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Study skills 1. Classification and characteristics of living things 2. Cells 3. Movement of substances into and out of cells 4. Human nutrition 5. Plant nutrition and transport 6. Transport in humans 7. Breathing and respiration 8. Nerves, hormones, and homeostasis 9. Reproduction in animals 10. Reproduction in plants 11. Inheritance and variation 12. Ecosystems and the environment 13. Nutrient cycles 14. The nature of matter 15. Atoms, elements, and compounds 16. Experimental techniques 17. The Periodic Table 18. Stoichiometry 19. Bonding 20. Metals: their properties, extraction, and uses 21. Chemical reactions 22. Rates of reaction 23. Acids and bases 24. Organic chemistry 25. Speed, distance, and acceleration 26. Forces 27. Energy 28. Waves 29. The electromagnetic spectrum 30. Sound and ultrasound 31. Radioactivity 32. Electric circuits 33. Electricity in the home 34. Generating electricity 35. Magnetism 36. Electric charge Glossary Answers Index 11. Inheritance and variation 11.1: Inheritance 11.2: Inheritance of sex (gender) 11.3: Monohybrid inheritance 11.4: Co-dominance 11.5: Meiosis and mitosis 11.6: Variation 11.7: Mutations 11.8: Selection 12. Ecosystems and the environment 12.1: Food chains 12.2: Food webs 12.3: The pyramids of numbers and biomass 12.4: Pyramid of energy 12.5: Populations 12.6: Human impact on the environment 13. Nutrient cycles 13.1: The carbon cycle 13.2: The nitrogen cycle 13.3: The water cycle 14. The nature of matter 14.1: The three states of matter 14.2: Changing state 14.3: Diffusion 15. Atoms, elements and compounds 15.1: Atoms 15.2: Isotopes 15.3: Electron configuration in atoms 15.4: Compounds 15.5: Mixtures 16. Experimental techniques 16.1: Laboratory equipment 16.2: Purification 16.3: Techniques for purification and separation 17. The Periodic Table 17.1: The periodic table 17.2: Group I - The alkali metals 17.3: The transition metals 17.4: Group VII - The halogens 7.5: Group 0 - The Noble gases 18. Stoichiometry 18.1: Writing the formula of a compound 18.2: Word and chemical equations 18.3: Ionic equations 18.4: Relative atomic mass (Ar) and relative formula mass (Mr) 18.5: The mole 18.6: Reacting masses 18.7: Reacting volumes 18.8: Empirical and molecular formula 18.9: Percentage yield 19. Bonding 19.1: Ionic bonding 19.2: Ionic compounds 19.3: Covalent bonding 19.4: Macromolecules 20. Metals: their properties, extraction and uses 20.1: Physical properties of metals and non-metals 20.2: Chemical properties of metals and non-metals 20.3: The reactivity series 20.4: Extraction of metals 20.5: Uses of metals 21. Chemical reactions 21.1: Chemical reactions 21.2: Exothermic reactions 21.3: Endothermic reactions 21.4: Energy of a bond 21.5: Reversible reactions 21.6: Redox reactions 22. Rates of reaction 22.1: Concentration and the rate of reaction 22.2: Temperature and the rate of reaction 22.3: Surface area and the rate of reaction 22.4: Pressure and the rate of reaction 22.5: Catalysts and the rate of reaction 23. Acids and bases 23.1: The pH scale 23.2: Acids 23.3: Bases 23.4: Neutralisation 24. Organic chemistry 24.1: Organic chemistry 24.2: Alkanes 24.3: Alkenes 24.4: Alkane or alkene? 24.5: Fractional distillation of crude oil 24.6: Cracking 24.7: Polymerisation 25. Speed, distance and acceleration 25.1: Speed 25.2: Velocity 25.3: Acceleration 26. Forces 26.1: Balanced forces 26.2: Unbalanced forces 26.3: Friction and air resistance 26.4: Gravity 26.5: Pressure 26.6: Hooke's Law 26.7: Turning effect and equilibrium 27. Energy Refraction of waves27.1: Different forms of energy 27.2: Work done 27.3: Energy efficiency 27.4: Thermal energy 28. Waves 28.1: The characteristics of waves 28.2: Reflection of waves 28.3: Refraction of waves 28.4: Total internal reflection 28.5: Diffraction 29. The electromagnetic spectrum
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