Task: Solve the problem and explain the solution
The task involves completing sentences about the male reproductive system using vocabulary provided in a box and labeling a diagram of the male reproductive system. Let's break it down step by step.
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Part 1: Completing the Sentences
The sentences are about the male reproductive system, and we need to fill in the blanks using the vocabulary provided in the box.
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Vocabulary Box:
- puberty
- erect
- seminal vesicles
- sperm
- testicles
- three
- baby
- healthy
- vagina
- urethra
- ejaculation
- bigger
- seminal fluid
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Sentences:
1.
During ________, the male’s penis gets larger and testicles get ________ and fall outside the body. The body begins producing spermatozoa (or sperm) cells in the ________. The testicles are outside of the body because the temperature to make ________ sperm must be a little lower than the temperature in the body.
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During puberty, the male’s penis gets larger and testicles get bigger and fall outside the body.
- The body begins producing spermatozoa (or sperm) cells in the testicles.
- The testicles are outside of the body because the temperature to make healthy sperm must be a little lower than the temperature in the body.
Completed Sentence:
- During
puberty, the male’s penis gets larger and testicles get
bigger and fall outside the body. The body begins producing spermatozoa (or sperm) cells in the
testicles. The testicles are outside of the body because the temperature to make
healthy sperm must be a little lower than the temperature in the body.
2.
The process of releasing sperm is called ________. This process can happen spontaneously during the first stages of puberty. Sperm from the testicles is mixed with a nutrient-rich liquid called ________. This liquid is made in the ________.
- The process of releasing sperm is called ejaculation.
- Sperm from the testicles is mixed with a nutrient-rich liquid called seminal fluid.
- This liquid is made in the seminal vesicles.
Completed Sentence:
- The process of releasing sperm is called
ejaculation. This process can happen spontaneously during the first stages of puberty. Sperm from the testicles is mixed with a nutrient-rich liquid called
seminal fluid. This liquid is made in the
seminal vesicles.
3.
To release sperm, the penis must be ________. This helps reproduction by allowing the penis to push inside of a woman’s ________, releasing the sperm and semen mixture out of the penis through the tube called the ________.
- To release sperm, the penis must be erect.
- This helps reproduction by allowing the penis to push inside of a woman’s vagina.
- The sperm and semen mixture is released through the
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