This document provides a series of test questions and multiple choice answers about biological concepts related to reproduction. The questions cover topics like the process of meiosis, where fertilization occurs in mammals, what is produced in the prostate gland, the name for the cell formed by the fusion of an egg and sperm nucleus, what happens at ovulation, hormones involved in the menstrual cycle, parts of a flower involved in pollination, what passes through the style after pollination, the function of cotyledons in seeds, and an adaptation for wind dispersal of fruits. The multiple choice answers provide the key information being tested.

1. Chapter 13: Test yourself questions 1IGCSE Biology © Cambridge University Press
Test yourself questions
1 What is always true of sexual reproduction?
2 What is the name of the type of cell division by which gametes are made?
3 In which part of the female reproductive system of a mammal does
fertilisation take place?
4 What is made in the prostate gland?
5 What is the name of the cell that is formed when the nucleus of an egg and
the nucleus of a sperm fuse together?
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Reproduction
A Gametes are involved.
B Only mitosis takes place.
C The offspring are genetically identical.
D There are two parents.
A binary fission
B haploid
C meiosis
D mitosis
A cervix
B ovary
C oviduct
D uterus
A fluid in which sperm can swim
B sperm
C testosterone
D urine
A embryo
B fetus
C placenta
D zygote

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6 What happens at ovulation?
7 Which hormones are produced by the ovaries during the menstrual cycle?
8 Which part of a flower receives pollen during pollination?
9 What passes through the style and into the ovule, after pollination has
taken place?
10 What is the function of the cotyledons in a seed?
11 What characteristic would adapt a fruit for wind dispersal?
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A An egg bursts out of the ovary.
B An egg is fertilised.
C The fertilised egg sinks into the lining of the uterus.
D The lining of the uterus breaks down.
A FSH and LH
B LH and oestrogen
C oestrogen and progesterone
D progesterone and FSH
A anther
B stamen
C stigma
D style
A a female nucleus
B a male gamete
C an embryo plant
D a pollen grain
A absorb water
B grow into the new root
C protect the embryo
D store food
A dull petals
B light pollen
C sweet flesh
D wings