Year 8 Examinations 2017 Subject Biology, Chemistry and Physics 3 Exams

Year 8 examinations 2017 Subject – Biology, Chemistry and Physics 3 exams

Number of examinations ___3

Examination 3 – 1 in each subjectLength of examination______50mins

Skills to be examined / Key knowledge and understanding
Read information and creating an evaluation.
Using calculating to create answers.
Reading of graphs and interpreting DATA.
Drawing lines of best fit and completing graphs.
Understanding of key words and meanings.
Biology skills such as understanding the difference between healthy and unhealthy food and evaluating food labels.
Chemistry skills such as looking at the periodic table and analysing which experiments to use to identify elements.
Physics skills such as looking at energy costs in housing and how to save and conserve energy. / Biology Knowledge
Digestive system - and the food groups.
Physical and chemical digestion
Enzymes – knowing their shape and their function.
Nutrient absorption – Villi
The gut model
Breathing – knowing the difference between breathing and respiration.
Gas exchange – Alveoli structure and understand how the large surface area helps with diffusion of oxygen and carbon dioxide.
Transporting materials via diffusion
Aerobic respiration
Anaerobic respiration
Effect of exercise on the body and how it changes the cardiac output.
Structure of DNA and how to extract DNA.
Understand how to calculate using punnet squares the probability of offspring having certain characteristics.
The human genome project and the reasons for the human genome project.
Mutations in DNA and what they can cause.
The theory of evolution.
Chemistry Knowledge
Atoms, Elements and compounds
Metals and non-metals
Periodic Table – understand how the periodic table is arranged.
Structure of the atom – Proton, electrons and neutrons.
Alkali Metals – understand that these are the most reactive metals.
The Halogens – understand the colours of the halogens.
Compounds – and writing formulas.
The properties of metals.
The reactivity series of metals and understand how metals can be extracting using Carbon, electrolysis and displacement.
Understand the importance of extracting metals and recycling of metals.
Understand how rusting occurs in metals
Know the difference between reversible and irreversible reaction including examples.
Physics Knowledge
Types of Energy – name all of the types of energy and understand which energies are stored.
Energy transfer – understand how energy is transferred.
Non-Renewable energy – name the non-renewable energy such as: oil, coal and natural gas.
Renewable – name the renewable energy such as: wind, solar, tidal etc
Efficiency – understand sankey diagrams and how to work out how efficient an appliance is.
Work done – know the work done equations.
Power – Know the Power equation.
Know the electromagnetic spectrum and the uses and dangers of the EMS.
Know the structure of a wave and be able to label the frenquency and amplitude of a wave.
Understand how sound travels through waves.
Know the difference between transfer and longitudinal waves.
Know the uses of ultrasound and infrasound and understand what they are.

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