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Question 1

What are the five factors that affect the decision to have children?

Answer 1

• the relationship between partners
• finance
• parental age
• peer pressure/ social expectations
• genetic counselling foe hereditary diseases

Question 2

How does a parent meet all of their child’s needs? (7 answers)

Answer 2

• rest/sleep
• clothing
• shelter
• warmth
• love
• socialising
• nurture

Question 3

What are primary needs?

Answer 3

Items that a the child needs for physical survival

Question 4

What are secondary needs?

Answer 4

The other items or skills that will shape the ultimate person that the child will become

Question 5

What is a nuclear family?

Answer 5

Stereotypically a perfect family (Mum, Dad and Children)

Question 6

What is an extended family?

Answer 6

Nuclear family including Grandparents, Aunties, Uncles and Cousins

Question 7

What is a reconsituated family?

Answer 7

Two families combined (Step parents and Children)

Question 8

What is a lone parent?

Answer 8

A single parent with children

Question 9

What is an adoptive family?

Answer 9

A child that isn’t biologically, but legally their parents child

Question 10

What is a foster family?

Answer 10

Like a job, there is a payment for temporarily looking after a child

Question 11

What are the 5 pre-conception health factors for consideration?

Answer 11

• diet
• exercise
• healthy weight
• smoking, alcohol, recreational drugs
• up to date immunisations

Question 12

Name 7 signs of pregnancy

Answer 12

• missed period
• breast changes
• urinating frequently
• tiredness
• nausea
• mood swings
• smell sensitivity

Question 13

What 3 sections is pregnancy divided into?

Answer 13

1-3 months
4-6 months
7-9 months

Question 14

Whats happens as 4-8 weeks of pregnancy/gestation?

Answer 14

The embryo is 6mm long. The heart and other organs start to form and the heart begins to beat.

Question 15

Whats happens as 8 weeks of pregnancy/gestation?

Answer 15

Arms begin to grow and toes and eyelids begin to form. The embryo is now called a foetus.

Question 16

Whats happens as 8-12 weeks of pregnancy/gestation?

Answer 16

The foetus begins to look more like a baby. It is now around 60mm long and starts to move around.

Question 17

Whats happens as 12-20 weeks of pregnancy/gestation?

Answer 17

The foetus is around 250 mm long. It begins kicking and it can hear sounds outside the uterus.

Question 18

Whats happens as 20-28 weeks of pregnancy/gestation?

Answer 18

The baby has hair and can open its eyes. There is a high chance the baby would survive f it was born now.

Question 19

Whats happens as 28-36 weeks of pregnancy/gestation?

Answer 19

The baby is fully developed and ready to be born. It is now 520mm long.

Question 20

What is an embryo?

Answer 20

The fertilised egg divided to form a ball of cells called the embryo

Question 21

Name as many contraceptives as you can (11 answers)

Answer 21

• male condoms
• female condoms
• diaphragm/cap
• combined pill
• progestogen only (mini) pill
• IUD/IUS
• contraceptive injection
• contraceptive patch
• contraceptive implant
• natural family planning
• emergency contraceptive pill

Question 22

Name the 6 parts of female reproductive system

Answer 22

Ovaries
Fallopian Tubes
Uterus Wall (Endometrium)
Uterus (Womb)
Cervix
Vagina

Question 23

What are the 8 parts of the male reproductive system?

Answer 23

• Seminal Vessel
• Prostate Gland
• Urethra
• Vas Deferens
• Epididymis
• Testes
• Scrotum
• Penis

Question 24

What is a menstrual cycle?

Answer 24

The monthly cycle of changes in the ovaries and the lining of the uterus (endometrium), starting with the preparation of an egg for fertilization.

Question 25

What is the process of the menstrual cycle?

Answer 25

Days 1-7 the lining of the uterus breaks down and is lost through the vagina

Days 8-14 the uterus lining is being repaired and getting thicker again, the egg is released from the ovary into the oviduct, this is day 14 of the cycle and is called ovulation

Days 14-21 the uterus lining is thick and spongy, ready to receive the egg

Question 26

How is a baby conceived?

Answer 26

The sperm have a race of which one can get to the egg fastest (this is based on which is strongest and fastest)