1. Y7 – HT3 – Metals, Acids and Sound
Indicators are substances that can be used to test whether a another substance is either acid, neutral or alkaline.
pH1-6 = acid, 7 = neutral, 8-14 = alkali
Red-orange = strong acid
Yellow – weak acid; green = neutral.
Blue and purple = alkali.
Metals are hard, shiny, can conduct heat and electricity.
Examples of metals are: iron, copper zinc, gold, silver, calcium, nickel, cobalt.
Metals react with acids to form a salt and hydrogen.
Metals are used to make amny objects such as steel used for buildings (iron), wires (copper) saucepans (iron and bronze), vehicles (aluminium, iron).
Structure of the ear:

2. Breathing and Respiration Aerobic respiration:
Y8 – HT3 – Breathing and Respiration; Metals and Their Uses; Energy Transfers; Earth and Space
Breathing and Respiration
Aerobic respiration:
glucose + oxygen → carbon dioxide + water
Anaerobic respiration:
glucose → lactic acid
Test for carbon dioxide:
limewater (which it turns cloudy)
an indicator (such as hydrogen carbonate) because it is acidic.
Breathing: the movement of muscles in the diaphragm and attached to the ribs.
Ventilation: the movement of air into and out of the lungs.
Gas exchange: swapping one gas for another e.g. carbon dioxide for oxygen in humans.
Harmful effects of smoking:
Metals and their uses
Catalyst: substances that speed up chemical reactions without being used up themselves.
Oxidation: the reaction of metals with oxygen forming metal oxides.
metal + oxygen → metal oxide
Rusting: the corrosion of iron. Rusting can be prevented by coating the iron with paint, plastic, etc. acts as a barrier to oxygen and water and stops iron rusting.
iron + water + oxygen → iron hydroxide
Alloys: mixtures of metals with one or more other elements they have different properties from the pure metal and so can be more useful.
Reactivity series:
Some metals react very quickly; they are reactive. Other metals do not react quickly; they are unreactive.
Potassium
Sodium
Lithium
Calcium
Magnesium
Aluminium
Zinc
Iron
Tin
Lead
Copper
Mercury
Silver
Gold D e c r a s i n g t v y
nicotine
makes arteries narrower, causes heart disease
tar
can cause cancer, coats lungs reducing surface area, can cause alveoli to break apart (emphysema)
carbon monoxide
stops red blood cells carrying so much oxygen
high temperature of smoke
stops cilia working so lungs are not cleaned and mucus collects

3. Y9 Science – Knowledge Organiser HT4

4. Y10 – HT3 – AQA Science – Units 4.2, 4.3, 5.3, 6.2
– Communicable diseases
Measles (Virus) = Fever & red rash.
Spread by inhaling droplets from sneezes and coughs.
Gonorrhoea (Bacterium) = Thick yellow/green discharge from the vagina or penis. Pain when urinating.
Spread by sexual contact.
Rose black spot (Fungus) = Purple or black spots appear on leaves. Leaves then turn yellow and fall off, thus reducing photosynthesis.
Spread by water or wind.
Malaria (Protist) = Fever, can be fatal.
Spread by a vector, which in this case is the Mosquito.
Human defence systems
The skin acts as a physical barrier to infection. The stomach contains HCl acid, which acts as a chemical barrier, by killing any ingested pathogens.
The immune system is the white blood cells that destroy pathogens in the following ways: Phagocytosis, Antibody production & Antitoxin production.
4.3 Infection & Response:
Communicable (infectious) disease:
Pathogens: Microorganisms that caused infectious disease. May be viruses, bacteria, fungi or protists. Can spread by direct contact, by water, by air, or by exchange of bodily fluids.
Bacteria produce toxins (poisons) that damage tissues & make us feel ill.
Viruses reproduce inside of cells, causing damage.
Vaccination
Vaccination involves introducing small quantities of dead or inactive forms of a pathogen into the body to stimulate the white blood cells to produce antibodies.
Antibiotics & painkillers
Antibiotics, such as penicillin, help to cure bacterial disease by killing infective bacteria inside the body. They don’t kill viral pathogens.
Painkillers and other medicines are used to treat the symptoms of disease but do not kill pathogens.
Relative formula mass
Relative Atomic Mass (Ar) is the mass of one atom, e.g. Ar of carbon = 12 (shown in the periodic table).
Relative Molecular Mass (Mr) is the sum of the relative atomic masses of all the atoms in a molecule, e.g. CO2 = = 44.
Moles (HT only)
The mass of one mole (1 mol) of a substance (in grams) is equal to the substance’s relative formula mass.
The number of atoms, molecules or ions in a mole of a given substance is the “Avogadro constant”. The Avogadro constant is 6.02 x per mole.
One mole of a substance contains the same number of the stated particles, atoms, molecules or ions as one mole of any other substance.
5.3 Quantitative Chemistry
Conservation of mass and balanced chemical equations
The law of conservation of mass states that no atoms are lost or made during a chemical reaction so the mass of the products equals the mass of the reactants.
E.g.: 12g of C reacts with 32g of O2. The mass of CO2 produced must equal 44g.
Drug discovery & development
New drugs are extensively tested for toxicity, efficacy and dose.
Preclinical tests are done on cells, tissues and live animals.
Clinical trials test the drugs on healthy volunteers and patients.

5. Y11 Science – HT4