Physical growth during the school years Group of answer choices continues at the slow, regular pace of early childhood. speeds up more significantly for boys than for girls increases dramatically from the pace of early childhood. slows dramatically.
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Which of the following is true of children's growth? Group of answer choices: At about age 3, children begin to take on the slender, athletic appearance of childhood. Changes within the brain during early childhood are more outwardly apparent and less significant. Children's growth is slowest in infancy and toddlerhood. During early childhood, cartilage constitutes a majority of the skeletal system.
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