Reproduction And Genetics

Question 1

Ovaries

Answer 1

Store and release eggs

Question 2

Fallopian tube

Answer 2

Carry the egg to the uterus fertilisation occurs here

Question 3

Uterus

Answer 3

Is where the fertilised egg becomes implanted and finds nourishment

Question 4

Cervix

Answer 4

Leads from the vagina to the uterus

Question 5

Vagina

Answer 5

holds the penis during sexual intercourse forms birth canal during birth

Question 6

Gamete

Answer 6

Is a sex cell

Question 7

The male gamete

Answer 7

Is a sperm

Question 8

The female gamete

Answer 8

Is an egg

Question 9

The testes

Answer 9

Produce sperm

Question 10

Sperm duct brings

Answer 10

The sperm from the testes to the penis

Question 11

Penis

Answer 11

Enters the female and ejaculates semen

Question 12

Ovulation

Answer 12

An egg is released from ovary an average every 28 days

Question 13

Menstration

Answer 13

The lining and a small amount of blood pass out through the vagina

Question 14

Fertile period

Answer 14

The days when woman is most likely to become pregnant

Question 15

Puberty

Answer 15

When the body starts to become sexually mature

Question 16

Copulation

Answer 16

Another name for sexual intercourse

Question 17

Fertilisation

Answer 17

The fusing of gametes to form a zygote

Question 18

Zygote

Answer 18

Egg and sperm fuse together to form a single cell

Question 19

Embyro

Answer 19

Division of zygote occurs while it grows

Question 20

Foetus

Answer 20

Looks like a human after 8 weeks

Question 21

Pregnancy

Answer 21

40 weeks

Question 22

Amniotic fluids

Answer 22

This fluid provides a cushion for the embryo this bursts during delivery of the baby “waters breaking”

Question 23

Umbilical cord

Answer 23

A tube joining the embryo to the placenta

Question 24

Placenta

Answer 24

Rich in blood vessels food and oxygen from the mothers blood to the baby’s blood
Blood does not mix
Wastes pass from the baby’s blood to the mothers

Question 25

Family planning

Answer 25

To control the number of children you have you need to control the number of times fertilisation takes place

Question 26

Natural methods of contraception

Answer 26

Aim to detect the day ovulation takes place and avoid intercourse

Question 27

Artificial methods of contraception

Answer 27

Prevent sperm and egg meeting
Condom
Contraceptive pill

Question 28

Condoms

Answer 28

Prevent pregnancy prevent ST’s e.g HIV Syphilis

Question 29

A woman is most likely to get pregnant during the middle of her menstrual cycle

Answer 29

Because it is when the egg is released

Question 30

Sperm are not formed if the testes are located in the make body

Answer 30

Because it is to hot

Question 31

During pregnancy a woman does not have a period

Answer 31

Because the womb lining is being used so the baby stays inside

Question 32

A baby in the womb does not breathe through his lungs

Answer 32

Because it gets oxygen and food through placenta

Question 33

If a pregnant woman smokes or drinks her baby may be harmed

Answer 33

Everything that the mother eats goes into the placenta

Question 34

Breast fed babies tend to get fewer infections than bottle fed babies

Answer 34

Because the mother lends her immune system

Question 35

Placenta is essential for the development of baby

Answer 35

Because its where food and oxygen are given to the baby

Question 36

Sperm have tails

Answer 36

Need to swim to the egg