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- 1 / 20
What is the first sense that the baby acquires before birth?
- Hearing
- Touch
- Taste
- Eyesight
Touch is the first sense your baby develops before the senses of smell, taste, eyesight, and hearing. Parts of the somatosensory system start to form only a few weeks after conception. By week 8 of pregnancy, your baby has developed touch receptors in his face — mostly on his lips and nose — that connect to his growing brain.
Source: What to Expect
- 2 / 20
What is the medical term for a baby's first teeth?
- Gold teeth
- Leaf teeth
- Deciduous teeth
- Absolute teeth
Deciduous teeth or primary teeth, also informally known as baby teeth, milk teeth, or temporary teeth, are the first set of teeth in the growth and development of humans and other diphyodonts, which include most mammals but not elephants, kangaroos, or manatees, which are polyphyodonts. Deciduous teeth develop during the embryonic stage and erupt (break through the gums and become visible in the mouth) during infancy. They are usually lost and replaced by permanent teeth, but in the absence of their permanent replacements, they can remain functional for many years into adulthood.
Source: Wikipedia
- 3 / 20
About 1 in every 2,000 babies is born with which of these features?
- Eyes of different colors
- Teeth
- Mustache
- Two belly buttons
Teething is a normal part of a baby’s development during the first year of life. Most babies get their first tooth between 4 and 7 months of age. The first teeth that poke through the gums are the central incisors. While most infants get their first teeth months after birth, some babies are born with one or more teeth. These are called natal teeth. Natal teeth are relatively rare, occurring in about 1 out of every 2,000 births. But there is no need to worry or take action unless the teeth interfere with feeding or are a choking hazard.
Source: Health Line
- 4 / 20
What is the term for the transmission of characteristics from parent to child?
- Genealogy
- Evolution
- Diffusion
- Heredity
Heredity, also called inheritance or biological inheritance, is the passing on of traits from parents to their offspring; either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction, the offspring cells or organisms acquire the genetic information of their parents. Through heredity, variations between individuals can accumulate and cause species to evolve by natural selection. The study of heredity in biology is genetics.
Source: Wikipedia
- 5 / 20
At what age does the human brain stop developing?
- 11
- 25
- 35
- 50
The rational part of a teen’s brain isn’t fully developed and won’t be until age 25 or so. In fact, recent research has found that adult and teen brains work differently. Adults think with the prefrontal cortex, the brain’s rational part. This is the part of the brain that responds to situations with good judgment and an awareness of long-term consequences. Teens process information with the amygdala. This is the emotional part.
- 6 / 20
Newborn babies lack what until around 2 weeks old?
- Nails
- Hair
- Tears
- Voice
Babies' eyes aren't completely dry at birth, but they have minimal moisture. Newborns start making more tears once their lacrimal glands are fully developed. This typically happens sometime after two weeks of age. The ability to produce tears continues to increase over the next several weeks. Note that it may take premature babies a bit longer to start producing noticeable tears.
Source: Very Well Family
- 7 / 20
What are baby blankets given in American hospitals called?
- New Born Up
- Kuddle Up
- Blanket Up
- Baby Up
Just about every time a newborn baby is photographed, the new arrival seems to be carefully cocooned in the same blanket. It's called the Kuddle Up--a flannel blanket with both pink and blue stripes in the center. It was designed by a Mundelein, Ill., company called Medline. When the blanket was created in the 1950s, the company was called A.L Mills. It has since morphed into a multibillion company selling a variety of medical products.
Source: CBS News
- 8 / 20
What is the name of colored marks on the skin, often seen in babies?
- Countermark
- Birthmark
- Pregnancymark
- Wombmark
A birthmark is a congenital, benign irregularity on the skin that is present at birth or appears shortly after birth—usually in the first month. They can occur anywhere on the skin. Birthmarks are caused by an overgrowth of blood vessels, melanocytes, smooth muscle, fat, fibroblasts, or keratinocytes.
Source: Wikipedia
- 9 / 20
At what age do babies start to smile?
- 1 year
- Between 6 and 8 weeks
- 6 months
- 1 week
Sometimes a smile in the early weeks of life is simply a sign that your little bundle is passing gas. But starting between 6 and 8 weeks of life, babies develop a "social smile" -- an intentional gesture of warmth meant just for you. This is an important milestone. Your pediatrician will ask you whether you've seen your baby's grin at their two-month well-child visit. So be on the lookout. Here's what your baby's smile means at this stage: They are growing up and starting to figure out human behavior. They realize that smiling back at you gets your attention. Your baby's brain development is advancing and their communication skills are on track.
Source: Web MD
- 10 / 20
What is a baby's first poop known as?
- Mnemonic
- Malarkey
- Muddy
- Meconium
Meconium is a newborn's first poop. This sticky, thick, dark green poop is made up of cells, protein, fats, and intestinal secretions, like bile. Babies typically pass meconium (mih-KOH-nee-em) in the first few hours and days after birth. But some babies pass meconium while still in the womb during late pregnancy.
Source: Kids Health
- 11 / 20
By what age have most babies developed good color vision?
- 12 months
- 8 months
- 10 months
- 5 months
At birth, babies' vision is abuzz with all kinds of visual stimulation. While they may look intently at a highly contrasted target, babies have not yet developed the ability to easily tell the difference between two targets or move their eyes between the two images. Their primary focus is on objects 8 to 10 inches from their face or the distance to the parent's face. Although an infant's color vision is not as sensitive as an adult's, it is generally believed that babies have good color vision by 5 months of age.
Source: American Optometric Association
- 12 / 20
What's the name for the soft spots in a baby's skull?
- Skullium
- Softies
- Fontanels
- Pads
An infant is born with two major soft spots on the top of the head called fontanels, or fontanelles. These soft spots are spaces between the bones of the skull where bone formation isn't complete. This allows the skull to be molded during birth. The smaller spot at the back usually closes by age 2 to 3 months. The larger spot toward the front often closes around age 18 months. It's normally slightly depressed and pulsates. Soft spots are covered by a thick fibrous layer and are safe to gently touch.
Source: Mayo Clinic
- 13 / 20
What are baby shower parties known as in South Africa?
- Red Egg parties
- Ginger parties
- Stork parties
- Godh Bharai
In South Africa, Baby Showers are called Stork Parties and are often planned as a surprise for the Mum-to-be. They take place typically when the expectant Mum is about 6 months pregnant. Stork Parties are very similar to American Baby Showers due to the high volume of American television programs viewed in South Africa.
Source: Baby Shower
- 14 / 20
On average, at what age can babies taste salt?
- At birth
- 2 to 6 months
- 8 to 12 months
- 2 years
The way the babies in the study seem to have developed a taste for salt is “almost like imprinting,” Klemmer says, referring to the process by which infants bond with their parents and learn other social behaviors. When babies are born, they don’t react to the taste of salt as they do to other tastes, such as sweet or bitter. “Either the baby can’t detect salt or the baby just doesn’t care about salt,” Stein says. But babies begin to register salt taste sometime between the ages of 2 to 6 months.
Source: CNN
- 15 / 20
Which word means a fertilized egg?
- Phenylene
- Gamete
- Gymnosperm
- Zygote
A zygote is a fertilized eukaryotic cell. In biology, medical science, and other allied fields, including psychology, the term “zygote” is used to refer to a cell that forms after the union of sex cells (also called gametes). Reproduction by sexual means involves male and female gametes. In humans, the male gamete is the sperm cell and the female gamete is the ovum (also called the egg cell). Both of them are haploid (n). Their union will result in a zygote that is diploid (2n) and by a process called fertilization. This newly formed single cell, then, undergoes a series of mitotic divisions and grows into a multicellular form. The cells that sprung from the zygote will essentially have the same genetic composition throughout the body but eventually will acquire a special role or a distinct function as they are organized into tissues, organs, and systems.
Source: Biology Online
- 16 / 20
Which of these is a characteristic of a baby's first stool?
- All of these
- It's stinky
- It's white
- It's sterile
The very first stool your baby passes doesn’t smell bad because it's sterile. This black, tarry-looking stuff is called meconium. Until the intestines are colonized with bacteria, there’s nothing to make poop stinky. Don’t go bragging about your baby’s odorless poop, however; bacterial colonization begins with the first feeding. Some babies will pass meconium while still in the uterus, usually as a result of physiologic stress like an infection or a difficult delivery.
Source: Healthy Children
- 17 / 20
According to Finland's tradition, what is a baby's first bed?
- A bassinet
- A wooden box
- A cardboard box
- A crib
For 75 years, newborn babies in Finland have been sent home with a cardboard box full of essential sleeping items, issued by the government. It's called the 'maternity box'. After they return home, parents don't simply take out the more valuable sleeping items and discard the cardboard box. It's not merely a container to carry things - it's also a baby bed.
Source: The Asian Parent
- 18 / 20
A hospital neonatal department treats which patients?
- Young Children
- Teenagers
- Pregnant Women
- Babies
Newborn babies who need intensive medical care are often put in a special area of the hospital called the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The NICU has advanced technology and trained healthcare professionals to give special care to the tiniest patients. NICUs may also care for babies who are not as sick but do need specialized nursing care. Some hospitals don’t have the staff for a NICU and babies must be moved to another hospital. Babies who need intensive care do better if they are born in a hospital with a NICU than if they are moved after birth.
Source: Stanford Medicine
- 19 / 20
Up to what age can bones grow?
- 40 years
- 60 years
- 25 years
- 52 years
Between 17 and 25 years, normal growth stops. The development and union of separate bone parts is complete. At this point, you and your skeleton are as tall as you are going to get. A baby's bones begin to grow in the womb. At birth, the skeleton is partially formed. Many bones are still in "parts." The ends (epiphyses) and bony shafts (diaphyses) of long bones form separately in the womb. At birth, the ends of the long bones are mainly cartilage, with centers of bone beginning to form inside. As a child grows, the shafts get longer, and bone gradually replaces the cartilage epiphyses. Through the growing years, a layer of cartilage (the growth plate) separates each epiphyses from the bone shaft.
- 20 / 20
What percentage of a baby's body weight is the weight of the brain?
- 75%
- 10%
- 2%
- 45%
Before birth, the baby’s brain size accounts for 25% of its total birth weight, but it becomes 10%of its body weight afterbirth. This is because the brain volume increases rapidly during fetal development compared to other organs. As the baby continues to grow post-birth, it slowly increases its body fat at a rate of almost two pounds per month. In fact, the birth weight would have tripled by the time the baby reaches his or her first birthday. When a baby is born, its head forms almost one-fourth of its total body length. It is no wonder that the brain of a newborn comes to almost 10% of its birth weight. This is why the center of gravity of children differs according to age, body form, and sitting posture.
Source: Cloud Nine
