YEAR 8 HEALTH SKIN WORKSHEET

Use the booklet Skin, an Educational Program to help you complete the
following work:
The most common skin conditions affecting adolescents are: (p3)

(p6) Skin is the largest _________in the body. It is made up of two main layers,
the ______________ and the ______________.
Some layers of the ________________are thick, such as the
___________________________________________. Other parts are really thin, such
as the __________________________. The epidermis stops ________ and
___________form entering the body, and it protects us from _______________.
__________________is a substance in our epidermis that provides protection
against ultraviolet light. People who produce more ______________in their skin
have darker skin than people who produce less.
The lower layer of skin is called the ________________. Explain how this layer of
skin helps us control our body temperature.
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Now, think about how skin changes as we age.

1) What is a babys skin like?

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2) What happens to our skin as we reach puberty?
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3) What happens to our skin if we rapidly gain weight?
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4) What happens to our skin as we become older?

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