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Question
CBSEENBI12001881

Given reasons for the following: 

(a) The human testes are located outside the abdominal cavity.

(b) Some organisms like honey-bees are called parthenogenetic animals.

Solution

(a) The human testes are located outside the abdominal cavity in a pouch called scrotum. The scrotum helps in maintaining the low temperature of the testes (2 -2.5o C lower than the normal internal body temperature) necessary for spermatogenesis.

(b) Honey bees are parthenogenetic organisms because in them an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual and there is no fertilization. This process of reproduction without fertilization is called parthenogenesis.