Primary characteristics involve the organs for reproduction. Males have testicles, females uterus. Secondary characteristics involve traits characterized by hormonal changes such as the differences due to puberty. Examples include breasts, facial hair, the growth of pubic hair and underarm hair.
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Primary sex characteristics refer to the physical traits directly related to reproduction, such as genitalia and internal reproductive organs. In contrast, secondary sex characteristics are features that develop during puberty but are not directly involved in reproduction, such as breast development in females and facial hair growth in males.
As the distance traveled by the primary and secondary waves increases, the time difference between them also increases. This is because primary waves travel faster through the Earth than secondary waves, resulting in a greater time gap between their arrivals at a given location.
Maintaining a phase displacement between the primary and secondary windings of a transformer allows for the effective transfer of power from the primary to the secondary circuit. This phase difference ensures that the magnetic flux induced in the primary winding can generate a voltage in the secondary winding, enabling power to be transmitted efficiently and accurately between the two circuits.
The time difference between primary (P) and secondary (S) waves becomes larger as the distance traveled by the waves increases. This is because P-waves travel faster than S-waves, so the time delay between their arrivals at a seismometer station increases with distance.
Primary lysosomes are newly formed vesicles containing digestive enzymes, while secondary lysosomes are formed when primary lysosomes fuse with endocytic vesicles containing material to be digested. Essentially, primary lysosomes are the initial structures while secondary lysosomes are the active, digestive forms.
Testosterone is responsible for producing and maintaining primary sex characteristics in males such as the development of the testes and production of sperm. It also influences the development of secondary sex characteristics like facial and body hair, deepening of the voice, and muscle mass.