Body Essentials Quiz 3

reliability, punctuality, and patience

qualities responsible adults possess

secondary

the development of _______ sex characteristics cause girls to look like women and boys to look like men

labor

the effort made by the mother's body to move the baby from the uterus and through the birth canal

adolescence

the period of transition between childhood and adulthood is know as ___________.

2nd

the semester in which a babies facial features become apparent

2nd

the semester in which a babies fingers and toes develop

1st

the semester that the placenta begins absorbing nutrients and oxygen from the mother's body

Puberty

the stage of physical development during adolescence

pituitary gland

this gland increases the amount of hormones in your bloodstream when puberty begins

embryo

After the zygote divides into two cells, it is called an _______.

adolescence

During ____________, a desire for independence increases.

hormones

During puberty, abnormal levels of ____________ can cause people to experience an extreme range of emotions

friends

__________ have an effect on what we do and say

adults

___________ may be able to offer you good advice.

physical development

during childhood, __________ ____________ is not as rapid as in infancy

12

most children can understand abstract symbols and solve complex problems by the time they are ___________ years old.

18 months

most infants are able to crawl and speak words by the time they are ______________