Christmas holiday homework- due monday 6th Jan

Task 1. glossary
make a glossary of the keywords (some of you may have already started this)
keywords listed below.

Task 2. immunity assessment task
(sheet given last lesson and on the blog posts last week.

AS AO1 Immunity Homework

Your task is to use your Biological knowledge and notes to answer the following question. You have 50 minutes to answer it in whatever way suits you. You can use diagrams or graphs if you wish. You will be assessed only on what you produce, so be precise as well as concise. Breadth of topic coverage is important also.

Grades for this homework are in the previous post.

Task 3. reading-
read and make notes on cell mediated immunity. You will be making a presentation/ handout/ video about cell mediated immunity in the first lesson back so be prepared! I will ask to see your notes.

Book: Nelson and Thornes
read p 104-106
and complete summary questions on page 106

Book: AS biology (the one on the dynamic learning website) by Bill Inge
read p 103-107
don't do the HIV and Tcells activity

Task 4. exam questions!
I will be putting unit 1 exam questions and markschemes on the blog over the holidays- have a go at the ones for topics you have found more difficult (as indicated by your test and assessment questions throughout term 1 & 2). It is up to you how many you do, but you all need to do at least one! The more you do the better!

Keywords for glossary:
specific defence mechanism
non-specific defence mechanism
physical barriers (mechanical, physical, biological, chemical)
phagocytes
phagocytosis
phagosome
phagolysosome
monocytes
neutrophils
chemotaxis
macrophages
lysosome
vesicle (phagocytic vesicle)
pathogen
pathogenic
lymphocyte
B-cell/ lymphocyte
T-cell/ lymphocyte

• T-helper cells
• T-suppressor cells
• Killer T-cells
• Memory T-cells

memory cell
humoral response
antibody
monoclonal antibodies (MABs)
antigen
epitope
antigen-binding sites ('sticky ends')
vaccine
histamine
MHC-major histocompatibility complex-protein
endocytosis
exocytosis
inflammation