Revision Checklist: GCSE AQA Chemistry (Foundation Tier)
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1. ATOMIC STRUCTURE & THE 4. CHEMICAL CHANGES
PERIODIC TABLE a. The reactivity series
a. Elements, compounds & mixtures b. Extracting metals by reduction
b. Separating mixtures c. Reacting acids with metals
c. Development of atomic model d. Neutralisation of acids & naming
d. Mass & atomic number salts
e. Relative atomic mass e. pH
f. Electronic structure f. Titrations
g. Groups & periods g. Electrolysis of molten ionic
h. Development of periodic table compounds
i. Metals & non-metals h. Electrolysis of aqueous solutions
j. Group 0 elements
k. Group 1 elements
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l. Group 7 elements 5. ENERGY CHANGES
m. Transition metals
a. Exothermic & endothermic
reactions
Rate topics 1 to 5 b. Reaction profiles
2. BONDING, STRUCTURE, &
c. Cells & batteries
THE PROPERTIES OF MATTER d. Hydrogen fuel cell
a. Ionic bonding
b. Covalent bonding
c. Dot & cross diagrams Rate topics 1 to 5
6. THE RATE & EXTENT OF
d. Metallic bonding
CHEMICAL CHANGE
e. States of matter
a. Calculating rate of reaction
f. Properties of ionic compounds
b. Factors affecting rate of reaction
g. Properties of small molecules
c. Collision theory & activation energy
h. Polymers & giant covalent structures
d. Catalysts
i. Properties of metals
e. Reversible reactions
j. Alloys
f. Equilibrium
k. Diamond & graphite
l. Graphene & fullerenes
m. Nanoparticles 7. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY Rate topics 1 to 5
a. Crude oil
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3. QUANTITATIVE CHEMISTRY b. Alkanes
c. Fractional distillation
a. Balancing chemical equations
d. Properties of hydrocarbons
b. Conservation of mass
e. Combustion reactions
c. Relative formula mass
f. Alkenes
d. Estimating uncertainty
g. Addition reactions
e. Concentration
h. Cracking
f. Percentage yield
i. Alcohols
g. Atom economy
j. Carboxylic acids
k. Addition polymerisation
l. Naturally occurring polymers
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Rate topics 1 to 5 Rate topics 1 to 5
1. ATOMIC STRUCTURE & THE 4. CHEMICAL CHANGES
PERIODIC TABLE a. The reactivity series
a. Elements, compounds & mixtures b. Extracting metals by reduction
b. Separating mixtures c. Reacting acids with metals
c. Development of atomic model d. Neutralisation of acids & naming
d. Mass & atomic number salts
e. Relative atomic mass e. pH
f. Electronic structure f. Titrations
g. Groups & periods g. Electrolysis of molten ionic
h. Development of periodic table compounds
i. Metals & non-metals h. Electrolysis of aqueous solutions
j. Group 0 elements
k. Group 1 elements
Rate topics 1 to 5
l. Group 7 elements 5. ENERGY CHANGES
m. Transition metals
a. Exothermic & endothermic
reactions
Rate topics 1 to 5 b. Reaction profiles
2. BONDING, STRUCTURE, &
c. Cells & batteries
THE PROPERTIES OF MATTER d. Hydrogen fuel cell
a. Ionic bonding
b. Covalent bonding
c. Dot & cross diagrams Rate topics 1 to 5
6. THE RATE & EXTENT OF
d. Metallic bonding
CHEMICAL CHANGE
e. States of matter
a. Calculating rate of reaction
f. Properties of ionic compounds
b. Factors affecting rate of reaction
g. Properties of small molecules
c. Collision theory & activation energy
h. Polymers & giant covalent structures
d. Catalysts
i. Properties of metals
e. Reversible reactions
j. Alloys
f. Equilibrium
k. Diamond & graphite
l. Graphene & fullerenes
m. Nanoparticles 7. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY Rate topics 1 to 5
a. Crude oil
Rate topics 1 to 5
3. QUANTITATIVE CHEMISTRY b. Alkanes
c. Fractional distillation
a. Balancing chemical equations
d. Properties of hydrocarbons
b. Conservation of mass
e. Combustion reactions
c. Relative formula mass
f. Alkenes
d. Estimating uncertainty
g. Addition reactions
e. Concentration
h. Cracking
f. Percentage yield
i. Alcohols
g. Atom economy
j. Carboxylic acids
k. Addition polymerisation
l. Naturally occurring polymers
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