Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes! Quiz Show

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Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes! Quiz Show

• Puberty Edition

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Boys and girls will both develop muscle tissue
during puberty.

• FALSE

Boys develop more muscle and the bones get
heavier during puberty. This is when the features
become more obviously male, like wider shoulders
and jaws.
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Only boys produce testosterone.

• FALSE

Testosterone, which plays an important role in
male sexual development, is produced mainly by
the testes in boys and in much smaller amounts by
the ovaries in girls. Testosterone is also
produced by the adrenal glands in both girls and
boys. Estrogen, the female sex hormone, is also
produced in small amounts in boys.
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Boys and girls both develop broader shoulders
during puberty.

• FALSE

Widening of the shoulders occurs as part of the
male puberty process. Expansion of the ribcage
is caused by the effects of testosterone during
puberty. Hence males generally have broad
shoulders and expanded chests, allowing them to
inhale more air to supply their muscles with
oxygen.
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A boys breasts can get bigger and become sore
during puberty.

• TRUE

Enlarged or swollen breasts are seen quite
frequently in teenage boys. This is called
"pre-pubertal gynecomastia". As a boy enters
puberty, many hormones are made that act to
develop the secondary sex characteristics such
as, pubic hair, genital growth and deeper voice.
Some of these hormones originate from and thus
resemble female hormones. In some boys the
levels are so high, the breast gets stimulated to
grow by the female type of hormones. Because the
breast tissue is stimulated, the breast may be
tender or painful.
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The size of a boys penis determines how
masculine he is.

• FALSE

A males concerns about penis size are fueled by
cultural messages equating penis size with
masculinity. There is no truth to this myth.
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Boys are born with testicles inside their bodies
rather than outside.

• TRUE

As you were developing in your mother's womb,
your testicles formed inside your abdominal
cavity. The descent might take a few weeks to
complete, but normally by twelve weeks after
birth they drop through holes in the abdomen into
your scrotum. During childhood, a boy's
testicles can move back up into the abdominal
wall, but they descend again. When puberty is
reached, the testicles grow and no longer are
able to fit into the opening of the abdomen.
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The shrinking of the testicles is not a cause
for concern.

• TRUE

When the body gets cold, the shrinking of the
testicles is the males way of regulating the
temperature of his testicles in order to continue
to produce sperm.
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Wet dreams, or nocturnal emissions, occur only
when a male has a sexy dream.

• FALSE

A wet dream is when you ejaculate while you're
asleep. A dream does not have to be about
anything sexual in order to have a nocturnal
emission. Semen can build up inside your body and
one way that semen gets released is with a wet
dream.
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Men will continue to make sperm until they die.

• TRUE

In general, men keep producing sperm from puberty
right on until they die. As they get older the
quality and quantity may decline, but sperm will
continue to be produced, unless they suffer
damage to their testes through either disease or
injury.
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An erection occurs when the blood vessels in the
penis fill with an extra supply of blood.

• TRUE

An erection is a state when two tubular
structures in the penis become engorged with
rapid flowing blood. Since more blood is entering
than exiting the penis, it has to make more room
for the blood so it stretches out, making the
penis longer and stiffer.
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Masturbating can lead to health concerns with the
penis.

• FALSE

Masturbation is a natural and harmless expression
of sexuality for both men and women. It does not
cause any physical injury or harm to the body,
and can be performed in moderation throughout a
person's lifetime as a part of normal sexual
behavior.
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Hormones have no effect on a boy's emotions.

• FALSE

Boys and girls may experience sudden changes in
feelings during puberty. Feelings can swing
backwards and forwards and you may feel like
laughing at one moment and crying the next. Boys
particularly can experience strong feelings of
anger. Sudden mood changes are partly caused by
the increasing amount of hormones in the body.
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A girl's breasts may grow unevenly, one slightly
bigger than the other.

• TRUE

When girls begin puberty, their breasts begin to
develop starting with just a little swelling
under the nipple. This is known as breast
budding. They may notice that one of their
breasts starts developing before the other or
that one is growing more quickly. Many times this
difference in breast size evens out once a girl
is older, usually by age 20. But it's also
perfectly normal for women's breasts to remain
different sizes even when they're fully developed.
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A girl's body develops more fatty tissue during
puberty than a boy's.

• TRUE

Females naturally have more body fat than men,
and are supposed to. It's primarily for bearing
and feeding babies. Gaining some weight is part
of developing into a woman, and it's unhealthy
for girls to go on a diet to try to stop this
normal weight gain.
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A girl's hips get wider during puberty to help
support a growing baby during pregnancy.

• TRUE

As part of the maturing process, the body needs
to prepare to bear children.
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After puberty, the vagina is wet most of the time

• TRUE

About 6 months to 1 year before a girl gets her
first period, her body may start to produce
vaginal discharge. This is normal and is caused
by the changing level of hormones in the body,
resulting in an increase in secretions in the
vagina. This discharge helps keep the vagina
healthy. Normal vaginal fluids vary in texture
from thin and slightly sticky to thick and gooey.
They also vary in color, ranging from clear to
white or off-white. The amount of discharge can
vary depending upon a girl's menstrual cycle. For
example, fluids tend to be a bit heavier around
the time a girl ovulates, which is when an egg is
released from the ovary and moves into the
fallopian tube.
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A girl's period, or menstruation, lasts an
average of 5 days.

• TRUE

However, that is an average. How long a girl's
period lasts varies. It's perfectly normal for
some girls to have their first period for just 2
or 3 days. The amount of blood (also called
"menstrual fluid") that a girl has during her
period also varies. Some girls will have a very
light flow of blood the first couple of times
they get their period and others may have what
seems like much more. Lots of girls expect their
blood to be bright red during their periods. It's
completely normal for menstrual blood to be
brownish.
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Once a girl starts her period, she will get one
every 28 days.

• FALSE

Doctors often talk about a girl's monthly cycle
the number of days from the start of her period
to the start of the next one in terms of a
28-day cycle. Women's cycle lengths vary some
have a 24-day cycle, some have a 34-day cycle.
And a girl may notice that her cycles are
different lengths each month especially for the
few years after she first starts getting her
period.
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A girl needs to
clean inside her vagina every month.

• FALSE

The vagina is a self-cleaning organ. Each day,
the vagina produces some discharge that helps
cleanse it by flushing out any harmful dirt or
bacteria. Every girl has her own scent and every
girl has vaginal discharge, which she might
notice on her underwear or on toilet paper. On
some days, the discharge is white and pasty. On
the days of the month when a girl is ovulating,
it may be clear and stringy, kind of like egg
white. And on a few days each month, there may
not be any discharge at all.
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It is normal for sexual desires to develop in
girls during puberty.

• TRUE

During the teen years, sexual feelings are
awakened in new ways in both guys and girls
because of the hormonal and physical changes of
puberty. These changes involve both the body and
the mind, and teens may wonder about new and
often intense sexual feelings.
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