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Responding to change
What is the main job of the nervous system? Why do we need a nervous system?

What is a receptor?

What are your sense organs?

Where would you find receptors that respond to: a loud noise, touching a hot
oven, and a strong perfume?

What is the difference between a neurone and a nerve?

What is the difference between a sensory neurone and a motor neurone?

What travels along a neurone?

Reflex actions
Why are reflexes important?

Why is it important that the impulses in a reflex arc do not go to the conscious
brain?

What is a synapse?
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Draw a diagram of a synapse, and explain what happens here.

Draw a diagram of a reflex arc; make sure to annotate each step.

Hormones and the menstrual cycle

What controls the menstrual cycle?

Where are the female hormones made?

What is the average length of the menstrual cycle?

Define ovulation?
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Why does the lining of the womb build up each month?

What is the monthly bleed/period?

Draw a table illustrating the differences between FSH and oestrogen

Draw a diagram illustrating the changing levels of the female sex hormones
controlling the different stages of the menstrual cycle (google a diagram, or look
in your textbooks).

The artificial control of fertility

What is a contraceptive?

What is the difference between the mixed pill, and the progesterone only pill?
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What are the two hormones used in IVF to stimulate the eggs to mature?

Draw a table and list the advantages and disadvantages of fertility treatment

Define the following terms:

Oral contraceptive

Fallopian tube

Fertility drug

In vitro fertilisation

How can artificial female hormones be used to prevent unwanted pregnancies?

How can artificial female hormones be used to help people overcome infertility?
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Controlling conditions
Why is homeostasis important?

What do your kidneys control?

What is the ideal body temperature?

What happens to your blood sugar levels, if you ate a packet of sweets?

Hormones and the control of plant growth

Define phototropism

Define gravitropism

What is the name of the hormone which controls phototropism and gravitropism?

Why are the responses of shoots and roots so important in the life of plants?
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Use a diagram to explain carefully how a plant shoot responds to light shining at
it from one side only

How are plant hormones used?

Using hormones
Which hormones would doctors use to stimulate the ovaries of an egg donor?

Make a table summarising the main points for and against allowing older women
to use hormones such as FSH to help them have a baby.
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How can plant hormones be used to kill plants?