| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What do you call the male gamete | Sperm cell |
| What do you call the female gamete | Egg cell |
| What do you call the fusion of the male and female gamete | Fertilisation |
| Where is sperm made | Testes |
| Where is the egg made | Ovary |
| When a sperm fuses with an egg, what happens | It makes a new cell, which then begins to divide to develop a baby |
| Where in the mother does a baby grow | In the womb |
| Give another name for the womb | Uterus |
| What do you call the time when sex hormones are released and physical changes occur to a young persons body | Puberty |
| Name some physical changes that occur to the boys body | Voice deepens, body hair grows, penis and testes grow larger and begin to produce sperm |
| Name some physical changes that occur to the girls body | Breasts develop, hips widen, body hair grows, eggs released form ovary every month |
| On average how often is an egg released from the ovary | Every 28 days |
| What do you call the release of an egg from the ovary | Ovulation |
| What do you call the cycle where the girls body prepares itself for pregnancy | Menstrual cycle |
| On average, how long is the menstrual cycle | 28days |
| On days 1 to 5 what happens on the menstrual cycle | Lining of the womb breaks down (bleeding) |
| On days 6 to 12 what happens in the menstrual cycle | Lining of the womb builds back up |
| On days 13 to 15, what happens in the menstrual cycle | Egg is released |
| On days 16 to 28, what happens in the menstrual cycle | Lining stays built up |
| After a 28 day cycle, if pregnancy does NOT occur, what happens | The lining of the womb breaks down and bleeding occurs |
| After a 28 day cycle, if pregnancy does occur, what happens | The new cell, begins to divide and moves to the womb |
| Day 11 to day 18, is the time a woman is most likely to get pregnant, what is this time called | Fertile period |
| Can the average length of a fertile period, increase of decrease for women | Varies for all |
| What make a mans penis hard and erect before intercourse | It fills with blood |
| Semen is released from the mans penis during intercourse, what is semen | A mixture of sperm cells and seminal fluid |
| After semen is ejaculated from the penis, where do the sperm go | They swim up through the uterus to the fallopian tubes |
| If an egg is present, what happens in the fallopian tubes, what happens | Sperm fuses with the egg and fertilisation occurs |
| After fertilisation, the fused egg continues to divide in the fallopian tube, where does it eventually go to | The uterus |
| What happens in the uterus | The fertilised egg embeds in the wall of the uterus which is rich in blood |
| What is the placenta | It is attached to the wall of the womb and is rich in blood vessels |
| What do you call the cord that attaches the baby to the mother | Umbilical cord |
