100 Coping with Changes Heredity Endocrine System Growth & Development Vocabulary
Column Combination of a sperm cell and an ovum
Answer Fertilized Cell
Column Tiny bits of information on chromosomes that influence your heredity
Answer Genes
Column Chemical messengers that help control some of the body’s activities
Answer hormones
Column Long strands of matter located in the cell’s nuclei; contain codes for all your inherited traits
Answer chromosomes
Column Describes the stronger gene of the pair
Answer dominant
Column Located at the base of the brain and makes the growth hormone
Answer Pituitary gland
Column Controls how fast cells turn nutrients into energy
Answer Thyroid gland
Column Makes epinephrine to give you a short burst of energy or strength
Answer Adrenal glands
Column Makes hormones starting at puberty
Answer gonads
Column Controls how the body uses nutrients
Answer Adrenal glands
Column Growth spurt for females
Answer 9-13
Column Growth spurt males
Answer 11-15
Column Time in life with the gonads start make their own hormones
Answer puberty
Column Hormones produced by the ovaries
Answer estrogen
Column Hormones produced by the testes
Answer testosterone
Column The passing of traits from parents to their children
Answer heredity
Column Number of chromosomes in the reproductive cells
Answer 23
Column chromosomes
Answer Number of chromosomes in all the cells of the body except the reproductive cells
Column Chromosome combination that will result in a girl
Answer XX
Column Gene combinations that will result in brown eyes
Answer Brown/brown Brown/blue
Column Puberty ages for females
Answer 11-14
Column Puberty ages for males
Answer 13-16
Column two things you can do to take care of your skin during puberty
Answer Wash, sleep, exercise, medicated soaps/cream
Column Doctor who treats skin problems
Answer dermotologist
Column One change you can expect in your relationships during puberty
Answer 1 or 2 close friends, join groups, want to be treated like an adult
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