Puberty (Health)

The pituitary gland is a pea-shaped gland that sits just under the brain and releases puberty hormones.

• True

• False

What is Puberty

• Where you grow a mustache

• The physical changes that happen during adolescence

• Where you start liking alcohol

• The emotional changes that happen during adolesence

List four changes that occur during puberty.

• production of testosterone; shrinking spurt; hair loss; body odor

• production of testosterone; weight loss; hair loss; muscle strength

• production of testosterone; growth spurt; hair loss;

• production of testosterone; growth spurt; hair growth; body odor

What causes puberty to start?

• Hormones
• Gender
• Age

• Body Size

During the menstrual cycle, an egg comes out of the _________ and begins a trip through the fallopian tube to the uterus.

• ovary

• testical

• epididymis

• vagina

What hormone causes a females body to change during puberty

• estrogen
• testosterone
• sperm
• egg

What hormone causes a males body to change during puberty?

• estrogen
• progesterone

• semen

• testosterone

Everyone goes through puberty at the same speed. 

• True
• False

When the body is ready to begin puberty, the pituitary gland ________ special hormones.

• takes

• releases

• shows

• builds

You should always please please please use _________________ because you don't want to be the stinky kid in class.

• deodorant

• toothpaste

• chapstick

• your seatbelt