The Big One

Question 1

Fertilised Egg

Answer 1

Zygote

Question 2

The force acting on an object caused by the pull of gravity

Answer 2

Weight

Question 3

An animal that has a backbone

Answer 3

Vertebrate

Question 4

Differences between oragnisms - either between organisms of different species, or between organisms of the same species

Answer 4

Variation

Question 5

A factor in an investigation that can change or be changed

Answer 5

Variable

Question 6

An injection of inactive or dead micro-organisms. Causes the white blood cells to produce antibodies, preparing the body for a real infection.

Answer 6

Vaccination

Question 7

The part of the female reproductive system in which a baby grows.

Answer 7

Uterus

Question 8

A table which links a set of inputs to an output

Answer 8

Truth Table

Question 9

A material that doesn’t absorb light - the light is transmitted through the material

Answer 9

Transparent

Question 10

A material that absorbs light and re-emits it in all directions.

Answer 10

Translucent

Question 11

A group of similar cells

Answer 11

Tissue

Question 12

When a substance breaks down into 2 or more new substances when heated

Answer 12

Thermal Decomposition

Question 13

The part of the male reproductive system which produces sperm

Answer 13

Testis

Question 14

Managing the way resources are used, so that the needs of a growing human population can be met without harming the environment

Answer 14

Sustainable Development

Question 15

The change in state of a substance directly from a solid to a gas

Answer 15

Subliming

Question 16

Shaped in a way that reduces water or air resistance

Answer 16

Streamlined

Question 17

One of the female parts of a flower. Pollen attaches here before developing a pollen tube.

Answer 17

Stigma

Question 18

The male part of a flower (consists of anther and filament)

Answer 18

Stamen

Question 19

A male sex cell used in reproduction

Answer 19

Sperm

Question 20

Distance travelled in a certain amount of time

Answer 20

Speed

Question 21

The rainbow effect created when white light gets split up

Answer 21

Spectrum

Question 22

The liquid that a solute dissolves into to form a solution

Answer 22

Solvent

Question 23

A mixture of a solute and solvent that does not separate out

Answer 23

Solution

Question 24

A solid that is dissolved in a solvent to form a solution

Answer 24

Solute

Question 25

This means a solid will dissolve in a certain solvent

Answer 25

Soluble

Question 26

When the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, stopping the Sun's light from reaching the Earth

Answer 26

Solar Eclipse

Question 27

The result of reproduction in a flowering plant. It develops from an ovule.

Answer 27

Seed

Question 28

A solution that won't dissolve any more solvent

Answer 28

Saturated

Question 29

Something that orbits a planet

Answer 29

Satellite

Question 30

A cell in a plan't roots that absorbs water and minerals from the soil

Answer 30

Root Hair Cell

Question 31

The process of releasing energy from glucose (a sugar). Happens in every cell of every living organism.

Answer 31

Respiration