Year 7 Reproduction Worksheet - Beginner

Year 7 Reproduction worksheet for Year 7 (Key Stage 3 / Year 7-9 (Ages 11-14)). Beginner level science practice, aligned to the UK National Curriculum. Print-ready with answer key included.

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Reproduction: From Cells to Seeds

Year 7 Science | Ages 11–12 | Beginner

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Instructions: Work through the activities in order, using the information in each question to help you. Use scientific vocabulary where you can, and write clearly in the answer spaces. Reproduction includes processes in both humans and flowering plants.

Human Reproductive Systems

Read each function carefully and name the human reproductive structure that performs it. Choose from: ovaries, uterus, testes, sperm duct, penis. Each structure is used once. The first is completed as an example.

Word bank: ovaries, uterus, testes, sperm duct, penis

Example. Produces sperm cells: testes

1. Produces egg cells:

2. Where a fertilised egg can develop during pregnancy:

3. Carries sperm from the testes towards the urethra:

4. Transfers sperm into the vagina during sexual intercourse:

Puberty: Changes and Hormones

Choose the best answer for each question. Puberty is a normal stage of development, and changes happen at different times for different people.

1. What is puberty?

2. Which chemical messenger helps bring about changes during puberty?

3. Which change commonly happens during puberty in all sexes?

4. Which statement about puberty is correct?

Menstrual Cycle, Fertilisation and Gestation

Use the sequence and information in each question. Fertilisation is when a sperm cell joins with an egg cell. Gestation is the period of development before birth.

1. Put these events in the correct order by writing the letters: A. The uterus lining breaks down and leaves the body; B. An egg is released from an ovary; C. The uterus lining builds up.

2. What is the name of the process in which a sperm cell joins with an egg cell?

3. After fertilisation, the developing embryo can grow in which organ?

4. What does the word gestation mean?

Flower Structure and Pollination

Use the word bank to complete each sentence. Pollination is the transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma. Each word is used once.

Word bank: anther, stigma, ovary, pollination

1. The part of a flower that produces pollen is the ___.

2. Pollen lands on the ___ during pollination.

3. The ___ contains ovules, which can develop into seeds after fertilisation.

4. The transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma is called ___.

Seed Formation and Dispersal

Read the short explanations and identify the correct term from the word bank. Seed dispersal helps plants spread their seeds away from the parent plant.

Word bank: fertilisation, seed dispersal, fruit, germination

1. The joining of a male sex cell from pollen with a female sex cell in an ovule:

2. The process by which a seed begins to grow into a new plant:

3. The movement of seeds away from the parent plant:

4. The part of a flowering plant that often forms from the ovary and may help protect seeds:

Check Your Understanding

Choose the best answer for each question. Think about how reproduction in flowering plants compares with reproduction in humans.

1. Which structure in a flower produces pollen?

2. What can an ovule develop into after fertilisation?

3. Which statement describes pollination?

4. What is one benefit of seed dispersal?

Answer Key

Activity 1: 1. ovaries ; 2. uterus ; 3. sperm duct ; 4. penis

Activity 2: 1. A stage when the body becomes capable of sexual reproduction ; 2. Hormone ; 3. Growth spurt ; 4. Changes happen at different times for different people

Activity 3: 1. C, B, A ; 2. fertilisation ; 3. uterus ; 4. the period of development before birth

Activity 4: 1. anther ; 2. stigma ; 3. ovary ; 4. pollination

Activity 5: 1. fertilisation ; 2. germination ; 3. seed dispersal ; 4. fruit

Activity 6: 1. Anther ; 2. A seed ; 3. The transfer of pollen from anther to stigma ; 4. Seeds can grow away from the parent plant