This document discusses adolescence and the changes that occur during puberty due to hormones. It notes that puberty involves an increase in height and changes in body shape, voice, sweat and oil glands, and sex organs. It describes the secondary sexual characteristics that develop in boys like facial hair growth and in girls like breast development and armpit/pubic hair growth. The document also provides characteristics of hormones, stating they are chemical messengers secreted by glands in small quantities that act on specific target sites.