5th Grade Family Life Study Guide

Complete the sentences below. 1. The male sex organ is the PENIS. 2. Below the penis are 2 glands called the TESTICLES. 3. The sac of skin which holds the testes is called the SCROTUM. 4. The testes make SPERM and they leave the body through a tube called the URETHRA. 5. A female is born with 300,000- 500,000 ova in her ovaries.

Multiple Choice: 6. The male reproductive system produces: (a) ovaries (b) eggs (c) sperm 7. Fertilization is when: (a) a girl begins her period (b) sperm meets the egg (c) a boy releases sperm 8. Fertilization takes place inside the: (a) scrotum (b) female (c) male 9. HIV can be transmitted through all of the following except: (a) Tattoos (c) Casual contact (shaking hands) (b) Sharing needles (d) Sexual contact 10. HIV is found in your: (a) red blood cells (b) white blood cells (c) Blood

Short Answer. Please write your answer on the line provided. 11. After an egg cell is fertilized what happens? ­ ATTACHES ITSELF TO THE LINING OF THE UTERUS, DIVIDES AND GROWS INTO A HUMAN. 12. Males start making sperm cells during PUBERTY. 13. Males can make hundreds of millions of SPERM in his lifetime. 14. Menstruation lasts about 5 days. 15. Females begin to release an egg during PUBERTY.

Please write the word TRUE or FALSE. 16. TRUE Ovaries produce hormones that make a girl's body different from a boy’s body. 17. TRUE A fetus can grow inside the uterus. 18. FALSE Girls and boys have the same sex organs. 19. FALSE Many egg cells leave an ovary every month. 20. TRUE Egg cells are needed for a fetus to develop. 21. TRUE You can contract HIV by sharing needles. 22. FALSE There is a cure for HIV.

Fill in the blank   23. A girls body changes and she starts having a period during PUBERTY. 24. The vagina is also called the BIRTH CANAL. 25. An egg passes from the ovary down the fallopian tube and into an organ called the UTERUS . 26. Erections, nocturnal emission and shoulders widening are changes that only MALES go through during puberty. 27. The egg and the blood from the lining of the uterus flow out of the female's body through the VAGINA . 28. On average, girls begin puberty TWO years before boys.

Answer the questions:   29. How often does the menstrual cycle take place? EVERY 28 DAYS OR ONCE A MONTH 30. What is the tube that carries urine out of the body? URETHRA 31. If a woman has fraternal twins, how many eggs were fertilized? 2 32. Name one product a woman can use to absorb the blood flow during her menstrual cycle? TAMPON OR PAD 33. List the changes that occur during puberty to females only: MENSTRUATION, OVULATION, GROWTH OF BREASTS 34. How many eggs are fertilized for identical twins? 1