If you were to look at a boy and a girl of average size in two different age groups, age 8 and age 10, who would you expect to be taller in each age group?
A) The 8-year-old girl would be taller than the 8-year-old boy, but the 10-year-old boy would be taller than the 10-year-old girl.
B) The 8-year-old boy would be taller than the 8-year-old girl, but the 10-year-old girl would be taller than the 10-year-old boy.
C) The boys would be taller than the girls at both 8 and 10 years of age.
D) The girls would be taller than the boys at both 8 and 10 years of age.

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Boys are slightly taller and heavier than girls until about age 9, when girls typically experience an adolescent growth spurt and grow faster than boys. Boys catch up and go on to exceed girl's size when they hit their adolescent growth spurt at about age 11.

If You Were to Look at a Boy and a Girl