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Chapter 16: Growth and Development

	1.	An embryo becomes a fetus after what point in the pregnancy?

		a.	fertilization
		b.	the eighth week
		c.	the sixth month
		d.	the sixth day

	2.	At what point in a pregnancy can a fetus first hear sounds?

		a.	end of the third week
		b.	end of the fifth month
		c.	end of the sixth month
		d.	at birth

	3.	What carries food and oxygen from the mother to the developing fetus?

		a.	placenta
		b.	umbilical cord
		c.	uterus
		d.	navel

	4.	How many chromosomes do the reproductive cells have?

		a.	46
		b.	23 pairs
		c.	23
		d.	12

	5.	What health problem can an infection like rubella, or German measles, cause in a newborn baby?

		a.	deafness
		b.	low birth weight
		c.	addiction
		d.	fetal alcohol syndrome

	6.	At what stage of life do people learn to separate from their parents?

		a.	infancy
		b.	early childhood
		c.	young adulthood
		d.	adolescence

	7.	At what stage of life do people try to develop close personal relationships?

		a.	adolescence
		b.	young adulthood
		c.	middle adulthood
		d.	maturity and old age

	8.	At what stage of development do children usually triple their weight?

		a.	infancy
		b.	early childhood
		c.	adolescence
		d.	early adulthood

	9.	What is the second fastest period of physical growth?

		a.	infancy
		b.	early childhood
		c.	adolescence
		d.	middle adulthood

	10.	Which age is measured by how well various body parts are working?

		a.	chronological age
		b.	biological age
		c.	social age
		d.	mental and emotional age