Back to the full dot-point answer
SingaporeBiologyQuick questions
Reproduction, Genetics and Inheritance
Quick questions on Sexual reproduction in humans explained: O-Level Biology
5short Q&A pairs drawn directly from our worked dot-point answer. For full context and worked exam questions, read the parent dot-point page.
What are gametes?Show answer
Sexual reproduction involves two gametes (sex cells):
What is fertilisation?Show answer
Fertilisation is the fusion (joining) of the nucleus of a male gamete with the nucleus of a female gamete to form a single cell called a zygote. The zygote now has a full set of genetic material, half from each parent. It divides many times to form an embryo, which develops in the uterus into a baby.
What is q1?Show answer
Name the male and female gametes in humans. [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Define fertilisation. [2 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Explain why sexual reproduction leads to variation in the offspring. [2 marks]
Have a question we have not covered?
This dot-point answer is short enough that we have not extracted many short questions yet. Read the full dot-point answer or ask Mo, our study assistant, in the chat for follow ups.