Living and growing

Question 1

Name the human male sex cell

Answer 1

Sperm

Question 2

Where are sperm made?

Answer 2

Testes

Question 3

Name the human female sex cell

Answer 3

Ovum or egg

Question 4

Where are the eggs made in a human?

Answer 4

Ovary

Question 5

Name the plant male sex cell

Answer 5

Pollen

Question 6

Where is pollen made?

Answer 6

Anther or stamen

Question 7

Name the plant female sex cell

Answer 7

Ovule or egg

Question 8

Where is the plant egg made?

Answer 8

Ovary

Question 9

What does fertilisation mean?

Answer 9

One sperm cell enters the egg and the nuclei of both cells join together

Question 10

Name the parts of the female reproductive system the sperm have to swim through to reach the egg.

Answer 10

Vagina, cervix, uterus, oviduct (fallopian tube)

Question 11

How long is an average menstrual cycle?

Answer 11

28 days

Question 12

Where does fertilisation take place in humans

Answer 12

Oviduct (fallopian tube)

Question 13

How does a developing foetus get the oxygen and food it needs?

Answer 13

Placenta and umbilical cord

Question 14

How does the baby get pushed out of the mothers body?

Answer 14

The uterus muscles contract

Question 15

What is the function of the nucleus?

Answer 15

Controls the activity of the cell

Question 16

What is made in the chloroplasts?

Answer 16

Sugar or glucose

Question 17

What happens in the cytoplasm?

Answer 17

Chemical reactions

Question 18

Which type of cell has a cell wall?

Answer 18

Plant cell

Question 19

What is the function (job) of the membrane?

Answer 19

Controls which chemicals can enter and leave the cell

Question 20

Name 3 structures found in plant cells that are not in animal cells

Answer 20

Chloroplasts, cell wall, vacuole

Question 21

Ciliated cells have hairs on their surface. where are these cells found?

Answer 21

Oviduct - move the egg to the uterus

Windpipe - moves the mucus made in the windpipe

Question 22

What is the function (job) of a red blood cell?

Answer 22

Carries oxygen round the body

Question 23

On which day of the menstrual cycle is the egg released?

Answer 23

Day 14

Question 24

What happens on day 1 of the menstrual cycle

Answer 24

Period starts or menstruation

Question 25

Give two ways in pollen is transferred from one flower to another

Answer 25

Wind or insects

Question 26

Insect pollinated flowers make nectar. Why?

Answer 26

The nectar is a sugary liquid which the bees feed on

Question 27

Which type of flower produces the most pollen

Answer 27

Wind pollinated - it is less likely that the pollen will land on the stigma

Question 28

Which type of flower has bright colourful petals?

Answer 28

Insect pollinated flowers

Question 29

Give three ways in which seeds can be spread (dispersed).

Answer 29

Wind, animals, water, self dispersed

Question 30

Name the structure that collects the pollen from the bee or wind.

Answer 30

Stigma