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Human organs/Organisation
Word
brain
eyepiece lens
focusing wheel
heart
image
intestine
Pronunciation
in-test-in
kidneys
leaf
liver
lungs
magnification
mag-nif-ick-ay-shun
microscope
objective lens
my-crow-scope
organ
photosynthesis
root
root hair tissue
skin
slide
specimen
stage
stem
stomach
tissue
xylem tissue
foto-sinth-e-sis
spess-im-men
stum-ack
Meaning
Organ that controls what the body does.
Part of the microscope you look down.
Wheel on a microscope that moves parts of the
microscope to get the image into focus.
Organ that pumps blood.
What you see down a microscope.
The small intestine is an organ used to digest and
absorb food.
The large intestine is an organ which removes water
from unwanted food.
Organs used to clean the blood and make urine.
Plant organ used to make food using photosynthesis.
Organ used to make and destroy substances in our
bodies.
Organs used to take oxygen out of the air and put
waste carbon dioxide into the air.
How much bigger a microscope makes something
appear.
Used to magnify small things.
Part of the microscope that is closest to what you are
looking at.
A large part of a plant or animal that does a very
important job.
Process that plants use to make their own food. It
needs light to work.
Plant organ used to take water out of the soil.
Found in roots. Takes in water from the soil.
Organ used for protection and feeling.
Glass sheet that a specimen is put on.
What you look at down a microscope.
Part of the microscope. You put slides on it.
Plant organ used to take water to the leaves and to
support the leaves.
Organ used to store and break up food.
Organs are made of different tissues.
Found in roots, stems and leaves. Transports water.
Adapted from Exploring Science for QCA Copymaster File 7
© Pearson Education Limited 2002
On the slide/Building a life
Word
cell
cell surface
membrane
cell wall
Pronunciation
sell
mem-brain
chlorophyll
chloroplast
klor-O-fill
klor-O-plast
coverslip
cytoplasm
magnification
site-O-plaz-m
mag-nif-ick-ay-shun
microscope
nucleus
photosynthesis
my-crow-scope
new-clee-us
foto-sinth-e-sis
slide
specimen
stain
spess-im-men
vacuole
vack-you-oll
Meaning
The basic unit which living things are made of.
Controls what goes into and out of a cell.
Tough wall around plant cells. Helps to support the
cell.
Green substance found inside chloroplasts.
Green disc containing chlorophyll. Found in plant
cells. Where the plant makes food using
photosynthesis.
Thin piece of glass used to hold a specimen in place
on a slide.
Jelly inside a cell where the cell’s activities happen.
How much bigger a microscope makes something
appear.
Used to magnify small things.
Controls what a cell does.
Process that plants use to make their own food. It
needs light to work. Carbon dioxide and water are
used up. Food and oxygen are produced.
Glass sheet that a specimen is put on.
What you look at down a microscope.
Dye used to colour parts of a cell to make them easier
to see.
Storage space in plant cells.
Shaped for the job
Word
adapted
Pronunciation
cilia
ciliated
ciliated epithelial
cell
muscle cell
sil-lee-ah
sil-lee-ayted
sil-lee-ayted
ep-pee-theel-ee-al
muss-ell
nerve cell
neurone
palisade cell
pal-iss-aid
root hair cell
tissue
xylem tube
tiss-you
zy-lem
Meaning
When something has certain features to help it do a
particular job. When the features of a cell help it do
its job, the cell is said to be ‘adapted’ to its job.
Small hairs on some cells.
Having cilia.
Cell with cilia found in the lungs.
Cell that can change its length and so help us to
move.
Cell that carries messages around the body.
Another name for a nerve cell.
Cell found in leaves which contains many
chloroplasts.
Cell found in roots. It has a large surface area to help
the cell absorb water quickly.
A group of the same cells all doing the same job.
Hollow tube formed from xylem cells and used to
carry water up a plant.
Adapted from Exploring Science for QCA Copymaster File 7
© Pearson Education Limited 2002
7Ad – All systems go/Cell division
Word
breathing system
Pronunciation
bree-thing
cell division
circulatory system
daughter cell
serk-you-late-or-ee
digestive system
nervous system
organ system
die-jest-iv
nerve-us
Meaning
Takes in oxygen and gets rid of carbon dioxide from
our bodies.
When a cell splits in two. Cells are made using cell
division.
Carries oxygen and food around the body.
The two new cells made by cell division are called
daughter cells.
Breaks down our food.
Carries messages around the body.
Collection of organs working together to do a very
important job.
seedy story
Word
anther
carpel
egg cell
embryo
fertilisation
fertilised egg cell
Pronunciation
car-pull
em-bree-O
fert-ill-eyes-ay-shun
filament
flower
fruit
nucleus
ovary
ovule
pollen grain
pollen tube
new-clee-us
O-very
ov-you’ll
pollination
poll-in-ay-shun
reproductive organ
seed
seed coat
sex cell
sexual reproduction re-pro-duck-shun
stamen
stigma
style
variety
stay-men
Meaning
Part of the stamen. It produces pollen grains.
Female reproductive organ found in flowers. It is
made of a stigma, style and ovary.
The female sex cell in plants.
Tiny plant, found inside a seed, with a very small
shoot and a very small root.
Joining of a male sex cell with a female sex cell.
What is produced when a male sex cell fuses with an
egg cell.
Part of the stamen. It supports the anther.
Organ system containing reproductive organs –
carpel (female), stamen (male).
Something used to carry seeds. Can be fleshy or dry.
Controls what a cell does.
Part of the carpel. It contains ovules, each of which
contains an egg cell.
Contains egg cells. Is found in the ovary.
The male sex cell in plants.
Tube that grows from a pollen grain down through
the stigma and style and into the ovary.
Transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma.
Organ that produces sex cells.
Contains a plant embryo and a store of food.
Hard outer covering of a seed.
A cell used for sexual reproduction.
Producing new organisms by combining a male and a
female sex cell from two different parents.
Male reproductive organ found in flowers. It is made
of an anther and a filament.
Part of the carpel. It is where pollen lands.
Part of the carpel connecting the stigma to the ovary.
A plant or animal that is in some way different from
its parents.
Adapted from Exploring Science for QCA Copymaster File 7
© Pearson Education Limited 2002
Adapted from Exploring Science for QCA Copymaster File 7
© Pearson Education Limited 2002