Thorough preparation for Cambridge Checkpoint - rise to the challenge of Cambridge IGCSERG
Complete Chemistry for Cambridge Secondary 1 Student Book
For Cambridge Checkpoint and beyond
Philippa Gardom Hulme
Table of Contents
Stage 7
1 States of matter
1.1. The particle theory of matter
1.2. Boiling, evaporating and condensing
1.3. Enquiry: Questions, evidence and explanations
1.4. Melting, freezing and subliming
1.5. Extension: Energy and changes of state
1.6. Using particle theory to explain dissolving
1.7. Enquiry: Planning an investigation
1.8. Enquiry: Presenting evidence
1.9. Review: Checkpoint-style questions
2 Material properties
2.1. Introducing elements
2.2. Metals
2.3. Non-metals elements
2.4. Enquiry: Making conclusions from data
2.5. Extension: Metal alloys
2.6. Material properties
2.7. Extension: Polymers
2.8. Review: Checkpoint-style questions
3 Material changes
3.1. Acids and alkalis
3.2. The pH scale and indicators
3.3. Neutralisation
3.4. Enquiry: Planning investigations and collecting evidence
3.5. Review: Checkpoint-style questions
4 The Earth
4.1. The structure of the Earth
4.2. Igneous rocks
4.3. Sedimentary rocks
4.4. More on sedimentary rocks
4.5. Metamorphic rocks
4.6. Enquiry: Questions, evidence and explanations
4.7. Enquiry: Explaining predictions
4.8. Soil
4.9. More about soil
4.10. Fossils
4.11. Estimating the age of the Earth
4.12. Extension: Human fossils
4.13. Review: Checkpoint-style questions
Stage 7 Review
Stage 8
5 States of matter
5.1. States of matter revisited
5.2. Changing states revisited
5.3. Explaining diffusion
5.4. Explaining gas pressure
5.5. Enquiry: Asking scientific questions
5.6. Enquiry: Investigating trends
5.7. Review: Checkpoint-style questions
6 Material properties
6.1. Atoms
6.2. Elements
6.3. Discovering the elements
6.4. Organising elements - the periodic table
6.5. Enquiry: Interpreting data from secondary sources
6.6. Enquiry: Simple calculations
6.7. Explaining differences between metals and non-metals
6.8. Extension: What are you made of?
6.9. What are compounds
6.10. More on compounds
6.11. Naming compounds
6.12. Oxides and hydroxides
6.13. Chlorides, sulfates and carbonates
6.14. Mixtures
6.15. Separating mixtures - filtering and decanting
6.16. Separating mixtures - evaporation and distillation
6.17. Separating mixtures - chromatography
6.18. Enquiry: Communicating explanations to others
6.19. Extension: Explaining chromatography
6.20. Review: Checkpoint-style questions
7 Material changes
7.1. Reactions of metals with oxygen
7.2. Writing word equations
7.3. Corrosion
7.4. Enquiry: Planning investigations and controlling variables
7.5. Review: Checkpoint-style questions
Stage 8 Review
Stage 9
8 Material properties
8.1. Structure of atoms
8.2. Rutherford's work
8.3. Enquiry: How scientists work
8.4. The first 20 elements
8.5. Extension: Isotopes
8.6. Trends in properties of group 1 element
8.7. Trends in properties of group 2 element
8.8. Properties of group 7 elements
8.9. The group 0 elements
8.10. Enquiry: Questions, evidence and explanations
8.11. Review: Checkpoint-style questions
9 Energy changes
9.1. Energy changes in chemical reactions
9.2. Endothermic reactions
9.3. Exothermic reactions
9.4. Enquiry: Preliminary work
9.5. Extension: Calculating energy changes
9.6. Review: Checkpoint-style questions
10 The reactivity series
10.1. Reactivity of metals with oxygen
10.2. Enquiry: Questions, evidence and explanation
10.3. Reactivity of metals with water
10.4. Reactivity of metals with dilute acids
10.5. Extension: Writing symbol equations
10.6. Describing correlations, interpreting results and drawing conclusions
10.7. The reactivity series
10.8. Reactivity and the discovery of metals
10.9. Metal displacement reactions
10.10. Review: Checkpoint-style questions
11 Making salts
11.1. Making salts - acids and metals
11.2. Making salts - acids and carbonates
11.3. Extension: Making salts - acids and alkalis
11.4. Extension: Making salts - fertilizers
11.5. Review: Checkpoint-style questions
12 Rates of reaction
12.1. Reaction rates
12.2. Effect of concentration on reaction rates
12.3. Enquiry: Planning investigations
12.4. Effects of particle size and catalysts on reaction rates
12.5. Effects of temperature on reaction rates
12.6. Review: Checkpoint-style questions
Stage 9 Review
Reference pages
Glossary
Answers
Index