Animals including Humans

What is meant by the term gestation?

• The development of an animal in the womb

• The birth of an animal

• The size of an animal

Which of these animals have the longest gestation period

• Dog

• Rat

• Elephant

• Human

In the human life cycle, which stage comes after childhood and before adulthood?

• Toddler

• Maturity

• Infancy

• Adolescence

Different animals have different life spans. Approximately how long is the average human life span?

• 10 to 20 years

• 30 to 40 years

• 50 to 60 years

• 70 years or more

How many months do humans spend in gestation?

• 5 months

• 9 months

• 12 months

• 3 months

A human learns to read, write, talk and make friends

when he/she is a child.

• True

• False

All old people suffer memory loss

• True

• False

Look at the graph, who starts growing quicker at an earlier age

• Boys

• Girls

At what age are boys growing the quickest?

• at 2 years old

• at 5 years old

• between 0 and 1 years old

• between 10 and 11 years old

How many centimetres per year are girls growing at age 12?

• between 6 and 7 cm

• between 7 and 8 cm

• between 8 and 9 cm

• between 9 and 10 cm