6976786560 | movement | animals use energy to move in search of food, water, warmth and safety | 0 | |
6976809778 | respiration | this is the process which releases energy from food | 1 | |
6976810712 | sensitivity | all living things can sense and react to changes in the environment, animals react to temperature, light, sound and smell | 2 | |
6978960231 | growth | plants and animals grow from a single cell until they are adults | 3 | |
6978965957 | reproduction | all living things can make organisms like themselves simple organisms like bacteria do this by splitting in half | 4 | |
6978981518 | excretion | nutrition and other processes produce waste materials that cannot be used. Animals get rid of waste from their lungs | 5 | |
6978996681 | nutrition | plants and animals need food for energy and growth. green plants make their own food from carbon dioxide and water by photosynthesis | 6 | |
6979004923 | cell | basic unit of life | 7 | |
6979036804 | tissue | a group of similar cells that carry out the same function e.g muscle tissue | 8 | |
6979040697 | organ | a group of different tissues that work together to carry out a particular function e.g heart and lungs | 9 | |
6979062400 | organ system | a group of organs that work together to complete a specific function | 10 | |
6979068360 | microscope | 11 | ||
6979072535 | animal cell | cell surface membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus | 12 | |
6979081006 | plant cell | cell surface membrane, cell wall, chloroplasts, cytoplasm, nucleus, vacuole | 13 | |
6979095635 | cell surface membrane | keeps the cell together and controls what goes into and out to the cell | 14 | |
6979098802 | chloroplast | green discs that allow the plant to make food by photosynthesis | 15 | |
6979103834 | nucleus | tells the cell what to do | 16 | |
6979126389 | cell wall | supports the cell | 17 | |
6979128950 | cytoplasm | a jelly like substance. Many of the cells activities happen here | 18 | |
6979134659 | vacuole | a storage space filled with cell sap | 19 | |
6979141884 | sperm cell | to get to the egg so it can create a baby special features: tail to swim, mitochondria | 20 | |
6979151433 | nerve cell | to send messages to the brain special features: long so it can reach everything in the body | 21 | |
6979161267 | red blood cell | it carries oxygen through the body so you can breath special feature: has no nucleus which means there is more space for oxygen | 22 | |
6979173140 | leaf cell | to carry out photosynthesis special function: has a lot of chloroplasts to help the plant photosynthesis | 23 | |
6979208924 | root hair cell | to absorb water underground special feature: large surface areas to speed osmosis | 24 | |
6979234014 | heart | the heart pumps blood around the body through a network of veins | 25 | |
6979253832 | brain | the brain is the control centre of the body | 26 | |
6979257858 | lungs | the lungs take air into our body from which we take oxygen | 27 | |
6979267178 | stomach | food is partly broken down in the stomach by hydrochloric acid | 28 | |
6979281867 | liver | the liver acts like a filter to clean our blood | 29 | |
6979285082 | kidneys | urine is stored in the kidney | 30 | |
6979293243 | bladder | the bladder removes waste chemicals from our blood and produce urine which is stored in the bladder | 31 | |
6979300667 | large intestine | most of the water in our food is absorbed back into our body from the large intestine | 32 | |
6979305870 | small intestine | food is broken down in the small intestine to release chemicals our body can use including sugar, proteins, fat, vitamins, minerals and fibre | 33 | |
6979326308 | how cells work or create | the cell grows larger the cell makes a copy of the nucleus the cytoplasm begins to divide the cell membrane closes and the two knew cells divide | 34 | |
6979351449 | reproduction | sexual reproduction needs a male sex cell to join with a female sex cell | 35 | |
6979355704 | puberty | male: testis start to make sperm, penis grows, hips thinner changes in both: skin gets oiler, pupic hairs grow, legs get bigger, muscles get stronger female: breast develop, ovaries start to release eggs, change in behaviour girls become more attracted to boys, hips widen and more fat is distributed so they can have a baby | 36 | |
6979376462 | sperm cell | 37 | ||
6979395804 | egg cell | 38 | ||
6979401950 | penis | sperm duct, prostate, testis, penis, urethra | 39 | |
6979409141 | vagina | ovary, oviduct, cervix, uterus, vagina | 40 | |
6979410616 | fertilisation | in the female, one of the ovaries produces an egg every 28 days, this is called ovulation millions of sperm are ejaculated into the vagina if a sperm meets the egg, the sperms nucleus can join with the eggs nucleus this is called fertilisation the nuclei of the sperm and egg then divides sperm cells swim up to the eggs tube the fertilised egg travels into the uterus and sticks to the inside this is implantation after stimulation the male sperm comes out the testis and exits through the penis | 41 | |
6979465942 | sexual reproduction | the production of new individuals with a combination of features from two parents | 42 | |
6979473333 | gametes | special sex cells, the sperm and egg | 43 | |
6979476384 | zygote | the organism formed when a sperm and egg combine | 44 | |
6979482331 | fertilisation | the joining of sperm and egg | 45 | |
6979484553 | puberty | a stage of human developments at which the person becomes able to reproduce | 46 | |
6979491311 | sex hormones | chemicals that control the physical and mental changes of puberty | 47 | |
6979519875 | ovulation and fertilisation | ovulation means when the ovum is released from the ovary the joining of the ovum and sperm is called fertilisation fertilisation usually happens in the oviduct after fertilisation the egg begins to divide the egg develops into a ball of cells the baby develops in the uterus | 48 | |
6979542349 | menstrual cycle | days 1-5 the lining is lost from the uterus this is called a period days 6-13 the lining of the uterus thickens to get ready for a fertilised egg day 14 a ripe egg is released from the ovary this is called ovulation day 15-28 the lining of the uterus stops developing if the egg was not fertilised | 49 | |
6982576813 | pregnancy | a. placenta b. umbilical cord c. uterus d. amniotic fluid e. cervix g. vagina | 50 | |
6982587899 | uterus | the other name for womb, this is were the baby develops | 51 | |
6982589528 | placenta | the organ which develops in pregnancy | 52 | |
6982594804 | fetus | this is the name given to a developing baby | 53 | |
6982601982 | amniotic sac | contains the amniotic fluid | 54 | |
6982603189 | umbilical cord | this connects the fetes to the placenta , it carries nutrients, oxygen and waste products | 55 | |
6982605225 | amniotic fluid | liquid that surrounds the baby as it develops, protecting it from harm | 56 | |
6982606935 | cervix | the entrance to the vagina. this dilates when the baby is ready to be born | 57 |
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