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Mollykgkg

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Why is the average 11- or 12-year-old girl taller than the average boy of the same age?
 
  a. Because girls experience menarche, the increase in vertical height, earlier than boys
 b. Because girls enter their puberty-related growth spurt before boys
 c. Because the nutritional needs of early adolescent girls is better than that of boys, and thus they grow taller earlier
  d. Because girls tend to drink more milk as a result of lactose intolerant being much more common in boys. This intake of calcium leads to earlier growth

Question 2

The average girl needs ____ calories per day to fuel adolescent growth.
 
  a. 1,200 to 1,600
  b. 1,800 to 2,400
  c. 2,200 to 3,200
  d. 3,200 to 4,000


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macagn

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

b


Mollykgkg

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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Gracias!

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