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Biology Paper 1

Human defences

Infection and Response training before the targeted original question drill.

Adaptive teaching card

Make it concrete

Analogy

Human defences is like a living system solving a small survival problem: each part has a job, and the answer depends on how those jobs connect.

Why now: An analogy helps when the definition feels abstract.

Do this: Match each part of the analogy to the science idea.

Learn it

Skin, mucus, cilia and stomach acid help prevent pathogens entering the body.

White blood cells destroy pathogens by phagocytosis and antibody production.

Antitoxins can neutralise toxins released by pathogens.