7Be(6) Lifecycles 1

James

Name Class Date

1 Look at the drawing below.

a Write a title for this drawing.
Story of life

baby
b Draw lines to match the labels
to the people.
adolescent
c In which stage does puberty occur?
fertilised egg cell
child

toddler
d Tick the changes that occur both to
boys and to girls at this stage. adult
breasts develop
b
increase in height
b
pubic hair grows
sex cells start to be released
b
stronger body smell
voice gets deeper

2 The drawing of the baby is 20 times smaller than real life. Measure the length of the baby and
work out how long it is in real life.
50cm

3 For how long is a woman pregnant before she gives birth?

9 months

4 Number the sentences on the right to show which Order Stage of birth
order they usually occur in. 3 The bag of fluid bursts.
5 The baby has no teeth. Explain how it gets its food. 4 The baby is pushed out head first.
The food is mashed so the baby can easily eat it 1 The uterus starts to contract at the
start of labour.
5 The baby starts to breathe.
2 The placenta is pushed out of the
vagina.
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I CAN... • describe what happens in the different stages of the human lifecycle.

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