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Topic 5: Human Reproduction Flashcards

(12 cards)

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What is Puberty?

A

When the sex glands become active due to the release of hormones

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What are Hormones?

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Chemical substances that are released to change a part of the body

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What is a Menarche?

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A woman’s first period

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What is the Menstrual Cycle?

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The Cycle of a woman go through her period

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What is Sexual Reproduction?

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The joining together of a male’s and female’s sex cells

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What are Gametes?

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Sex cells containing genetic information. The female gamete is ova and the male gamete is sperm

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What is Sperm?

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The male sex cell. It has a head, middle section consisting of genetic information and a tail used to swim to an egg

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What is an Ova?

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A female gamete

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What is a Zygote?

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A cell formed from the fusion of an ova and a sperm

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10
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What is External Reproduction?

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Where eggs from a female animal are released into the water for nearby sperm to fertilise the egg

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What is Internal Reproduction?

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Sexual reproduction where the egg remains inside the female

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What is Copulation or Sexual Intercourse?

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The act of inserting the penis into the vagina

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