1. Name:_______________________ Day:____ Period:____ Trimester: _____
PUBERTY
Name:_______________________
Day:____ Period:____ Trimester: _____

2. PUBERTY
Puberty is _________________________ _________________, turning you from a kid into an adult.
Although everyone is different, puberty usually starts:
Girls: ____________
Boys: ____________
Hormones are special chemicals your body makes to help it do certain things — like grow up!

3. MENTAL/EMOTIONAL CHANGES
During puberty, you might __________ ________________________that you've never had before. You might feel overly sensitive or become upset easily.
Some kids lose their tempers more often and get angry with their friends or families. You also may _______________
_________________________________
Try to remember that people usually aren't trying to hurt your feelings or upset you on purpose. It might not be your family or friends — it might be your new ________________trying to adjust.

4. SOCIAL CHANGES
You may start to socialize with different people. ______________________________. You might feel differently towards your family, friends, and classmates.

5. PHYSICAL CHANGES The physical change: Grow more body hair
_______________
Develop body odor
4. Gain weight
5. ________________
What to do:
_________________
Wash your face
____________________
4. Eat healthy & exercise

6. PHYSICAL CHANGES GIRLS _______________ Breasts develop
Begin the menstrual period, or monthly cycle.
BOYS
___________________
More muscular body
Voice cracks then deepens

7. HOW TO SURVIVE PUBERTY ___________________________
Give your parents a chance. Your parents may not know how to deal with you growing up.
Look for information. Use appropriate books and/or websites. ____________________
____________________________________
Talk to somebody you can trust and who you are comfortable with

8. FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
The female reproductive system enables a woman to:
________________
have sexual intercourse
protect and nourish the fertilized egg until it is fully developed
_________________

9. FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
_________2 ovaries – produce, store, and release eggs—produce estrogen
_____________go from the ovaries to the uterus – “highway”
________a hollow, pear shaped organ with a muscular wall – where a fetus, or baby, grows
________the lower part of the uterus that opens into the vagina
___________a tube that connects the uterus to the outside of the body. The entrance to the vagina is on the outside of the body.

10. FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
__________when an egg is released from an ovary into the fallopian tube – occurs once a month
Fertilization: __________________________________
________________"period" -- 2 to 7 days -- blood and tissue leave the body through the vagina
Why? Each month, blood and tissue build up in the uterus to prepare for a fertilized egg in case a woman becomes pregnant. If the egg isn't fertilized, that lining leaves the body through the vagina and the girl has her _________.

11. MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
Unlike the female, whose sex organs are located entirely within the pelvis, the male has reproductive organs that are __________ __________________. The male genitals include:
the testicles
the ___________, which is made up of the epididymis and the vas deferens
the _____________, which include the seminal vesicles and prostate gland
the penis

12. MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
______________: 2 testicles – produce sperm—produce testosterone
_________where sperm is stored
__________transports the sperm from the epididymis to the urethra – “highway”

13. MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
________the tube that carries semen and urine out of the penis
_________ is a thick fluid that contains sperm
_________________secrete a thick fluid that nourishes the sperm
_____________walnut‑sized gland -- produces some of the fluid in semen

14. MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
__________hangs under the penis and contains the testicles and epididymis – regulates the temperature of the sperm
_____made of two parts -- the shaft (the main part) and the glans (the tip, sometimes called the head).