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1. In humans, bestes are the male reproductive organs and ovariesare the female reproductive
organs.
tube
2. Fertilisation in humans occurs in the Fallopio), and the embryo develops in the
3.
reproduction can only take place when two individuals, a male and a female, are involved.
4. Write down the type of reproduction in each case.
Amoeba:
; Hydra:
; Mushroom:
Star fish:
; Potato:
;Paramecium:
5. Sperm + ovum=
This process is called
6. In most aquatic animals
(external/internal) fertilisation takes place.
Answers
1.Male reproductive system organs include the testes, epididymis, penis, vas deferens, prostate gland, and seminal vesicles. Female reproductive system organs include the ovaries, Fallopian tubes, uterus, vagina, clitoris, and labia.
2.A pregnancy starts with fertilization, when a woman's egg joins with a man's sperm. Fertilization usually takes place in a fallopian tube that links an ovary to the uterus. If the fertilized egg successfully travels down the fallopian tube and implants in the uterus, an embryo starts growing.
3.Hermaphroditism occurs in animals in which one individual has both male and female reproductive systems. ... Hermaphrodites may self-fertilize, but typically they will mate with another of their species, fertilizing each other and both producing offspring.
5.fertilisation.
6.In aquatic animals, fertilization takes place in water. They release their gamete (sperm and egg ) in water which fuses to form a zygote. As fertilization takes place outside the body so it is known as external fertilization and such animals are known as oviparous as the embryo development takes place in the egg.