Reaching the Age of Adolescence (Class - VIII)
| Description: Reaching the Age of Adolescence | |
| Number of Questions: 15 | |
| Created by: Vijay Palan | |
| Tags: Reaching the Age of Adolescence Class - VIII Hormones Sex Determination Puberty Sex Determination in Humans Making a Good Physical and Mental Health During Adolescence Hormones Present in Our Body Apart From Sex Hormones Reproductive Phase of Life in Humans and Role of Hormones in Initiating Reproductive Function Changes during Puberty |
Which of the following is the function of insulin hormone?
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome is mainly an incurable sexually transmitted disease. Which of the following is/are the causative agent(s) of this disease?
A couple had a male child. Which of the following factors is responsible for a male child?
Indian food is a balanced food. Which of the following should not be a part of the adolescent balanced diet?
Which of the following glands does not secrete its product after receiving orders from the pituitary gland through its hormones?
In a frog, metamorphosis is brought about by thyroxine hormone. The production of thyroxine hormone requires the presence of which of the following in water?
Which of the following statements is/are false?
a. The aldosterone hormone maintains the correct salt balance in the blood. b. AIDS virus weakens the immunity of the body due to which the body is unable to fight disease-causing germs. c. AIDS virus cannot be transmitted to an infant from the infected mother through her milk.
Endocrine glands are ductless glands that make and secrete hormones. Which of the following endocrine glands occur(s) in pairs?
a. Adrenal gland b. Pituitary gland c. Testis d. Ovary
Which of the following organs is/are not a part of female reproductive system?
Male sex hormones, which are responsible for changes in adolescent males at puberty, are made by the testes. Which of the following hormones is responsible for these changes?
Which of the following statements is/are false?
a. The reproductive phase of life in women lasts much longer than in men. b. Pancreas, testes and ovaries function as endocrine as well as exocrine glands. c. Hormones released by endocrine glands reach the concerned body part through blood and act on it.
Different endocrine glands release different hormones. The faulty functioning of which of the following endocrine glands can make a person dwarf or giant?
Many young boys and girls get pimples and acne on the face during puberty. Pimples and acne are formed due to the increased activity of which of the following glands?
a. Sebaceous gland b. Adrenal gland c. Pancreas d. Thyroid gland
The secondary sexual characteristics in males and females start developing at the time of puberty and continue to develop through the period of adolescence. Which of the following secondary characteristics is not produced by estrogen?
Match the following. Hormones|Glands| |a. Growth hormone|1. Pancreas| |b. Insulin hormone|2. Adrenal gland| |c. Aldosterone hormone|3. Pituitary gland|