Reproductive System

Question 1

Sexual reproduction

Answer 1

Two parents contribute genetic information to produce unique offspring.

Question 2

Asexual reproduction

Answer 2

Generates offspring that are genetically identical to a single parent.

Question 3

Fertilization

Answer 3

the joining of sperm and an egg resulting in production of a zygote.

Question 4

Egg

Answer 4

the female reproductive cell (gamete). It contains contains genetic information from the mother and all cellular components necessary for the early development and nutrition of the embryo.

Question 5

Sperm

Answer 5

The male reproductive cell (gamete). Sperm are small and contain little more than the father’s genes.

Question 6

Scrotum

Answer 6

a pouch of skin containing the testicles.

Question 7

Penis

Answer 7

The outer sex organ of men and male animals, which is used for sex and through which waste water comes out of the body.

Question 8

Fallopian tubes

Answer 8

a pair of tubes along which eggs travel from the ovaries to the uterus.

Question 9

Uterus

Answer 9

The hollow muscular organ in female mammals in which the fertilized ovum normally becomes embedded and in which the developing embryo and fetus is nourished.

Question 10

Vagina

Answer 10

The moist canal in most female mammals that extends from the cervix of the uterus to an external opening between the labia minora.

Question 11

Ovaries

Answer 11

the female gonad or reproductive gland, in which the egg and the hormones that regulate female secondary sex characteristics develop.

Question 12

Testes

Answer 12

the male gonad or reproductive gland, in which the sperm and the hormones that regulate male secondary sex characteristics develop