Immune System
These cells help fight infection by attacking pathogens.
What are white blood cells?
This neuron carries impulses from the CNS to effectors.
What is a motor neuron?
This acronym helps remember the seven life processes of living things
What is MRS GREN?
These chemical messengers travel through the bloodstream to regulate body functions.
What are hormones?
his piece of equipment is used to accurately measure the volume of liquids.
What is a measuring cylinder?
The body’s ability to defend against pathogens.
What is immunity?
This part of the brain is responsible for thinking, memory, and conscious actions.
What is the cerebrum?
The body’s ability to maintain a stable internal environment.
What is homeostasis?
These organs release hormones into the bloodstream.
What are glands?
You wear these to protect your eyes from chemical splashes.
What are safety goggles?
A microorganism that causes disease.
What is a pathogen?
This part of the brain controls balance, posture, and coordination.
What is the cerebellum?
This life process involves an increase in size or number of cells.
What is growth?
This organ produces insulin and glucagon.
What is the pancreas?
This step of the scientific method involves making an educated guess or prediction.
What is a hypothesis?
This barrier defence includes skin, mucus, and stomach acid.
What are the first line defences?
This part of the nervous system includes nerves outside the brain and spinal cord.
What is the PNS
The chemical process by which cells release energy from glucose.
What is respiration?
This hormone triggers the ‘fight or flight’ stress response.
What is adrenaline?
You perform this action at the start of an experiment to identify possible dangers.
What is a risk assessment?
These cells destroy infected or abnormal body cells, such as virus‑infected cells.
What are T cells?
A type of muscle action controlled without conscious thought.
What is involuntary movement? (Reflex)
A control mechanism where a change triggers a response that reverses the original change.
What is negative feedback?
Often called the ‘master gland,’ it controls many other endocrine glands.
What is the pituitary gland?
This variable is the one you measure during an investigation.
What is the dependent variable?