Common Entrance 13+ Science for ISEB CE and KS3
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English
ISBN
9781398321625
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Title Page
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Contents
Introduction
Investigations in science
What is an experiment?
How we measure variables
Making a record of your results
Displaying your results
Making conclusions
Experiments in science: important apparatus and skills
Using a Bunsen burner
Useful chemical tests
1 Cells and organisation
Characteristics of life – the seven processes
Living organisms are made of cells
Cells, tissues and organ systems
Moving molecules – the process of diffusion
2 Nutrition
A healthy diet
Food tests
3 Respiration and breathing
What is respiration?
Respiration and breathing
Problems with breathing
4 Reproduction in humans
Sexual reproduction in humans
The human reproductive systems
Fertilisation and conception
Pregnancy
Birth
5 Reproduction in flowering plants
The structure of flowers
Pollination and fertilisation
Dispersal of seeds and fruits
6 Healthy living
Exercise is good for you
Health risks
Individuals and the community can fight disease together
7 Photosynthesis
The importance of photosynthesis
Factors that affect photosynthesis
8 Relationships in an ecosystem
Habitats and food chains
Populations and competition
9 Variation and classification
The variety of living organisms
Differences exist between species
Evolution and inheritance
Classification
What is a species?
10 Particle theory and states of matter
States of matter
The theory about particles
Particle theory and changes of state
11 Atoms and elements
Atoms, elements and compounds
Metals and non-metals
Compounds
12 Water and pure substances
Pure substance or mixture?
Testing for purity
Water
The water cycle
13 More about mixtures
Mixtures, solutions and solubility
Temperature and solubility
Dilute or concentrated?
14 Separating materials
Separating mixtures
Separating a solid from a liquid
Separation of a solvent from a solution: distillation
Separation of two liquids from a mixture: fractional distillation
Separation of several different soluble substances: chromatography
15 Material changes
Material changes
Physical and chemical changes
Physical changes and conservation of mass
Chemical reactions
Useful chemical reactions
Chemical reactions that are not useful
Conservation of mass during chemical changes
16 Combustion
Burning (combustion)
Using fuels
17 Decomposition reactions
Chemical reactions can be reversed
18 Reactions of metals
Metals and oxygen
Metals and water
Metals and acids
The reactivity series
Corrosion of metals
19 Acids and alkalis
Acids in everyday life: natural acids
Laboratory acids
Strong and weak acids
Bases and alkalis
Acid or alkali: using indicators
Neutralisation: reactions between acids and alkalis
More reactions of acids
20 Energy resources
Fuels and energy resources
More about fossil fuels
Using fossil fuels
Renewable energy resources
Electricity
Generating electricity from fuel
Electrical power
21 Energy stores and transfers
What is energy?
Electricity
Temperature and energy
Heat: insulators and conductors
Conservation of energy
22 Forces and linear motion
What is a force?
Distance and time
The force of gravity
23 Balanced and unbalanced forces
Keeping still: balanced forces
Moving at a constant speed
Changing speed and direction
Resultant forces
24 Friction and motion
Friction: advantages and disadvantages
Air resistance is a type of friction
Movement through water
25 More on forces: machines and pressure
Forces and rotation
Force and pressure
26 Density
Calculating density
27 Sound
What are waves?
Vibration and sound
Different sounds
The ear and hearing
28 Light waves
Light
The speed of light
How we see things
Mirrors and the reflection of light
Refraction of light
Light and colour
29 Electricity on the move: electrical circuits
What is electricity?
Round and round: electrical circuits
Cells and batteries
Inside a circuit
Circuit basics
Series circuits
Parallel circuits
Series or parallel?
Problems with circuits
More electrical components
Fuses
More about switches and control
30 Magnetic fields and electromagnets
Magnetic forces
Magnetic fields
Electricity and magnetism
More uses for electromagnets
31 Space
Our solar system
Space physics
The year and the seasons
The Sun and other stars
Keeping the planets in orbit: gravity
Artificial satellites help us to understand the solar system
Exploration of space
Glossary
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