Question

Ellie is an eight-year-old girl who lives in a Western country in a large metropolitan area. If one were to compare Ellie to her mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother regarding the onset of puberty, one would predict that Ellie will experience puberty __________ others did in her family lineage. a. younger thanb. older thanc. later thand. similar to when

Answer 1

Answer: option A : Younger than

Step-by-step explanation:

Puberty is the term given to the period a child undergoes series of rapid and sequential developmental changes in order to attain mature adult reproductive function.

One can predict that Ellie having lived in a western country will likely attain puberty earlier than her mum or grandmother because of difference in nutrition, system of living and other environmental factors which may not have been obtainable during Ellie's grandmother's youthful period

Answer 2

younger than

Step-by-step explanation:

Ellie will experience puberty younger than others as puberty is age when girls and boys are capable enough to reproduce and become sexual active and responsive, so in comparison of her mother and grandmother she is younger than in puberty stages.