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Human reproduction worksheet

Ordinary level biology


1. What is a gamete?________________________________________________________
2. Name the male gamete and the female gamete?
_________________________________________________________________
3. State the name of the pouch covering the testes______________________
4. Why is it important that the temperature of the scrotum remains at 35 degrees
Celsius_________________________________________________________________
5. Label the diagram of the male reproductive system shown.

6. In males where is testosterone


produced________________________________________________________________
7. State the function of the
epididymus______________________________________________________________
8. What is a
vasectomy_______________________________________________________________

9. Name the tube through which sperm are released through the penis _________________
10.Explain the difference between seminal fluid and
semen__________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
11.The release of sperm from the penis is called____________________________________
12.Why do sperm producing cells divide by
meiosis_________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
13.What is puberty__________________________________________________________
14.In males state the function of FSH___________________________________________
15.In males state the function of LH____________________________________________
16.Testosterone causes secondary male characteristics. List 3 such
characteristics____________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
17.In relation to male infertility state a cause______________________________________
A prevention _____________________________________________________________
A treatment______________________________________________________________

18.Label the diagram of the female reproductive system

19.In females where does meiosis


occur___________________________________________
20.What is a graafian follicle___________________________________________________
21.What hormone does the graafian follicle produce________________________________
22.After ovulation what is the follicle known as ___________________________________
23.What hormone is secreted by the corpus luteum ________________________________
24.State the function of the fallopian tube________________________________________
25.The lining of the womb is called the __________________________________________
26.List two functions of the vagina______________________________________________
27.What is the menstrual
cycle___________________________________________________________________
28.Explain the term menopause_________________________________________________
29.On which days of a typical cycle does menstruation (having a period)
occur___________________________________________________________________

30.Label the stages of the menstrual cycle shown in

31.Name a hormone which prevents eggs from developing in


females_________________________________________________________________
32.Which hormones in female are associated which secondary sexual
characteristics____________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
33.State two secondary sexual characteristics in sy
34.females_________________________________________________________________
35.State a cause prevention and treatment of infertility in
females_________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
36.Explain the term
copulation_______________________________________________________________
37.What is
insemination_____________________________________________________________
38.What is fertilisation
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
39.Where does fertilisation normally
occur___________________________________________________________________
40.List two methods of birth
control______________________________________________
41.What is implantation_______________________________________________________

42.When a sperm and egg join a____________________ is formed which is called a


______________________________ after approximately one week.
43.An amnion and amniotic fluid surround the foetus. State the function of these
structures________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
44.What is IVF?
________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
45.What is the
chorion_________________________________________________________________
46.Which organ is made both from tissue of the embryo and the mother?
_________________________________________________________________
47.List two functions of the
placenta_________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
48.Why is it important that the mothers and babies blood supply do not mix?
____________________________________________________________________
49.What connects the embryo to the placenta?
______________________________________
50.Which hormones are secreted during
pregnancy_______________________________________________________________
51.What happens to the walls of the uterus when the levels of progesterone are low?
____________________________________________________________________
52.Where is oxytocin made ____________________________and what is its function?
________________________________________________________________
53.What happens during stage 1 of
birth____________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
54.At which stage of birth is the placenta expelled from the mother?
________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
55.What is lactation_________________________________________________________
56.State two advantages of
breastfeeding____________________________________________________________
57.Name the hormone which stimulated milk production in the mammary
glands________________________________________________________

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