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Pitstop Check
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The zygote copies and divides and itself to produce a ball of cells called a embryo. |
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What is the ball of cells called when a zygote divides to copy itself? |
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A women becomes pregnant when the embryo implants in the blood rich lining of the Uterus. |
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What happens to the embryo for a women to become pregnant? |
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The embryo develops into a fetus. It is called a fetus when it heart starts beating. |
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What does an embryo develop into? |
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Part of the embryo develops into a placenta, which allows substances to cross from the mother's blood into the fetus, and vice versa. |
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What does the placenta do? |
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The time spend in the uterus is called gestation period. During this time cells continue to copy and divide allowing the fetus to grow. |
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What is the gestation period? |
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PLOT:
Gestation period vs birth weight for animals |
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