Question

Name the hormone which develops secondary sexual characteristic:
(a) in females (girls).
(b) in males (boys)

Answer 1

in female estrogen and in males testesterone

Answer 2

(a) Estrogen

(b) Testosterone

Explanation:

Secondary sexual characteristics are the physical changes which develop at puberty and help in distinguishing between boys and girls. Testosterone is the male sex hormone responsible for masculine secondary sexual characteristics as well as the promotion of muscle growth. Estrogen is the reproductive hormone in females that assists in development of secondary sexual characteristics of females like breast development, flaring of the hips, etc.