Building Blocks for Understanding

The Periodic Table

Atomic Number & The Periodic Table

Metals & Non-Metals

Group 0

Group 1

Group 7

Chemical Quantities

Chemical Equations

Conservation Of Mass

Relative Formula Masses

Amounts In Moles (HT Only)

Deducing Stoichiometry (HT Only)

Limiting Reactants (HT Only)

Reacting Mass Calculations (HT Only)

Concentrations Of Solutions

Interactions Over Small & Large Distances

Forces & Energy Changes

Forces As Vectors

Resultant Forces (HT Only)

Free Body Diagrams (HT Only)

Resolving Forces (HT Only)

Work

Mass & Weight

Gravitational Potential Energy

Elastic Deformation

Hooke's Law

Required Practical 13: Force & Extension

Energy Stored In A Stretched Spring

Structure & Bonding

Types Of Chemical Bonding

Ionic Bonding

Properties Of Ionic Compounds

Covalent Bonding

Properties Of Substances With Covalent Bonding

Metallic Bonding

Properties Of Metals

Magnetism & Electromagnetism

Magnets

Magnetic Fields

The Earth’s Magnetism

The Magnetic Effect Of An Electric Current

The Motor Effect (HT Only)

Fleming's Left-Hand Rule (HT Only)

Electric Motors (HT Only)

Movement & Interactions

Forces & Motion

Speed & Velocity

Distance, Speed & Time

Distance-Time Graphs

Circular Motion (HT Only)

Acceleration

Velocity-Time Graphs

Calculating Uniform Acceleration

Terminal Velocity

Newton’s First Law

Newton’s Second Law

Required Practical 14: Force, Mass, & Acceleration

Newton’s Third Law

Momentum (HT only)

Kinetic Energy

Stopping Distances

Breaking Force

Electricity

Electric Current

Current, Resistance & Potential Difference

Non-Ohmic Conductors

Required Practical 15: I–V Characteristics

Required Practical 16: Investigating Resistance

Series & Parallel Circuits

Current In Series & Parallel

Resistors In Series & Parallel

Circuit Diagrams

Direct & Alternating Currents

Mains Cables

Power

Electrical Power

Power & Domestic Electric Appliances

Calculating Energy Transfer In Appliances

The National Grid

Acids & Alkalis

Reactions Of Acids

Redox Reactions of Acids (HT Only)

Making Salts

Required Practical 17: Preparing A Soluble Salt

Energy Changes & Reactions

Required Practical 18: Temperature Changes In Reactions

The Ph Scale & Neutralisation

Strong & Weak Acids (HT Only)

The Rate & Extent of Chemical Change

Measuring Rates Of Reaction

Collision Theory

Factors That Affect Reaction Rates

Required Practical 19: Effect Of Concentration On Reaction Rate

Activation Energy

Bond Breaking & Bond Forming (Ht Only)

Catalysts

Enzymes

Required Practical 20: Effect of pH on Enzyme Activity

Reversible Reactions

Dynamic Equilibrium

Factors Affecting The Position Of Equilibrium (HT Only)

Atoms into Ions & Ions into Atoms

A Reactivity Series For Metals

Electrolysis

Electrolysis Of Aqueous Solutions

Required Practical 21: Electrolysis of Solutions

Tests For Gases

Electron Transfer Reactions (HT Only)

Guiding Spaceship Earth Towards a Sustainable Future

Carbon Chemistry

Bonding & Structure In Forms Of Carbon

Hydrocarbons In Crude Oil

Fractional Distillation Of Crude Oil

Using Fuels & Fractions

Cracking Hydrocarbons

Resources of Materials & Energy

Metal Extraction By Reduction Of Oxides

Metal Extraction By Electrolysis

Metal Extraction By Biological Methods (HT Only)

Energy Resources

Energy Conservation & Dissipation

Preventing Unwanted Energy Transfers

Energy Efficiency

Life Cycle Assessment

Recycling

Exam boards

• AQA GCSE Combined Science: Synergy: Life & Environmental Sciences
• AQA GCSE Combined Science: Trilogy: Biology
• AQA GCSE Combined Science: Trilogy: Chemistry
• AQA GCSE Combined Science: Trilogy: Physics
• Edexcel GCSE Combined Science: Biology

Study tools

• AQA GCSE Combined Science: Synergy · Past Papers

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