B2.2 - Hormones Knowledge Test

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1) What do reproductive hormones do to the body during puberty?
2) What is the main female reproductive hormone and where is it produced?
3) What is ovulation and how often does it occur?
4) Where is testosterone produced and what is its role?
5) Is there just one hormone involved in the menstruation of women or are there several?
6) What is the role of follicle stimulating hormone?
7) What is the role of luteinising hormone?
8) Which hormones are involved in maintaining the uterus lining?
9) (HT only) How do FSH, LH, oestrogen and progesterone interact in the menstrual cycle?
10) Which of the hormones shows the sharpest spike in a graph of hormone levels during the menstrual cycle?
11) Give an advantage and disadvantage of condoms, the pill and the implant.
12) What are the two categories of contraception?
13) Name at least 7 forms of contraception and how they work.
14) (HT) Which hormones can be used to treat infertility and how is it used?
15) (HT) How has developments in microscope technology and techniques enabled IVF treatment to improve?
16) (HT) Which hormones can be used to treat infertility and how is it used?Which hormones can be used to treat infertility and how is it used?
17) (HT) What are some social and ethical issues associated with IVF treatment?
18) (HT) What are some of the disadvantages of IVF?
19) (HT) Describe the stages of IVF.
20) (Separates only) What are the hormonal responses in plants to light and gravity called?
21) (Separates only) What causes the unequal growth rates in shoots and roots that means plants can grow in specific directions?
22) (HT) What role does Gibberellins have in a plant?
23) (HT) What role does Ethene have in a plant?
24) (Separates only) Give some uses of plant hormones that can be used to control plant growth
25) (Separates only) What are plant hormones used by people in?
26) (Separates only) What negative effect can the use of hormones as weed killers have?
27) (Separates only) How do people use auxins?
28) (Separates only) How do people use ethene?
29) (Separates only) How do people use Gibberellins?
30) How do the Big Ideas link to this topic?

a) Forces:

b) Particles:

c) Energy:

d) Cells: