How Life Begins
23 pairs
What are chromosomes?
Method or way of preventing pregnancy
What are contraceptives?
Age 0 - 3
What is a toddler?
Ability to make wise decisions
What is problem-solving?
Flesh, bone, blood and various organs
What is the physical self?
Tiny particles found in chromosomes
What are genes?
Oral contraceptive (taken through the mouth)
Pre-natal, infancy and childhood
What are stages of development?
Ability of parents to speak with children
What is communication?
Having a brain that allows us to think
A single cell organism
What is a zygote?
Barriers that prevent the sperm from meeting the egg
What are male condoms?
Another name for old age
What is senescence?
Providing foods from different food groups
What is knowledge of good nutrition?
Expression of love, happiness and sadness
What is the emotional self?
Bearer of heredity eg. skin colour, blood type, hair colour
What are genes?
Process of knowing the amount and spacing of children
What is family planning?
Egg & hormone production, hair and breast growth
What are characteristics of adolescence in females?
Training that will help parents to find a job
What is education?
Knowing right from wrong
What is the ethical self?
Union of the sperm and egg
What is fertilization?
Surgical procedure done on males that affects sperm flow
What is vasectomy?
Hormone production, muscle development and voice changes
What are characteristics of adolescence in males?
Having a job, good housing and a peaceful and loving relationship
What is preparation for parenthood?
Cherishing the company of others
What is the social self?