Early Stages of Gestation
Science: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum, topic 2.2.1
Early Stages of Gestation
Gestation is the time that an unborn baby spends developing in the womb or uterus. The gestation period is called pregnancy in humans.
Early stages of gestation
- The average time for pregnancy (gestation period) in humans is 40 weeks.
- Every human begins as 1 fertilised egg cell.
- This cell divides into 2, then 4 and continues to divide into an embryo.
Test yourself on Early Stages of Gestation
What is the name of the time that an unborn baby spends developing in the womb or uterus?
Every human begins as one fertilised egg cell. What process enables the change to two cells, four cells and then a whole embryo?
What is the gestation period called in humans?