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7A Word Sheets 7Aa – Doctors Word Pronunciation Meaning 证据 evidence ev-id-enss Inf...

7A Word Sheets 7Aa – Doctors Word Pronunciation Meaning 证据 evidence ev-id-enss Information that you use to say whether you think something is right or wrong. heart hart The organ that pumps blood. 爵褜 medicine med-iss-in A drug that helps the body to ease the symptoms of a disease or cure the disease. symptom simp-tom Changes in the way the body works, which help a doctor 症状 to work out what is wrong with you. 7Aa – Life processes Word Pronunciation Meaning excretion ex-cree-shun Getting rid of waste. All organisms excrete. 㸑 growth Increase in size. All organisms grow. life process A process that something does in order for it to be alive. The life processes that happen in all living things are 期 movement, reproduction, sensitivity, growth, respiration, excretion and a need for nutrition. movement Going from place to place. All organisms can move ⾏动 themselves or parts of themselves. mnemonic nem-on-ick A pattern of letters or words that helps you to remember something. 营 nutrition new-trish-un Substances that help organisms respire and grow. All organisms need nutrition. 鱻 organism reproduction or-gan-iz-m ree-pro-duck-shun A living thing. A process in which organisms make more organisms like themselves. All organisms reproduce. respiration res-per-ay-shun A process in which substances release energy for an 呼吸 organism to use. All organisms respire. There are, however, different forms of respiration. sensitivity sen-se-tiv-it-ee The ability to detect things in the surroundings. 反应 All organisms can sense certain changes in their surroundings. Page 1 of 4 © Pearson Education Ltd 2019. Copying permitted for purchasing institution only. This material is not copyright free.  7A Word Sheets 7Ab – Organs Word Pronunciation Meaning 膀 bladder Organ that stores urine. 脑 brain Organ that controls what the body does. carbon dioxide A waste gas produced by respiration. ⼆氧化碳 diaphragm dye-a-fram Organ that helps breathing. As it moves downwards it helps make the lungs bigger, allowing them to fill with air. As it moves upwards, it makes the lungs smaller, pushing air out. function funk-shun The job or role something has. gullet gull-ett More scientific name for ‘food pipe’. Also called 籰 the ‘oesophagus’. ⽉ heart hart Organ that pumps blood. ⾼⾃ 产 kidneys Organs used to clean the blood and make urine. 是 large intestine in-test-in Organ that removes water from unwanted food. leaf Plant organ used to make food by photosynthesis. liver Organ used to make and destroy substances in our 濉 bodies. It also stores some substances. lungs Organs used to take oxygen out of the air and into the 肺 blood. They also put waste carbon dioxide into the air. oesophagus os-off-ag-us Scientific name for the ‘gullet’ or ‘food pipe’. A tube that takes food from your mouth to your stomach. 䲜 organ A large part of a plant or animal that does a very important job. 光合作⽤photosynthesis fO-tow-sinth-e-sis Process that plants use to make their own food. It needs light to work. rectum Organ that stores faeces. 䨻 root Plant organ used to take water out of the soil. skin Organ used for protection and feeling. small intestine in-test-in Organ used to break up food and get it into the blood. stem Plant organ used to take water to the leaves and to support the leaves. stomach stum-ack Organ used to break up food. 储藏器 storage organs Organs used by plants to store materials. trachea track-ee-a More scientific name for ‘windpipe’. 氢 windpipe Organ in the shape of a tube that takes air to and from your lungs. Also called the trachea. Page 2 of 4 © Pearson Education Ltd 2019. Copying permitted for purchasing institution only. This material is not copyright free.  7A Word Sheets 7Ab – Medical doctors Word Pronunciation Meaning 结论 conclusion con-cloo-shun An explanation of how or why something happens, which is backed up by evidence. You use evidence to ‘draw’ a conclusion. 证据 evidence Data used to support an idea or show that it is wrong. 7Ac – Tissues Word Pronunciation Meaning 脂肪组织 fat tissue Tissue that stores fat. There is fat tissue in the heart. muscle tissue muss-ell Tissue that can change shape and move things. There is 肌⾁ 组织 muscle tissue in the heart. root hair tissue Tissue that helps roots get water out of the 根 ⽑组织 ground quickly. tissue A part of an organ that does an important job. Each 组织 tissue is made up of a group of the same type of cells all doing the same job. ⽊质部 xylem tissue zy-lem Tissue that carries water in plants. 7Ac – Microscopes Word Pronunciation Meaning coarse focusing wheel Wheel on a microscope that moves parts of the 欝篵 coverslip microscope a large amount to get the image into focus. Thin piece of glass used to hold a specimen in place on 盖玻⽚ a slide. It also keeps the specimen flat and stops it drying out. ⽬镜 eyepiece lens Part of the microscope you look down. fine focusing wheel Wheel on a microscope that moves parts of the 蠿 microscope a small amount to bring the image into focus. focus To make an image clear and sharp. If an image is ‘in focus’ it is clear and sharp. image What you see when looking down a microscope. magnification mag-nif-ick-ay-shun How much bigger a microscope makes something appear. objective lens Part of the microscope that is closest to the specimen. 齾 slide Glass sheet that a specimen is put on. 籉 specimen spess-im-men The object you look at using a microscope. stage Part of a microscope. You put a slide on it. stain Dye used to colour parts of a cell to make them easier to see. Page 3 of 4 © Pearson Education Ltd 2019. Copying permitted for purchasing institution only. This material is not copyright free.  7A Word Sheets 7Ad – Cells Word Pronunciation Meaning 细胞 cell The basic unit of all life. All organisms are made of cells. cell surface mem-brayn Membrane that controls what goes into and out of a cell. 细胞膜membrane cell wall Tough wall around plant cells. Helps to support the cell. cellulose A strong plant material used to make cell walls. 䨊䲜 chlorophyll chloroplasts klor-O-fill klor-O-plast Green substance found inside chloroplasts. Green discs containing chlorophyll. Found in plant cells. Where the plant makes food using photosynthesis. cytoplasm site-O-plaz-m Watery jelly inside a cell where the cell’s activities 细胞质 take place. mitochondria my-tow-kon-dree-a Small parts in the cytoplasm of all cells, where 线粒体 respiration occurs. 朤㸑 muscle cell muss-ell Cell that can change its length and so move things. 是 nucleus new-clee-us The ‘control centre’ of a cell. root hair cell Cell found in roots. It has a large surface area to help 根 细胞 象 the cell absorb water quickly. specialised If something has features that allow it to do a particular job it is said to be specialised. 液泡 vacuole vack-you-oll Storage space in plant cells. 7Ae – Organ systems Word Pronunciation Meaning ⾎管 blood vessels Tubes that carry blood around the body. breathing system bree-thing Organ system that takes oxygen from the air and puts it 呼吸系统 into the blood. It also gets rid of carbon dioxide from the blood, putting it into the air. circulatory system serk-you-late-or-ee Organ system that carries oxygen and food around 循环系统 the body. 充 digestive 灣 system die-jest-iv Organ system that breaks down food. 變 evaporation When a liquid changes into a gas. 䦳 locomotor system low-cO-mow-ter Organ system that allows us to move. 系统 之 nervous system nerve-us Organ system that carries signals around the body. organ system Collection of organs working together to do a very 系统 器官 important job. 呼吸系统 respiratory system Another term for the breathing system. urinary system your-in-airee An organ system that cleans the blood and removes 系统 泌尿 wastes in urine. 7Ae – Transplants Word Pronunciation Meaning 移植 器官 organ transplant Taking an organ from one person to put it into another. Page 4 of 4 © Pearson Education Ltd 2019. Copying permitted for purchasing institution only. This material is not copyright free.