Fertillisation Flashcards
What is sexual intercourse?
The process where the male and female reproductive organs meet so that fertilisation can take place.
What is the fancy term for sex cells?
Gametes
What in the name of a male gamete?
A sperm cell
What is the name of the female gamete?
An egg cell.
True or False: Sperm cells use their tails to move.
True
True or False: Sperm cells have a food store.
False
True or False: Egg cells can’t really move
True
True or False: Egg cells have their own food store.
True
What is the name of the male internal organ that produced sperm?
Testicles
What is the name of the male internal organ that produces semen?
The prostate
What is the name of the male internal organ that mixes sperm and semen together?
The seminal vesicles
What is fertilisation?
When male and female gametes meet and fuse together
True or False: Sexual reproduction needs…
Two sex cells, one sperm cell and one egg cell
What is the first stage of a pregnancy?
A zygote
What is the second stage of a pregnancy?
An embryo
