Biology
Syllabus
-Cell biology
-Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells Growth and development of cells
-Cell metabolism
-Transport systems
-Transport in cells
-Transport systems in multicellular organisms Human circulatory system
-Transport systems in plants
-Health, disease and the development of medicines
-Health and disease
-Communicable diseases
-Treating, curing and preventing disease
-Coordination and control
-Nervous coordination and control in humans Hormonal coordination and control in humans
-Homeostasis in humans
-Photosynthesis
-Importance of photosynthesis
-Ecosystems
-Levels of organisation within an ecosystem The principle of material cycling Biodiversity
-Inheritance, variation and evolution
-The genome and gene expression Inheritance
-Variation and evolution
-Selective breeding and gene technology
Chemistry
Syllabus
-Atomic structure and the Periodic Table
-A simple model of the atom, relative atomic mass, electronic charge and isotopes The modern Periodic Table
-Structure, bonding and the properties of matter
-States of matter and change of state in terms of particle kinetics, energy transfers and the relative strength of chemical bonds and intermolecular forces
-Different kinds of chemical bonds: ionic, covalent and metallic bonding Structure and bonding of carbon
-Chemical changes
-Chemical symbols, formulae and equations
-Identification of common gases
-Chemistry of acids
-A reactivity series of metals as the tendency of a metal to form its positive ion Electrolysis of various molten ionic liquids and aqueous ionic solutions Redox reactions (reduction and oxidation)
-Energy changes in chemistry
-Exothermic and endothermic reactions, including reaction profiles Carbon compounds both as fuels and feedstock
-The rate and extent of chemical change
-Factors that influence the rate of reaction, including catalysts Reversible reactions and the concept of dynamic equilibrium
-Chemical analysis
-Assessing purity and separating mixtures
-Conservation of mass and the quantitative interpretation of balanced equations Use of amount of substance in relation to masses of pure substances
-Chemical and allied industries
-Life cycle assessment and recycling
-Fractional distillation of crude oil and cracking
-Different methods of extracting and purifying metals with reference to a reactivity series with oxygen and the position of carbon within it
-Earth and atmospheric science
-The composition and evolution of the Earth’s atmosphere since its formation Carbon dioxide and methane as greenhouse gases
-Common atmospheric pollutants and their sources
-The Earth’s water resources and obtaining potable water
Physics
Syllabus
-Energy
-Energy changes in a system, and in the ways, energy is stored before and after such changes
-Conservation, dissipation and national and global energy sources
-Forces
-Forces and their interactions
-Work done as force x distance, energy transfer
-Forces and motion
-Speed and velocity, speed as distance over time; acceleration; distance-time and velocity-time graphs
-Forces, accelerations and Newton’s laws of motion
-Safety in public transport
-Waves in matter
-Waves in air, fluids and solids
-Light and electromagnetic waves
-Frequency range of the spectrum
-Interactions of electromagnetic radiation with matter and their applications
-Electricity
-Current, potential difference and resistance Series and parallel circuits
-Domestic uses and safety
-Energy transfers
-Magnetism and electromagnetism
-Permanent and induced magnetism, magnetic forces and fields Magnetic effects of currents and the motor effect
-Particle model of matter
-Changes of state and the particle model
-Internal energy, energy transfers and particle motions
-Atomic structure
-Nuclear atom and isotopes
-Absorption and emission of ionizing radiations and of electrons and nuclear particles