increased size of the larynx seen as the

Adam’s apple)

Ø Give examples of any two secondary sexual characters that are seen in

human females.

 (the secondary sexual characters seen in human females are development of breasts and broadening of the hip region, growth of hair in the armpits and pubic region)

Ø What is menopause?

 (in females, the menstrual cycle comes to an end around the age of 45 -50 years and this phase is called menopause)

Ø What is endometrium?

(the endometrium is the inner layer or inner lining of the uterus)

Ø What may happen to the endometrium in the absence of progesterone?

(In the absence of progesterone, the endometrium remains thin and inactive).

Family

X

Father+ mother

daughter

daughter

daughter

ØWhat do you observe?

  (the given family has 3 daughters and no son)

Ø Which type of chromosomes determinescharacteristics of the individual,

 Such as height,colour of eyes etc.?

(autosomes)

ØWhich type of chromosomes determines gender of a child?

 (sex chromosomes)

ØHow is zygote formed?

(The zygote is formed by the fusion of the egg cell from the mother and the sperm cell from the father)

ØWhat will happen if the sperm taking part in fertilization carries X chromosome?

 (the zygote will develop into a female child)

ØIt is necessary to provide the body with good nutrition, proper exercise and

adequate rest during the period of adolescence.Why?

Adolescence is the age of rapid physical and mental growth leading to development

;therefore it is necessary to provide the body with good nutrition, proper exercise and adequate rest during the period of adolescence.

BITA form and details

English - Topic: Where Love Is God Is

Comprehension question and answers:


***Why did Martin invite the woman with the baby inside? (The woman was carrying her

baby. She was shabbily and sparsely dressed. On a very cold windy day, she did not

have anything to wrap her baby around and the baby was crying, probably because of

hunger. Seeing their plight Martin invited them inside)


**What did Martin say when Stepanitch asked, are you expecting anyone?”(He said he did

not really expect anyone but he had heard something last night that he could not get

out of his mind. While reading Gospel he had heard someone call his name and whisper

to him, “Expect me. I will come tomorrow)


** How did Martin convince the apple woman to pardon the boy? (He told her that God’s

way is more kind. God would not want the boy to be whipped. If the boy should be

whipped for stealing the apple, what should be done to us for our sins?”


** What did the boy do later to the woman?(Later the boys offered to help her by carrying

her sack for her.)


**Why Martin’s soul did grow glad? (The soul grew glad, when he realized that the people

who he had helped the day before were all messengers of God. He realized that all the

good deeds that he did the day before was in fact done for the God.)