School Age Vocab

2. Help consumers find the kinds. and amounts of foods they should eat each day
5. identity- the personal sense of one's own gender
7. a relation between three elements such that if it holds between the first and second and it also holds between the second and third it must necessarily hold between the first and third
9. prevention of wasteful use of a resource.
10. a type of carbohydrate that the body can't digest
13. the time in life when a boy or girl becomes sexually mature
14. of, based on, or serving as a hypothesis.
19. a dentist who is qualified to treat irregularities in the teeth and jaws.
20. behavior in accordance with socially accepted conventions or standards.
21. used for sealing something so as to make it airtight or watertight.

1. disorder- any of a range of psychological disorders characterized by abnormal or disturbed eating habits (such as anorexia nervosa)
3. pressure- influence from members of one's peer group.
4. the process in a woman of discharging blood and other materials from the lining of the uterus at intervals of about one lunar month from puberty until menopause, except during pregnancy
6. of competence- is the ability to do something successfully or efficiently. The feeling of competence is a sense of knowing that “I can do it
8. test- a test that is administered and scored in a consistent, or "standard", manner
11. seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable)
12. activity- certain activities in a reclining, seated, or lying position requiring very low energy expenditure
15. of self- your perception of the collection of characteristics that define you
16. a sideways curvature of the spine that most often is diagnosed in adolescents
17. image- a person's perception of their physical self and the thoughts and feelings, positive, negative or both
18. spurt- short periods of time when your child experiences quick physical growth in height and weight