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Growth and Development

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What biological process produces haploid gametes?

a)

Mitosis

b)

Meiosis

c)

Fertilisation

d)

crossing over

2.

What term is used to describe the 'half' set of chromosomes in sex cells?

a)

Haploid

b)

Diploid

c)

Polyploid

d)

Zygote

3.

The fusion of egg and sperm to produce a diploid zygote is called:

a)

Reproduction

b)

Nuclear fusion

c)

Sex

d)

Fertilisation

4.

Which of the following are examples of sexual reproduction?

a)

Internal fertilisation

b)

External fertilisation

c)

Binary fission

d)

Meiosis

5.

What comes first?

a)

Fetus

b)

Morula

c)

Blastocyst

d)

Placenta

6.

How long does antenatal development take in humans?

a)

28 days

b)

52 weeks

c)

9 months

d)

7 months

7.

The blastocyst will develop into:

a)

The baby and the placenta

b)

The baby only

c)

The placenta only

d)

The endoderm, ectoderm and mesoderm

8.

Which of the following tissues will develop from the ectoderm?

a)

skin and nerves

b)

blood vessels and bones

c)

lungs, liver and pancreas

d)

heart, eyes and teeth

9.

Which of the following tissues will develop from the endoderm?

a)

skin and nerves

b)

blood vessels and bones

c)

lungs, liver and pancreas

d)

heart, eyes and teeth

10.

Which of the following tissues will develop from the mesoderm?

a)

skin and nerves

b)

blood vessels and bones

c)

lungs, liver and pancreas

d)

heart, eyes and teeth

11.

How long is the embryo after 9 weeks?

a)

3 mm

b)

3 cm

c)

13 cm

d)

30 cm

12.

a. What is the approximate length of a baby at birth (40 weeks)?

a)

30 cm

b)

40 cm

c)

50 cm

d)

65 cm

13.

1. When does the embryo contain totipotent stem cells?

a)

Morula stage

b)

Blastocyst stage

c)

Pre-fertilisation stage

d)

Fetal stage

14.

1. When the blastocyst forms stem cells are no longer totipotent. What are they now called?

a)

Pluripotent

b)

Multipotent

c)

Oligopotent

d)

Unipotent

15.

1. What is an example of a unipotent stem cell?

a)

Any cell in the mesoderm, ectoderm or endoderm

b)

Any cell in the morula

c)

Any cell in the bone marrow

d)

Muscle stem cells

16.

What stem cells can scientists make by modifying adult skin cells?

a)

Induced totipotent stem cells (iTSCs)

b)

Multipotent stem cells (MSCs)

c)

Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)

d)

Oligopotent stem cells (OPSs)

17.

Which is an example of a degenerative disease caused by the death of cells?

a)

Cancer

b)

AIDS/HIV

c)

Cystic Fibrosis

d)

Parkinson's Disease

18.

Therapeutic cloning involves what process?

a)

Creating embryo's by injecting patient nuclei into donor eggs

b)

Cloning embryo's to create stem cells

c)

Genetically modifying body cells to behave like stem cells

d)

Injecting stem cells from a healthy person into an unhealthy person

19.

Cancer is a disease caused when:

a)

Cells divide too slowly

b)

The wrong cells are growing in the wrong place

c)

Cells are dividing in an uncontrolled manner

d)

Cells are dying before they complete mitosis

20.

What part of the cell cycle ensures that DNA replication is error free?

a)

Interphase

b)

Mitosis

c)

Cytokinesis

d)

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