KA3: Reproduction

Question 1

Are cells haploid or diploid?

Answer 1

Diploid

Question 2

What does diploid mean?

Answer 2

They have two matching sets of chromosomes

Question 3

Function of the urethra?

Answer 3

Carries sperms and urine to the penis

Question 4

Function of the testes?

Answer 4

Produces sperm and testosterone

Question 5

Function of the prostate?

Answer 5

Produces semen

Question 6

Function of the penis?

Answer 6

Allows sperm and urine to leave the body

Question 7

Function of the sperm duct?

Answer 7

Carries sperm from testes to urethra

Question 8

Why do sperm cells swim?

Answer 8

So fertilisation can take place

Question 9

What is the function of the uterus?

Answer 9

Fertilised ovum develops into a baby

Question 10

Function of the oviduct?

Answer 10

Site of fertilisation

Question 11

Function of the ovary?

Answer 11

Contains egg cells

Question 12

Function of the vagina?

Answer 12

Allows sperm to enter during sex

Question 13

Function of the cervix?

Answer 13

Lower part of the uterus

Question 14

What do egg cells contain?

Answer 14

Food supply and Nucleus

Question 15

What does an egg cells food supply do?

Answer 15

Feed an embryo

Question 16

When does fertilisation take place?

Answer 16

When the nucleus of a sperm cell fuses with the nucleus of an egg cell to form a zygote

Question 17

Function of the anther?

Answer 17

Produced pollen (male)

Question 18

Function of the filament?

Answer 18

Supports the anther

Question 19

Function of the style?

Answer 19

Creates a pollen tube which pollen travels down to the ovary

Question 20

Function of the stigma?

Answer 20

Pollen lands hre

Question 21

What is pollination?

Answer 21

The transfer of pollen from anther to stigma

Question 22

What happens when the pollen lands on the stigma?

Answer 22

The pollen tube begins to grow and leads to the ovary