Year 9 Science revision - Semester 2
Across
- 2. Lives on or in a host and harms it.
- 3. A cell that transmits electrical signals in the nervous system.
- 4. One end of a magnet that attracts the south pole.
- 6. Nerves outside the brain and spinal cord.
- 9. Region where a force like magnetism acts.
- 13. Able to spread from one organism to another.
- 17. Network of nerves in the digestive system.
- 18. The way a disease spreads.
- 19. Nervous system controlling voluntary movements.
- 20. Infectious protein that can cause brain diseases.
- 21. Related to magnets or magnetism.
- 25. Substances like stomach acid that kill microbes.
- 26. An organism that carries and spreads pathogens.
- 28. The opposite end of a magnet to north.
- 31. Something that blocks pathogens from entering.
- 33. Related to microorganisms.
- 34. Wire wound in a loop or spiral.
- 37. Coil of wire that creates a magnetic field when current flows.
- 38. Area around a magnet where magnetic forces act.
- 39. Passed down through DNA from parents.
- 40. Type of barrier like skin that protects against pathogens.
- 41. Nerves that carry information from the body to the brain.
- 43. Division of the autonomic system that prepares the body for action.
- 45. A condition that disrupts normal body function.
- 46. Disease outbreak across countries or continents.
- 47. Nerves that send signals from the brain to muscles.
- 48. The body’s ability to resist infection.
- 49. Made up of more than one cell.
Down
- 1. Injection that helps build immunity.
- 5. The ability to maintain a stable internal environment.
- 7. Cells that fight infections.
- 8. A magnet created by an electric current.
- 10. Nervous system controlling involuntary actions like heartbeat.
- 11. A microorganism that causes disease.
- 12. Groups of organs working together for a common function.
- 14. Tool that uses Earth’s magnetic field to show direction.
- 15. Organisms like moulds and yeasts, some cause infections.
- 16. When cells develop specific roles in a multicellular organism.
- 20. The ends of a magnet where the force is strongest.
- 22. Sudden outbreak of disease in a community.
- 23. A system response that helps regulate processes, often positive or negative.
- 24. The process of different body parts working together smoothly.
- 25. Flow of electric charge through a conductor.
- 27. Tinfectious agent that needs a host cell to reproduce.
- 29. Practices that prevent disease spread.
- 30. Division that calms the body after stress.
- 32. Material inside a coil that strengthens an electromagnet.
- 35. Capable of causing disease.
- 36. Disease regularly found in a certain area.
- 42. Single-celled organisms, some cause illness.
- 44. Part of the nervous system that includes the brain and spinal cord.