Adolescence and Puberty

Adolescence and Puberty

• Animals, as well as human beings, can reproduce only after a certain age or period in their lives after growing up into an adult.
• This is because of changes in hormones in their bodies that make them capable of reproduction.

Puberty and Adolescence:

Puberty is the time in which sexual and physical characteristics mature. The exact age of puberty depends on several different things such as genes, nutrition and gender.

Puberty: The period of adolescence during which an adolescent reaches sexual maturity and becomes capable of reproduction.

Adolescence is the period between puberty and adulthood (generally between 11 and 19 or teenage). Puberty ends when an adolescent reaches reproductive maturity.

What is Adolescence?

• It is a period in life when the body leads to reproductive maturity and experiences some changes.
• This period may vary in different individuals.
• The adolescence period includes the teenage and therefore adolescents are often called Teenagers as well.
• Adolescence: It is the period of life, when the body changes, leading to reproductive maturity.
• It begins around the age of 11 and lasts up to 18 or 19 years of age. Adolescents are also called teenagers.
• In girls, adolescence begins a year or two earlier than boys, the period of adolescence varies from person to person.

What is Puberty?

• Puberty is the period in life when animals and human beings become capable of reproduction.
• The changes that occur in the body during the adolescent age are an indication that an individual is reaching puberty.