7 B Quick Quiz

On your answer sheet, write in or circle the correct letter for each question.

7Ba
7Bb
1 Sexual reproduction needs:
5 In the picture, what is part X?
A a single animal cell.
B two sex cells, one male and one
female.
C one sex cell, either a male or a female.
D two sex cells, both female or both male.
2 Which list contains animals that all use
internal fertilisation?
A human, giraffe, cat
B salmon, frog, toad
A bladder
C human, toad, sheep
B cervix
D sheep, cat, salmon
C uterus
3 How much care do humans give to their
offspring? D vagina
A none 6 The function of the testes is to:
B about a year A produce sperm cells.
C about 2 years B produce egg cells.
D about 18 years C produce urine.
4 Fertilisation is when an egg cell nucleus D produce semen.
fuses with:
7 A gamete is a cell that:
A another egg cell nucleus.
A is found in the brain after puberty.
B a sperm cell nucleus.
B causes puberty.
C a body cell nucleus.
C is only made in a female’s ovaries.
D root hair cells.
D allows an organism to reproduce.
8 An egg cell is much larger than a sperm
cell because:
A it needs to be able to hide from sperm
cells.
B it needs to be big to allow it to have a
streamlined shape.
C it contains a store of food that can be
used if the egg cell is fertilised.
D the nucleus in an egg cell is much
larger than in a sperm cell.

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 7 B Quick Quiz

7Bc
9 Where does fertilisation occur? 15 The developing baby gets food and
oxygen from:
A oviduct
A the mother’s stomach.
B ovary
B the placenta.
C ovule
C the ovary.
D vagina
D the egg cell.
10 Look at the diagram. Which letter shows
where implantation happens? 16 A baby can start to eat semi-solid food:
A after puberty.
B after a year.
C after a few months.
D once it is born.

7Be
17 The time when emotional and physical
C changes happen to teenagers is called:
E acquiescence.
11 A fertilised egg cell becomes an embryo
F adolescence.
by:
G senescence.
A fusing with a sperm cell.
H commonsense.
B gestation.
18 The start of puberty is triggered by:
C cell division.
I menstruation.
D cell addition.
J sex hormones.
12 Non-identical twins can occur when:
K ovulation.
E a fertilised egg cell splits into two cells.
L antibodies.
F two egg cells are fertilised.
19 The loss of blood and the uterus lining
G two sperm cells fertilise an egg cell.
once a month is called:
H two ovaries are fertilised.
M menstruation.
7Bd N ovulation.
13 A premature baby is a baby that is: O fertilisation.
I born very late. P gestation.
J very active. 20 The lining of the uterus contains many
blood vessels so that:
K born small and very early.
Q the embryo can receive a good supply
L born with lots of hair.
of food, oxygen and water.
14 The uterus pushes the baby out of a
R it stays wet.
mother using:
S the menstrual cycle can occur.
A the placenta.
T the oviducts can grow.
B contraptions.
C contractions.
D contricks.

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