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Animal Reproduction

Practice Test
      
  1.Where is it possible to store human sperm for years?  
  a.   vagina  
  b.   sperm banks  
  c.   testes  
  d.   the refrigerator  
  Hint    
      
  2.What type of reproduction involves the joining of eggs or an egg and sperm inside the body?  
  a.   budding  
  b.   internal fertilization  
  c.   grafting  
  d.   external fertilization  
  Hint    
      
  3.What very common STD shows symptoms similar to those of gonorrhea?  
  a.   chlamydia  
  b.   AIDS  
  c.   genital herpes  
  d.   syphilis  
  Hint    
      
  4.What do we call the loss of cells, blood, and egg from the uterine lining?  
  a.   menstruation  
  b.   excretion  
  c.   fertilization  
  d.   reproduction  
  Hint    
      
  5.What is a cycle in which a female will mate only at times when an egg or eggs are being released from the ovaries and are available to be fertilized?  
  a.   life cycle  
  b.   pollination  
  c.   menstrual cycle  
  d.   estrus cycle  
  Hint    
      
  6.What disease destroys the body's immune system?  
  a.   chlamydia  
  b.   AIDS  
  c.   gonorrhea  
  d.   syphilis  
  Hint    
      
  7.The urethra passes through what organ to the outside of the male body?  
  a.   penis  
  b.   scrotum  
  c.   testis  
  d.   oviduct  
  Hint    
      
  8.What is a cycle in which a female will mate at any time even though an egg or eggs may not have been released from the ovaries and therefore, are not available to be fertilized at the time of mating?  
  a.   life cycle  
  b.   breeding season  
  c.   menstrual cycle  
  d.   estrus cycle  
  Hint    
      
  9.What is the sac that hangs below the base of the penis?  
  a.   urinary bladder  
  b.   appendix  
  c.   scrotum  
  d.   gall bladder  
  Hint    
      
  10.What is the organ in which the fertilized egg or eggs develop?  
  a.   uterus  
  b.   vagina  
  c.   ureter  
  d.   urethra  
  Hint    

 
   
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