Key terms & definitions

A life story presented as though an invented character has written an account of their own experiences.

A title meaning ‘Defender of the Faith’, awarded to Henry VIII by Pope Leo X in 1521 for defending Catholic teaching against Lutheranism.

Faithfulness to a person or promise; in marriage, this includes keeping the commitments made to a spouse.

Remaining loyal to a partner and keeping the commitments of the relationship, including sexual faithfulness.

A pointer attached to a moving object to make its position easier to read against a scale.

Providing food for a person in need, or money for that food, in place of fasting where a valid exemption applies and the person cannot make up the fast.

An estate held from a lord in return for services or other obligations.

A region in which an object can experience a force without touching the source of that force.

A region in which an object experiences a force because of its mass, electric charge or magnetic properties.

A named column in a database table that holds one category of data, such as a user's age.

A mobile RAMC medical unit that treated casualties and established dressing stations; it was not an ambulance vehicle.

An experiment conducted in an everyday setting where the researcher deliberately changes a variable.

An experiment carried out in a natural setting in which researchers manipulate an independent variable and measure its effect on a dependent variable.

A strip at the edge of an agricultural field that is left less intensively managed to provide habitat for organisms.

A strip at the edge of a crop field where plants such as wild flowers and grasses are allowed to grow.

A descriptive label identifying what a field contains, such as FirstName or TestScore.

The circular area visible through a microscope at one time.

The area of the specimen visible through a microscope at one time.

A drawing made from direct observation that selects and records the main geographical features of a landscape.

Investigating geography through first-hand observations and data collection in the environment being studied.

An investigation of a geographical question using evidence collected in a real location outside the classroom.

The body's rapid set of responses to a threatening or stressful situation, preparing it for vigorous action or escape.

The body's preparation to respond to a threat by confronting it or escaping, including an increased heart rate and greater delivery of oxygen and glucose.

An automatic bodily response to a perceived threat that prepares a person to confront the danger or escape from it.

The organisation of a visual scene into a main object, the figure, and its background, the ground.

A person around whom supporters unite; Mary served this role for opponents who wanted a Catholic monarch.

A shield with two rounded sections and a narrowed middle, giving it an outline resembling the number eight.

A small representation of a human or animal.

A thin wire inside a filament lamp that becomes hot enough to emit light when current passes through it.

A long, continuous fibre that can be used to make yarn.