Hormone basics

Activity 1: Hormone Basics
Use the Web sites provided to answer these questions about hormones.
1. What is a hormone and what does it do?___________________________________________________________
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2. What bodily system produces hormones?
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3. Where are individualhormones made?
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4. Why are there different hormones in men and women?___________________________________________________________
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5. What if a person does not have enough of a hormone? What if a person has toomuch of a hormone?
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Activity 2: Top Five Hormones
Research differentkinds of hormones using the provided Web sites. Then choose five you think are most important to the human body and complete the chart.
Hormone Where it’s produced Purpose Interesting fact Reason forchoosing it






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The two main ingredients of sweat are sodium chloride (common salt) and this.http://www.bulls.se/interactive/sweat/sweat1.htm
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Sweat glands are found within this inner layer of skin.
http://www.vilenski.com/science/humanbody/hb_html/skin.html
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Sweat is one of the main ways your body dispels this, keeping your body temperature under control.
http://www.hhp.ufl.edu/keepingfit/ARTICLE/SWEAT.HTM
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One way to fight stinky sweat odor is to use these to clog sweat glands.
http://www.swmed.edu/home_pages/library/consumer/bodyodor.htm
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