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1. What is fertilisation? (lesson7a)
2. What part of a man's body makes sperms? (7a)
3. What part of a man's body carries sperms into a woman's body? (7a)
4. Where are eggs made in a woman's body? (7a)
5. Where does the baby grow in a pregnant woman? (7a)
6. What is the cervix? (7a)
7. What happens to a man penis when he becomes sexually excited? (7b)
8. Where does fertilisation take place? (7b)
9. How many eggs are does a woman usually release each month? (7b)
10. When the fertilised egg grows during pregnancy it becomes a ------. (7c)
11. What organ forms in the uterus early on in pregnancy? (7c)
12. What does the placenta do? (7c)
13. What protects the foetus while it is growing? (7c)
14. At the birth the baby leaves the mother through her vagina, but is still attached her by the ----. (7d)
15. At puberty chemicals are produced in the body that the change from child to young adult. What are these chemicals called and where are they made? (7e)

ANSWERS

1. When a sperm joins with an egg.
2. The testes.
3. The penis.
4. In the ovaries.
5. In the uterus.
6. The opening to the uterus.
7. Blood flows into the penis , making it stiff (erect).
8. In the egg tube.
9. One.
10. Foetus.
11. The placenta.
12. It acts as a barrier to some infections and harmful substances. It passes food and oxygen from the mother to the foetus and gets rid of waste from the foetus.
13. It is surrounded by fluid in a sac.
14. Cord.
15. The chemicals are called hormones. In males they are produced in the testes. In females they are produced in the ovaries.