Module 2 - Reproduction - Revision Quiz
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| 1 | What are the sex cells produced by a woman called? | Eggs (ova) | | 2 | What are the sex cells produced by a man called? | Sperm | | 3 | What is the function of the ovaries? | Producing eggs | | 4 | What is the usual length of the menstrual cycle in human females? | About 28 days | | 5 | Does the egg or the sperm store food to feed the foetus in the early part of the pregnancy? | The egg | | 6 | What route does sperm take from the penis through the woman's body to fertilise an egg? | Through the vagina, through the cervix into the uterus then up the egg tube (fallopian tube) to meet the egg. | | 7 | What do we call the release of an egg from an ovary? | Ovulation | | 8 | Whereabouts in the female reproductive system does fertilisation take place? | In the egg tube | | 9 | Does fertilisation in a fish usually occur internally (inside the female) or externally (outside the female)? | Externally (in the water) | | 10 | What is the placenta? | The structure that supplies the baby with food and oxygen and revmoes waste from the baby | | 11 | What substances need to cross the placenta from the mother to the baby to keep it alive? | Oxygen and food | | 12 | What substances cross the placenta from the baby to the mother? | Carbon dioxide and waste products | | 13 | Does the blood of the baby and the mother mix in the placenta? | No | | 14 | What is the cord that carries material from the baby to the placenta called? | The umbilical cord | | 15 | What changes take place in the body of a boy when he arrives at puberty? | Lower voice, hair under arms, on chest and in pubic area. Body becomes broader (more muscly) | | 16 | After about how many days into the menstrual cycle does a woman release an egg from an ovary? (ovulate) | About 14 days | | 17 | Why is smoking by a pregnant mother dangerous for the baby inside her uterus? | Substances in the cigarette can cross the placenta to the baby and damage it. | ˆBack
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