Sci21 Week 10 Challenge
Across
- 4. when the immune system overreacts to a non-harmful threat, people are said to have had an ____ reaction
- 7. hormone that allows cells to uptake sugar from the blood
- 11. variable in an experiment that you deliberately manipulate
- 14. the question tested by an experiment, which follows the “If…, then…, because…” format
- 16. ____ implications describe the effects on families and communities
- 19. ____ implications describe how much money it costs
- 20. molecules move from an area of high concentration to low concentration to equalise the concentrations on both sides of a membrane
- 23. system that transports nutrients, gasses and wastes around the body
- 24. someone with low insulin levels will typically take ____ for their blood glucose to drop after a meal, because their cells are unable to take up sugar as efficiently
- 26. the second time someone encounters a pathogen, they will produce ____ antibodies
- 27. people are given a less active form of a pathogen so that they can safely develop antibodies to it
- 28. the processes that keep the internal environment of the body in balance and constant
- 30. immune system line of defence that is non-specific and includes phagocytes
- 32. system that includes hormone-producing glands
- 34. variable in an experiment that you measure
- 35. a type of white blood cell that engulfs pathogens to destroy them
- 36. ____ immune response occurs when you re-encounter a pathogen, providing a swifter and stronger antibody reaction
- 38. the controls of the nervous system
- 39. variables in an experiment that you keep constant
- 40. water moves into an area of high salt concentration to equalise the concentration of the solution on both sides of a membrane
Down
- 1. ____ immune response occurs the first time you encounter a pathogen
- 2. produce antibodies
- 3. a compound released to attract phagocytes, that causes inflammation and fever
- 5. system that defends the body from pathogens
- 6. y-shaped immune system component that is produced to bind and destroy a specific type of antigen
- 8. system that includes the lungs
- 9. toxins that pathogens produce
- 10. exchange oxygen for carbon dioxide when we breathe
- 12. immune system line of defence that is specific
- 13. a process of swallowing up pathogens to destroy them
- 15. when someone has become too cold, their blood vessels will ____ to try and conserve their heat
- 17. when someone has overheated, their blood vessels will ____ to try and cool them down
- 18. the pump of the circulatory system
- 21. immune system line of defence that includes skin and mucous
- 22. fuses with the phagosome during phagocytosis to provide powerful enzymes that can destroy pathogens
- 25. system that breaks down food to nutrients and energy
- 29. system that includes the bladder
- 31. balance water and salt levels to produce dilute urine
- 33. ____ implications describe how our concepts of right and wrong are challenged
- 37. system that includes the brain