Reproductive System

Question 1

Male gamete

Answer 1

Sperm

Question 2

Female gamete

Answer 2

Egg/ovum

Question 3

Ovulation

Answer 3

An egg is released from the ovary an average of every 28 days

Question 4

Gamete

Answer 4

Sex cell

Question 5

Testes

Answer 5

Produce sperm

Question 6

Sperm duct

Answer 6

Brings the sperm from the testes to the penis

Question 7

Glands and vesicles

Answer 7

Produces seminal fluid which mixes with sperm to form semen (allows sperm to swim)

Question 8

Penis

Answer 8

Enters the female and ejaculates semen

Question 9

puberty

Answer 9

Describes when the body starts becoming sexually mature (normally happens between 10-15)

Question 10

Puberty in males

Answer 10

Sex hormones(testosterone) are realised causing the voice to deepen, hair grows around the sex organs, face, chest and underarms, the testes and penis grow bigger and start to produce sperm.

Question 11

Puberty in females

Answer 11

When the sex hormones(oestrogen and progesterone) are released the breasts develop, hips widen, and hair begins to grow on the body, the first egg is released from the ovaries which lead to the first period occurring, an egg

Question 12

Copulation

Answer 12

Is another name for sexual intercourse

Question 13

Implantation

Answer 13

Occurs when the fertilised egg lodges itself on the lining of the uterus

Question 14

Zygote

Answer 14

Egg and sperm fuse to form a single cell

Question 15

Embryo

Answer 15

Division of the zygote occurs and it grows. Attaches to the lining of the uterus (implantation) grows more, and after 8 weeks looks like a human

Question 16

Foetus

Answer 16

After 8 weeks looks like a human

Question 17

Pregnancy

Answer 17

The average length of a human pregnancy is 40 weeks

Question 18

Amniotic fluid

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Umbilical cord

Answer 19

A tube called the umbilical cord joins the embryo to the placenta

Question 20

placenta

Answer 20

Is rich in blood vessel, it is here that food and oxygen from the mothers blood pass into the baby’s blood. Also wastes such as carbon dioxide pass from the baby’s blood into the mothers.

Question 21

Birth

Answer 21

Begins when the uterus muscles start to contract

Question 22

Labour

Answer 22

Muscles of the uterus contract. The bag of amniotic fluid bursts “water bursting” and further contractions push the baby out usually head first. The umbilical cord is cut and the placenta (afterbirth) comes out after

Question 23

Labour

Answer 23

Muscles of the uterus contract

Question 24

Family planning

Answer 24

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

Question 25

Natural methods of contraception

Answer 25

Aim to detect the day ovulation takes place and avoid intercourse during the fertile period

Question 26

Artificial methods of contraception

Answer 26

Prevent the sperm and egg meeting eg, condom which prevents sperm entering the vagina
Eg, contraceptive pill which prevents ovulation

Question 27

Family planning

Answer 27

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

Question 28

Abstain

Answer 28

No method is 100% reliable to abstain (to not have sexual intercourse) is the only way to avoid pregnancy

Question 29

Condoms

Answer 29

•Condoms can prevent pregnancy, they can also prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases (STD’s) or sexually transmitted infections (STI’s)

Question 33

Fertile period

Answer 33

These are the days of the menstrual cycle when the women is most likely to become pregnant (sperm can survive in the women)