Chinmaya International Residential School
Class 8 Science
Ch-10 Adolescence Question Bank
Question Bank.
1 mark Questions
1. What is the age of adolescence in human?
2. Which organ is called voice box?
3. What type of chromosomes occurs in sperms?
4. Name the disease caused by less or not secretion of thyroxin?
5. How we can keep ourselves healthy?
6. Why adolescence is also called teenage?
7. Some boys and girls have disproportionate body structure during adolescence. Why?
8. What are the secondary sexual characters in girls?
9. Explain term menstruation.
10. How do hormones help in the completion of life of insects and frogs?
11. Write some myths which are not facts.
12. Insulin is produced by which gland?
2 Marks Questions
1. When do noticeable changes begin in human in adolescence?
2. Do both girls and boys grow on same rate? Explain.
3. Name female hormone. State its function.
4. What is menopause?
5. What are sex chromosomes? Why is it called so?
6. What is the name of hormone produced by pancreas? State its function.
7. Which endocrine gland produces the growth hormone?
8. What do you mean by metamorphosis?
9. What is the most important change marked by puberty?
10. Explain the development of sex organs in men and female.
11. What happens when egg gets fertilized?
12. Name the virus that causes AIDS. What are the medium through which this virus is
transmitted?
13. Explain the sex determination of a baby in human.
14. What do you understand by Adam’s apple?
3 Marks Questions
1. List the changes that take part at puberty age.
2. What is health? Explain factors which help to keep a good health of an individual.
3. Draw the well labelled diagram of show location of various endocrine glands in human.
4. What do you understand by target site for hormones?
5. Differentiate between endocrine and exocrine glands.
6. Write a short note on Secondary Sexual Characters.