Answer each of the questions below using information gathered from your readings, lectures, and outside research. You should provide at least a paragraph response for each of the questions.

1. Where does fertilization usually take place, and how many chromosomes are present in a human zygote?
2. What major events distinguish embryonic and fetal development?
3. List the stages of human development and explain what happens in each.
4. What is aging? Explain the life processes of aging.
5. What is death? Why is death “irreversible?”