4.1 The developing baby

Question 1

An egg cell

Answer 1

Ovum

Question 2

The organ in a woman’s body in which a baby develops during pregnancy

Answer 2

Uterus

Question 3

A tube that connects the ovary to the uterus

Answer 3

Fallopian tube

Question 4

The male cell

Answer 4

Sperm

Question 5

The process of the sperm fertilizing the ovum

Answer 5

Conception

Question 6

A tiny threadlike structure in the nucleus of every cell

Answer 6

Chromosome

Question 7

A unit that determines a human’s inherited characteristics

Answer 7

Gene

Question 8

The complete blueprint for the creation of a person

Answer 8

Genome

Question 9

The complex molecule that makes up genes

Answer 9

DNA

Question 10

The inability to conceive a child

Answer 10

Infertility

Question 11

A substitute

Answer 11

Surrogate

Question 12

The babies development during pregnancy

Answer 12

Prenatal development

Question 13

Fertilized egg

Answer 13

Zygote

Question 14

The name of a developing baby from the third week of pregnancy through the eighth week

Answer 14

Embryo

Question 15

Liquid the surrounds and protects the developing baby in the uterus

Answer 15

Amniotic fluid

Question 16

A tissue that connects the developing baby to the uterus

Answer 16

Placenta

Question 17

A long tube that connects the baby to the placenta

Answer 17

Umbilical cord

Question 18

The developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth

Answer 18

Fetus