Puberty Is Best Defined as a

question 108

Multiple Choice

Puberty is best defined as a

• A) social process resulting in adult-like thinking.
• B) biological process resulting in adult-like thinking.
• C) social process resulting in the ability to produce a child.
• D) biological process resulting in the ability to produce a child.

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Definitions:

Absorption

Absorption is the process by which substances are taken into the body's interior, as in the uptake of nutrients by the digestive tract.

Absorption

The process by which substances are taken up into a more assimilable form, such as nutrients from food into the bloodstream.

Peristalsis

A sequence of muscular waves that propel food along the digestive system.

Chemical Digestion

The process in the digestive system where enzymes break down food into small molecules the body can absorb.