In the given case, Adeline is probably to get scared and shocked regarding menarche as the culture of her time did not assist in educating young women about menarche.
Menarche refers to the initiation of the menstrual cycle, or first menstrual bleeding, in females. From both the medical and social point of view, it is usually regarded as the principal incident of female puberty, as it indicates the probability of fertility.
I'm not entirely sure if I'm correct with this, but I'll try...
Adolescence has to do something with mentality, or how the brain works. It occurs from things like family issues, depression, anxiety, substance abuse, (substance: drugs) sexual abuse, violence, things like that. Men are more likely to suffer from it (I think).
Welp, I've thrown in my two cents, sorry if It's incorrect, at least I tried, lol.
As of right now, the land is pretty spread out. But millions of years ago, like, we're talking dino time, all the land was just one chunk. This chunk was called Pangaea, or Pangea. But before everything split apart into multiple continents, there was just one; a supercontinent. Hope that helps!
Soil, Temperature, and water would be practically the 3 biomes or the aquatic ecosystems. They are both natural and enables you to live successfully. So as for the organism that live there, like plants, the sun supports the plants, also water, and also the soil from the ground. Therefore, those would be the 3.