Chemistry
AQA GCSE Chemistry (separate science, Higher tier), topics C1 to C10.
Terminology: every key term, with pictures
Topics
Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table
What atoms are made of, how our model of the atom developed, and how the periodic table groups elements with similar properties.
C2Bonding, Structure and Properties of Matter
How atoms join by ionic, covalent and metallic bonds, and how a substance's structure explains its properties.
C3Quantitative Chemistry
Using relative masses, moles and concentrations to work out how much of each substance reacts and is made.
C4Chemical Changes
How metals and acids react, how salts are made, and how electrolysis splits compounds using electricity.
C5Energy Changes
Why some reactions give out heat and others take it in, and how cells and fuel cells turn chemical energy into electricity.
C6The Rate and Extent of Chemical Change
What makes reactions faster or slower, and how reversible reactions reach equilibrium.
C7Organic Chemistry
How crude oil gives us fuels and plastics, and how alkenes, alcohols, acids and polymers react.
C8Chemical Analysis
How chemists test whether a substance is pure and identify gases and ions in an unknown sample.
C9Chemistry of the Atmosphere
How Earth's atmosphere formed and changed, and how human activity adds greenhouse gases and pollutants to it.
C10Using Resources
How we make water safe, extract and protect metals, judge a product's environmental impact and make ammonia for fertilisers.