Revision Checklist: GCSE AQA Combined Science: Trilogy (Foundation Tier)
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1. CELL BIOLOGY 5. HOMEOSTASIS &
a. Eukaryotes & prokaryotes RESPONSE
b. Animal & plant cells a. Homeostasis
c. Cell specialisation b. The reflex arc
d. Microscopy c. The endocrine system
e. The cell cycle d. Blood glucose control
f. Stem cells e. Diabetes
g. Diffusion f. Hormones in reproduction
h. Exchange surfaces g. The menstrual cycle
i. Osmosis h. Contraception
j. Active transport
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6. INHERITANCE,
2. ORGANISATION VARIATION & EVOLUTION
a. Cells, tissues, organs & systems
a. Sexual & asexual reproduction
b. Enzymes
b. Meiosis
c. Human digestive system
c. DNA structure
d. The lungs
d. The genome
e. The heart
e. Alleles & inheritance
f. Blood vessels
f. Inherited disorders
g. Blood
g. Sex determination
h. Coronary heart disease
h. Variation
i. Health & disease
i. Selective breeding
j. Risk factors for non-
j. Genetic engineering
communicable diseases
k. Cloning
k. Cancer
l. The theory of evolution
l. Plant tissues
m. Speciation
m. Transpiration & translocation
n. Fossils
n. Adaptations of plant cells
o. Extinction
o. Rate of transpiration
p. Antibiotic resistant bacteria
q. Classification of organisms
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3. INFECTION & RESPONSE
a. Communicable diseases Rate topics 1 to 5
7. ECOLOGY
b. Viral diseases
a. Communities & interdependence
c. Bacterial diseases
b. Abiotic & biotic factors
d. Fungal diseases
c. Adaptations
e. Protist diseases
d. Food chains & webs
f. Human defence systems
e. Predator-prey cycles
g. Vaccination
f. Carbon & water cycle
h. Antibiotics & painkillers
g. Biodiversity
i. Discovery of drugs
h. Waste management
j. Drug tests & trials
i. Land use & deforestation
j. Global warming
4. BIOENERGETICS Rate topics 1 to 5 k. Maintaining biodiversity
a. Photosynthesis
b. Rate of photosynthesis
c. Uses of glucose
d. Aerobic & anaerobic respiration
e. Body’s response to exercise
f. Metabolism
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8. ATOMIC STRUCTURE & 12. ENERGY CHANGES
THE PERIODIC TABLE a. Exothermic & endothermic
a. Elements, compounds & mixtures reactions
b. Separating mixtures b. Reaction profiles
c. Development of atomic model
d. Mass & atomic number Rate topics 1 to 5
e. Relative atomic mass
13. THE RATE & EXTENT
f. Electronic structure OF CHEMICAL CHANGE
g. Groups & periods a. Calculating rate of reaction
h. Development of periodic table b. Factors affecting rate of reaction
i. Metals & non-metals c. Collision theory & activation
j. Group 0 elements energy
k. Group 1 elements d. Catalysts
l. Group 7 elements e. Reversible reactions
f. Equilibrium
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9. BONDING, STRUCTURE Rate topics 1 to 5
& THE PROPERTIES OF 14. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
a. Crude oil
MATTER b. Alkanes
a. Ionic bonding c. Fractional distillation
b. Covalent bonding d. Properties of hydrocarbons
c. Dot & cross diagrams e. Combustion reactions
d. Metallic bonding f. Alkenes
e. States of matter g. Addition reactions
f. Properties of ionic compounds h. Cracking
g. Properties of small molecules
h. Polymers & giant covalent
structures 15. CHEMICAL ANALYSIS Rate topics 1 to 5
i. Properties of metals a. Purity
j. Alloys b. Formulations
k. Diamond & graphite c. Paper chromatography
l. Graphene & fullerenes d. Tests for common gases
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10. QUANTITATIVE 16. CHEMISTRY OF THE Rate topics 1 to 5
CHEMISTRY ATMOSPHERE
a. Balancing chemical equations a. Composition of Earth’s
b. Conservation of mass atmosphere
c. Relative formula mass b. Evolution of Earth’s atmosphere
d. Percentage by mass c. The greenhouse effect
e. Estimating uncertainty d. Human activity & greenhouse
f. Concentration gases
e. Global climate change
Rate topics 1 to 5 f. The carbon footprint
11. CHEMICAL CHANGES g. Atmospheric pollutants
a. The reactivity series
b. Extracting metals by reduction
c. Reacting acids with metals
d. Neutralisation of acids & naming
salts
e. pH
f. Electrolysis of molten ionic
compounds
g. Electrolysis of aqueous solutions
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Rate topics 1 to 5 Rate topics 1 to 5
1. CELL BIOLOGY 5. HOMEOSTASIS &
a. Eukaryotes & prokaryotes RESPONSE
b. Animal & plant cells a. Homeostasis
c. Cell specialisation b. The reflex arc
d. Microscopy c. The endocrine system
e. The cell cycle d. Blood glucose control
f. Stem cells e. Diabetes
g. Diffusion f. Hormones in reproduction
h. Exchange surfaces g. The menstrual cycle
i. Osmosis h. Contraception
j. Active transport
Rate topics 1 to 5
Rate topics 1 to 5
6. INHERITANCE,
2. ORGANISATION VARIATION & EVOLUTION
a. Cells, tissues, organs & systems
a. Sexual & asexual reproduction
b. Enzymes
b. Meiosis
c. Human digestive system
c. DNA structure
d. The lungs
d. The genome
e. The heart
e. Alleles & inheritance
f. Blood vessels
f. Inherited disorders
g. Blood
g. Sex determination
h. Coronary heart disease
h. Variation
i. Health & disease
i. Selective breeding
j. Risk factors for non-
j. Genetic engineering
communicable diseases
k. Cloning
k. Cancer
l. The theory of evolution
l. Plant tissues
m. Speciation
m. Transpiration & translocation
n. Fossils
n. Adaptations of plant cells
o. Extinction
o. Rate of transpiration
p. Antibiotic resistant bacteria
q. Classification of organisms
Rate topics 1 to 5
3. INFECTION & RESPONSE
a. Communicable diseases Rate topics 1 to 5
7. ECOLOGY
b. Viral diseases
a. Communities & interdependence
c. Bacterial diseases
b. Abiotic & biotic factors
d. Fungal diseases
c. Adaptations
e. Protist diseases
d. Food chains & webs
f. Human defence systems
e. Predator-prey cycles
g. Vaccination
f. Carbon & water cycle
h. Antibiotics & painkillers
g. Biodiversity
i. Discovery of drugs
h. Waste management
j. Drug tests & trials
i. Land use & deforestation
j. Global warming
4. BIOENERGETICS Rate topics 1 to 5 k. Maintaining biodiversity
a. Photosynthesis
b. Rate of photosynthesis
c. Uses of glucose
d. Aerobic & anaerobic respiration
e. Body’s response to exercise
f. Metabolism
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, Rate topics 1 to 5 Rate topics 1 to 5
8. ATOMIC STRUCTURE & 12. ENERGY CHANGES
THE PERIODIC TABLE a. Exothermic & endothermic
a. Elements, compounds & mixtures reactions
b. Separating mixtures b. Reaction profiles
c. Development of atomic model
d. Mass & atomic number Rate topics 1 to 5
e. Relative atomic mass
13. THE RATE & EXTENT
f. Electronic structure OF CHEMICAL CHANGE
g. Groups & periods a. Calculating rate of reaction
h. Development of periodic table b. Factors affecting rate of reaction
i. Metals & non-metals c. Collision theory & activation
j. Group 0 elements energy
k. Group 1 elements d. Catalysts
l. Group 7 elements e. Reversible reactions
f. Equilibrium
Rate topics 1 to 5
9. BONDING, STRUCTURE Rate topics 1 to 5
& THE PROPERTIES OF 14. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
a. Crude oil
MATTER b. Alkanes
a. Ionic bonding c. Fractional distillation
b. Covalent bonding d. Properties of hydrocarbons
c. Dot & cross diagrams e. Combustion reactions
d. Metallic bonding f. Alkenes
e. States of matter g. Addition reactions
f. Properties of ionic compounds h. Cracking
g. Properties of small molecules
h. Polymers & giant covalent
structures 15. CHEMICAL ANALYSIS Rate topics 1 to 5
i. Properties of metals a. Purity
j. Alloys b. Formulations
k. Diamond & graphite c. Paper chromatography
l. Graphene & fullerenes d. Tests for common gases
Rate topics 1 to 5
10. QUANTITATIVE 16. CHEMISTRY OF THE Rate topics 1 to 5
CHEMISTRY ATMOSPHERE
a. Balancing chemical equations a. Composition of Earth’s
b. Conservation of mass atmosphere
c. Relative formula mass b. Evolution of Earth’s atmosphere
d. Percentage by mass c. The greenhouse effect
e. Estimating uncertainty d. Human activity & greenhouse
f. Concentration gases
e. Global climate change
Rate topics 1 to 5 f. The carbon footprint
11. CHEMICAL CHANGES g. Atmospheric pollutants
a. The reactivity series
b. Extracting metals by reduction
c. Reacting acids with metals
d. Neutralisation of acids & naming
salts
e. pH
f. Electrolysis of molten ionic
compounds
g. Electrolysis of aqueous solutions
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