Families Today

Chapter 31: The Parenting Question

Section 2 Practice Test

1
What is a parent's level of preparation called?
A)Readiness
B)Parent readiness
C)Parenting
D)Parenthood
2
What word or phrase describes how children grow and change from each stage of their life through the teens?
A)Child development
B)Child readiness
C)Role expectation
D)Personal growth
3
What is the union of a sperm and an egg called?
A)Pregnancy
B)Placenta
C)Conception
D)Birth
4
What is the life-support system for a fetus during pregnancy?
A)The female
B)Umbilical Cord
C)Spinal cord
D)Placenta
5
The time from conception to birth is called the _____ period.
A)Prenatal
B)Postpartum
C)Pregnancy
D)Conception
6
What is a problem that happens while the baby is developing in the mother's body called?
A)Miscarriage
B)Birth defect
C)Chronic disease
D)Genetic disease
7
What is one of the three time periods pregnancy is broken into called?
A)Stage
B)Month
C)Trimester
D)Semester
8
What is the name given to the event that occurs when a fetus is born before it is able to live outside the mother's body?
A)Birth defect
B)Abortion
C)Postpartum
D)Miscarriage
9
What are the series of contractions of the uterus?
A)Miscarriage
B)Delivery
C)Labor
D)Birth
10
The period of time after the baby's birth is called what?
A)Postpartum
B)Prenatal
C)Conception
D)Delivery
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