Science
Year 9
Length
3 papers each 45 minutes long
What should I bring?
Pen, pencil, eraser, ruler, and calculator
Biology - Ecology and Cell biology
Ecology includes communities, abiotic factors, biotic factors, adaptations, level of organisation, how materials are cycled, biodiversity, waste management, land use, deforestation, global warming, maintaining biodiversity.
Cell biology includes Eukaryotes and prokaryotes, animal and plant cells, cell specialisation, cell differentiation, microscopy, stems cells, diffusion, osmosis, exchange surfaces, active transport, active transport.
Chemistry –Chemistry of the Atmosphere and Atomic Structure
Chemistry of the atmosphere includes the earth’s early atmosphere, the greenhouse effects, gases and human impact, global climate change, carbon footprint, combustion of fuels, pollutants and their effects.
Atomic Structure includes the structure of the atom, subatomic particles, the development of the structure of the atom, relative atomic mass, the Periodic Table, Groups 1, 7 and 0.
Physics – Particle Model and Energy
Particle Model includes changes of state, internal energy, specific heat capacity, specific latent heat, the particle model and pressure.
Energy includes energy stores and systems, physical work, gravitational potential energy, elastic potential energy, kinetic energy, power and wasted energy.
All Subjects
Use your exercise books and Kerboodle online where there are electronic copies of textbooks which contain practice questions.
You can also use the BBC Bitesize Science website.