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Question
A woman uses pills A as a method of birth control (or preventing pregnancy). The pills A stop the ovaries from releasing ovum into oviducts. Another woman uses pills B as a method of birth control. The pills B kill the sperms and prevent pregnancy.
(a) What do the pills A contain?
(b) What is the common name of pills A?
(c) What do the pills B contain?
(d) What is the common name of pills B?
(e) What is the general name of these methods of birth control?
Solution
(a) The pills A contain hormones.
(b) The common name of pills A is oral pills.
(c) The pills B contain spermicides.
(d) The common name of pills B is vaginal pills.
(e) The general name of these methods of birth control is called chemical method.
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