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Topics B9 Student Objectives-CORE

This document provides an overview of key concepts and vocabulary for Topic B9 Coordination and Response for an IGCE Physics Year 11 class. It includes objectives covering the central nervous system, eye structures and functions, hormones, homeostasis, and plant tropisms. A self-evaluation checklist allows students to track their understanding of syllabus objectives and identify areas needing further revision.

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Topics B9 Student Objectives-CORE

This document provides an overview of key concepts and vocabulary for Topic B9 Coordination and Response for an IGCE Physics Year 11 class. It includes objectives covering the central nervous system, eye structures and functions, hormones, homeostasis, and plant tropisms. A self-evaluation checklist allows students to track their understanding of syllabus objectives and identify areas needing further revision.

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IGCE Physics Year 11 Name ___________________________

CORE
Topic B9 Coordination and response
Key Vocabulary

Central Nervous System Gland Negative Feedback


Spinal Cord Adrenaline Insulin/Glucagon
Motor, Relay and Sensory Tropism (Geo and Photo) Pancreas
Neurons Homeostasis
Hormone Vasodilation, Vasoconstriction

Self-evaluation Check-List

Confident
In notes

Revised
Syllabus Objectives

1 Describe a nerve impulse as an electrical signal that passes along nerve


cells called neurones
2 Describe the human nervous system in terms of:
– the central nervous system consisting of brain and spinal cord
– the peripheral nervous system
B9.1 – coordination and regulation of body functions
4 Identify motor (effector), relay (connector) and sensory neurones from
diagrams
5 Describe a simple reflex arc in terms of receptor, sensory neurone, relay
neurone, motor neurones and effector
6 Describe a reflex action as a means of automatically and rapidly
integrating and coordinating stimuli with the responses of effectors
(muscles and glands)
1 Identify the structures of the eye, limited to cornea, iris, pupil, lens, retina,
optic nerve, ciliary muscles, suspensory ligaments and blind spot
2 Describe the function of each part of the eye, limited to:
– cornea – refracts light
B9.2
– iris – controls how much light enters pupil
– lens – focuses light onto retina
– retina – contains light receptors, some sensitive to light of different
colours
1 Define a hormone as a chemical substance, produced by a gland, carried
by the blood, which alters the activity of one or more specific target organs
2 Describe adrenaline as the hormone secreted in ‘fight or flight’ situations
B9.3
and its effects, limited to increased breathing and pulse rate and widened
pupils
3 Give examples of situations in which adrenaline secretion increases
Confident
In notes

Revised

Syllabus Objectives

1 Define homeostasis as the maintenance of a constant internal environment

*extended syllabus
IGCE Physics Year 11

5 Name and identify on a diagram of the skin: hairs, hair erector muscles,
sweat glands, receptors, sensory neurones, blood vessels and fatty tissue
B9.4
6 Describe the maintenance of a constant internal body temperature in
humans in terms of insulation, sweating, shivering and the role of the brain
(limited to blood temperature receptors and coordination)
1 Define gravitropism as a response in which parts of a plant grow towards
or away from gravity
B9.5 2 Define phototropism as a response in which parts of a plant grow towards
or away from the direction from which light is coming
4 Investigate gravitropism and phototropism in shoots and roots

*extended syllabus

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