reproduction

Question 1

The process of making more individuals of a species.

Answer 1

Reproduction

Question 2

Asexual reproduction

Answer 2

The process of making more individuals by one parent. New individuals are genetically identical to that parent

Question 3

The process of making more individuals by two parents (male and female). New individuals are genetically non-identical to either parent.

Answer 3

Sexual reproduction

Question 4

Gamete

Answer 4

This refers to sex cells that are specialized for sexual reproduction. In males these are sperm, in females, these are eggs (or ova (singular - ovum)).

Question 5

Relating to the DNA in the nucleus of the cells in an organism makes it what it is. Human DNA makes us human, worm DNA makes it a worm.

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Genetic

Question 6

Clone

Answer 6

An individual which is genetically identical to another (parent or sibling).

Question 7

The period between childhood and adulthood, during which secondary sexual characteristics appear. Brought about by hormones.

Answer 7

Puberty

Question 8

Hormone

Answer 8

A chemical secreted into the bloodstream from a gland has an effect on another part of the body.

Question 9

Physical changes occur to the bodies of males and females in preparation for enabling reproduction.

Answer 9

Secondary sexual characteristics

Question 10

Adolescence

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The period following the onset of puberty during which a young person develops from a child into an adult.

Question 11

The regular monthly changes that occur in the female reproductive system that makes pregnancy possible.

Answer 11

Menstrual cycle

Question 12

Ovary

Answer 12

The female reproductive organ produces eggs. There are two of these.

Question 13

The correct scientific word for an egg. The female gamete.

Answer 13

Ovum

Question 14

Oviduct

Answer 14

The tube which the egg travels along, once released, to reach the uterus.

Question 15

The muscular organ of the female reproductive system in which a child is
conceived and in which it develops during pregnancy. Also known as the womb.

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Uterus

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Vagina

Answer 16

The passage connects the uterus to the external genitalia in females

Question 17

The male reproductive organ used to introduce sperm into the vagina.

Answer 17

Penis

Question 18

Testis

Answer 18

The male reproductive organ produces sperm. There are two of these.

Question 19

Sperm

Answer 19

the male gamete. (short for spermatozoan).

Question 20

The tube through which sperm travel to reach the outside.

Answer 20

Sperm duct

Question 21

Part of the male reproductive system produces semen.

Answer 21

Prostate gland

Question 22

Sexual intercourse.

Answer 22

The act of introducing sperm into the vagina

Question 23

The moment when a sperm enters the egg cell and their nuclei fuse

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Fertilisation

Question 24

the name was given to the egg cell immediately after fertilization.

Answer 24

Zygote

Question 25

A process designed to prevent an egg from being fertilized or to prevent a fertilized egg from developing into a fetus and so prevent pregnancy

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Contraception

Question 26

The organ which develops in the uterus of a pregnant woman which
nourishes and maintains the fetus through the umbilical cord.

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Placenta

Question 27

Umbilical cord

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The flexible tubular structure containing blood vessels that attach the fetus to the placenta during pregnancy.

Question 28

The fluid-filled sac contains and protects the fetus in the uterus.

Answer 28

Amniotic sac

Question 29

the tube that leads from the kidney to the bladder

Answer 29

ureter

Question 30

stores urine

Answer 30

bladder

Question 31

present in the female urogenital system - above the vagina

the tube that runs through the penis

Answer 31

urethra