end of year revision pack vocab F1-2 Science 2025

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Across
  1. 3. the master gland of the endocrine system
  2. 9. athlete's foot is an example
  3. 10. attracts iron
  4. 12. an infectious ('catching') disease is ___
  5. 17. iron core which becomes magnetised when electricity passes through wire coiled around it
  6. 21. a scientist who studies epidemics
  7. 23. part of a circuit that you can open or close
  8. 25. nerve cells
  9. 26. A ___ cell is a type of white blood cell that 'remembers' which antibody you need to fight which pathogen
  10. 28. a gland that helps with growth
  11. 29. the 'command centre' for your whole body, located in the skull
  12. 30. all pathogens except viruses can do this for themselves
Down
  1. 1. liquid or paste in a battery
  2. 2. electricity passes through this with some difficulty, making heat and light
  3. 4. The ___ cord connects your brain and your body
  4. 5. sometimes it is a conductor and sometimes not
  5. 6. the part of the neuron that receives messages from the dendrite and passes the messages to the next neuron
  6. 7. a germ; a virus, protozoan, fungus, or bacterium that causes a communicable disease
  7. 8. the body's special protection against disease, provided by memory cells
  8. 11. electricity passes through this easily
  9. 13. single cell pathogen with no nucleus
  10. 14. a special protein, produced by white blood cells, that can destroy a specific pathogen
  11. 15. the system that produces hormones
  12. 16. When a large number of people in one place get the same infectious disease at one time, this is an ____.
  13. 18. the sections of the cerebrum (there are several)
  14. 19. this type of pathogen is not alive
  15. 20. a non-infectious disease is ___
  16. 22. an electrical message passed from neuron to neuron
  17. 24. chemicals that do special jobs in your body
  18. 27. the part of a neuron that receives messages from other neurons