Human Reproduction And Genetics

Question 1

Testes

Answer 1

Produce sperm

Question 2

Sperm duct

Answer 2

Brings the sperm form the testes to the penis

Question 3

Glands and vesicles

Answer 3

Produce seminal fluid which mixes sperm to form semen

Question 4

Penis

Answer 4

Enters the female and ejaculates semen

Question 5

Gamete

Answer 5

A sex cell

Question 6

Male gamete

Answer 6

Is the sperm

Question 7

Female gamete

Answer 7

Egg/ovum

Question 8

Ovulation

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Menstruation or period

Answer 9

When blood comes out of the vagina (day 1-5)

Question 10

Fertile period

Answer 10

These are the days of the menstrual cycle when the woman is most likely to become pregnant

Question 11

Puberty

Answer 11

When the body starts becoming sexually mature

Question 12

Copulation

Answer 12

Sexual intercourse

Question 13

Fertilisation

Answer 13

The fusing of the gametes to form a zygote

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

Question 16

Foetus

Answer 16

After 8 weeks looks like a human

Question 17

Implantation

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Length of human pregnancy

Answer 18

40 weeks

Question 19

Embryo develops in the uterus it is protected in a bag of fluid called

Answer 19

Amniotic fluid

Question 20

Umbilical chord

Answer 20

A tube joining the embryo to the placenta

Question 21

Placenta

Answer 21

Food oxygen wastes and carbon dioxide are swapped between the mother and baby .blood does not mix

Question 22

Family planning

Answer 22

Plan how many children you will have

Question 23

Natural methods or contraception

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Artificial methods of contraception

Answer 24

Prevent the sperm and egg meeting e.g. Condom

Question 25

Abstain

Answer 25

Only to avoid pregnancy is to not have sexual intercourse

Question 26

Responsible attitude to sexual intercourse

Answer 26

Could use condoms and another form of contraception e.g. A pill to avoid pregnancy and spread or disease

Question 27

A women is most likely to become pregnant during the middle of her menstrual cycle

Answer 27

That is when the egg is released

Question 28

Sperm are not formed if the testes are located inside the male body

Answer 28

The sperm needs to be cooler properly

Question 29

During pregnancy the woman does not have a period

Answer 29

The lining of the womb acts to nest the baby, and stays inside

Question 30

A baby in the womb does not breath through its lungs

Answer 30

Oxygen is passed through the placenta to the umbilical chord

Question 31

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

Answer 31

Everything that the mother eats goes into the placenta

Question 32

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

Answer 32

Baby will be used to the mothers immune system and will get a lend of her ability to fight off infection until their own system is made

Question 33

A placenta is essential for the development of a baby

Answer 33

Food and oxygen pass form the placenta along the umbilical chord

Question 34

Sperm have tails

Answer 34

Need to swim to the egg

Question 35

Genetics is

Answer 35

The study of the inheritance and characteristics

Question 36

Chromosomes

Answer 36

The nucleus of each sex cell contains 23 thread like structures called

Question 37

Chromosomes are made

Answer 37

Of protein and DNA

Question 38

Genes

Answer 38

Are chemicals found on chromosomes that pass on information from parents to children

Question 39

DNA

Answer 39

Deoxyribonucleic acid

Question 40

Human body cells have 23 pairs of chromosomes

Answer 40

One set comes from the mother the other from the father.each sex cell has 23 chromosomes