Infectious Disease
Do antigens belong to the host, or the pathogen invading them?
The pathogen
What is a food chain?
This term describes the path energy takes as it moves from producers to consumers in an ecosystem.
This term describes the place where an organism lives and gets what it needs to survive.
What is a habitat?
What is homeostasis?
Maintaining a stable internal environment inside the body.
What is Cooper's middle name?
Jack
Breastfeeding provides what kind of immunity to a baby?
Passive immunity
What are producers
These organisms are the starting point of almost all energy flow on Earth because they capture sunlight and convert it into chemical energy.
This simple square frame is used to sample plants or slow-moving animals in an ecosystem.
What is a quadrat?
Which hormone lowers blood glucose levels, and which organ produces it?
Insulin, produced by the pancreas.
What is the name of the longest river in the world?
The Nile
Antiseptics are specifically used to...
...remove microbes from the skin and body.
What are biogeochemical cycles?
This process recycles nutrients like carbon and nitrogen through the environment, allowing matter to be reused in ecosystems.
A rainforest, desert, or coral reef is an example of this large-scale habitat category.
What is a biome?
Explain how negative feedback works using the terms stimulus, receptor, control centre, effector, and response.
2 mins
A stimulus causes a change → receptors detect it → control centre (usually the brain or endocrine gland) processes it → effectors (muscles/glands) act → the response brings conditions back to the set point.
What is Chloes birthday?
2nd April 2009
What are prions?
Prions are infective proteins. Alongside viruses, they are classed as non-living pathogens.
What is the second law of thermodynamics?
In every energy transfer in an ecosystem, this law explains why only about 10% of energy moves from one trophic level to the next.
A transect line helps scientists study how species change across an environmental ______.
What is a gradient?
Describe how the body responds to dehydration using ADH (antidiuretic hormone).
Dehydration increases blood osmolarity → receptors in the hypothalamus detect it → pituitary releases more ADH → kidneys reabsorb more water → urine becomes more concentrated → water levels return to normal.
The longest anyone has held their breath underwater is...
over 29 minutes!
Phagocytic leukocytes are a part of which line of the immune defence
Second line.
What is gross primary productivity
The total amount of chemical energy produced by photosynthesis before any is used in respiration is called gross primary productivity
This method estimates population size by capturing, marking, releasing, and later recapturing
What is capture–mark–recapture?
What role do hormones play in homeostasis?
The endocrine system plays a pivotal role in maintaining the body’s internal balance through the intricate regulation of hormones.
What is Mr McCarthy's middle name?
I will tell you if you guess it.