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Year 10 Science Study Guides
Every lesson below links to a pupil-friendly study guide with key notes, vocabulary, common mistakes, and quick questions with answers.
Atomic structure and the periodic table
- Atomic number and mass number Study Guide
- Atomic structure (negligible electron mass) Study Guide
- Atomic structure (very small electron mass) Study Guide
- Atoms, elements and compounds Study Guide
- Developing a model for atoms Study Guide
- Development of the periodic table Study Guide
- Isotopes Study Guide
- Isotopes and relative atomic mass Study Guide
- Modern periodic table and electron configuration Study Guide
- Relative formula mass Study Guide
- Using the periodic table: atomic and mass number Study Guide
Biological molecules and enzymes
- Biological molecules Study Guide
- Effects of substrate concentration and temperature on rate of enzyme activity Study Guide
- Enzymes: function, structure and specificity Study Guide
- Explaining effects of substrate concentration and temperature on enzyme rate Study Guide
- Obtaining the elements needed to make biological molecules Study Guide
- Tests for biological molecules Study Guide
- The effect of pH on the rate of an enzyme reaction: data analysis Study Guide
- The effect of pH on the rate of an enzyme reaction: plan Study Guide
- The effect of pH on the rate of an enzyme reaction: practical Study Guide
Calculations involving masses
- Balancing equations Study Guide
- Conservation of mass Study Guide
- Converting between mass and volume using moles Study Guide
- Converting between mass and volume using moles (RAM 1 d.p.) Study Guide
- Deducing an empirical formula experimentally Study Guide
- Deducing an empirical formula experimentally: using moles Study Guide
- Determining an equation experimentally: magnesium oxide Study Guide
- Determining an equation experimentally: magnesium oxide (RAM 1 d.p.) Study Guide
- Determining an equation experimentally: sodium hydrogencarbonate Study Guide
- Determining an equation experimentally: sodium hydrogencarbonate (RAM 1 d.p.) Study Guide
- Determining an equation from given values Study Guide
- Determining an equation from given values (RAM 1 d.p.) Study Guide
- Empirical formula calculations Study Guide
- Empirical formula calculations: using moles Study Guide
- Gas volumes Study Guide
- Gas volumes (RAM 1 d.p.) Study Guide
- Limiting reactants Study Guide
- Limiting reactants (RAM 1 d.p.) Study Guide
- Mass in a chemical reaction Study Guide
- Mass in a chemical reaction (RAM 1 d.p.) Study Guide
- Mass in a chemical reaction: using moles Study Guide
- Mass in a chemical reaction: using moles (RAM 1 d.p.) Study Guide
- Moles and masses Study Guide
- Moles and masses (RAM 1 d.p.) Study Guide
- Representations of a mole Study Guide
- Representations of a mole (RAM 1 d.p.) Study Guide
- The mole Study Guide
- The mole (RAM 1 d.p.) Study Guide
- Three types of chemical reaction Study Guide
- Uncertainties in measurements: chemistry Study Guide
Cell division: mitosis and meiosis
- Errors in cell division and cancer: basics Study Guide
- Errors in cell division and cancer: beyond the basics Study Guide
- Growth in multicellular organisms Study Guide
- Making gametes: meiosis Study Guide
- Observing mitosis in plant cells using a light microscope Study Guide
- Observing mitosis in plant cells using a light microscope (including PMAT) Study Guide
- The cell cycle and cell division: mitosis Study Guide
- The cell cycle and cell division: mitosis (including PMAT) Study Guide
- The structure of DNA: including nucleotides Study Guide
Chemistry of carbon
- Bonding to carbon atoms Study Guide
- Bonding, structure and properties Study Guide
- Diamond and graphite Study Guide
- Discovery and uses of carbon nanostructures Study Guide
- Graphene and fullerenes Study Guide
- Hydrocarbons Study Guide
- Nanoparticles Study Guide
- Using models to explain state changes Study Guide
Circuit components
Coordination and control: hormones and the human endocrine system
- Adrenaline, thyroxine and negative feedback Study Guide
- Adrenaline, thyroxine and negative feedback, including TRH Study Guide
- Insulin and the control of blood sugar level Study Guide
- Insulin, glucagon and the control of blood sugar level Study Guide
- The human endocrine system Study Guide
- Type 1 and type 2 diabetes Study Guide
Coordination and control: the human nervous system
- Common defects of the human eye Study Guide
- Damage and disease in the human brain, including CT and PET scanning Study Guide
- Damage and disease in the human brain, including fMRI and electrical stimulation Study Guide
- Human reaction time: practical Study Guide
- Neurones and synapses Study Guide
- The human brain Study Guide
- The human eye Study Guide
- The human nervous system Study Guide
- The structure and function of a reflex arc Study Guide
DNA and the genome
- Genetic variants in genes can influence phenotype Study Guide
- Genetic variants in non-coding DNA can influence phenotype Study Guide
- Mutations and genetic variants Study Guide
- Protein synthesis Study Guide
- The chemical structure of DNA Study Guide
- The genetic code Study Guide
- The genome Study Guide
- The genome, the environment and phenotype Study Guide
- The structure of DNA Study Guide
Electric fields and circuit calculations
- Adding components to a parallel circuit Study Guide
- Analysing parallel circuits Study Guide
- Analysing parallel circuits: including complex calculations Study Guide
- Analysing series circuits Study Guide
- Analysing series circuits: including complex calculations Study Guide
- Electric fields Study Guide
- Linking current, potential difference and resistance Study Guide
- Moving electric charge Study Guide
- Resistance of a wire at a constant temperature Study Guide
Energy changes in reactions
Energy of moving objects
- Calculating efficiency (in terms of energy and power) Study Guide
- Calculating efficiency (in terms of useful energy transferred) Study Guide
- Calculating efficiency (in terms of useful output energy transfer) Study Guide
- Calculating energy changes - with complex examples (E) Study Guide
- Calculating energy changes - with complex examples (Ek and Ep) Study Guide
- Calculating energy changes - with complex examples (KE and dGPE) Study Guide
- Calculating energy changes (E) Study Guide
- Calculating energy changes (Ek and Ep) Study Guide
- Calculating energy changes (KE and dGPE) Study Guide
- Calculating the energy of a moving object (E=1/2mv2) Study Guide
- Calculating the energy of a moving object (Ek=½mv²) Study Guide
- Calculating the energy of a moving object (KE=1/2mv2) Study Guide
- Calculating the energy of a spring (E = 1/2 kx²) Study Guide
- Calculating the energy of a spring (Ee = 1/2 ke²) Study Guide
- Calculating the energy of moving objects (E=1/2mv2) Study Guide
- Calculating the energy of moving objects (Ek=1/2mv2) Study Guide
- Calculating the energy of moving objects (KE=1/2mv2) Study Guide
- Calculating the energy of springs (E = 1/2 kx²) Study Guide
- Calculating the energy of springs (Ee = 1/2 ke²) Study Guide
- Efficiency (in terms of energy and power) Study Guide
- Efficiency (in terms of useful energy transferred) Study Guide
- Efficiency (in terms of useful output energy transfer) Study Guide
- Power (P = E ÷ t) Study Guide
- Power (P = W ÷ t) Study Guide
- Power calculations (P = E ÷ t) Study Guide
- Power calculations (P = W/t) Study Guide
- Stretching a spring analysis (F=ke) Study Guide
- Stretching a spring analysis (F=kx) Study Guide
- Stretching a spring analysis and calculations (F=ke) Study Guide
- Stretching a spring analysis and calculations (F=kx) Study Guide
- Stretching a spring practical Study Guide
- The energy of an object in a gravitational field (dGPE=m x g x dh) Study Guide
- The energy of an object in a gravitational field (E=mgh) Study Guide
- The energy of an object in a gravitational field (EP=mgh) Study Guide
- The energy of objects in a gravitational field (dGPE=m x g x dh) Study Guide
- The energy of objects in a gravitational field (E=mgh) Study Guide
- The energy of objects in a gravitational field (EP=mgh) Study Guide
- Work done (E = F × d) Study Guide
- Work done (W = F × s) Study Guide
- Work done calculations (E = F × d) Study Guide
- Work done calculations (W = F × s) Study Guide
Energy of moving particles
- A heating curve for water Study Guide
- Calculating specific heat capacity (∆E = m c ∆θ) Study Guide
- Calculating specific heat capacity (∆Q = m c ∆θ) Study Guide
- Effective insulation Study Guide
- Heating different substances Study Guide
- Measuring specific heat capacity Study Guide
- Specific latent heat (E = m l) Study Guide
- Specific latent heat (E = m L) Study Guide
- Specific latent heat (Q = m L) Study Guide
- Thermal conduction and insulation Study Guide
Eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells
- Animal cells: common structures and specialised cells Study Guide
- Cells Study Guide
- Common structures of prokaryotic cells Study Guide
- Eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms Study Guide
- Light microscopy: observing and drawing cells Study Guide
- Plant cells: common structures and specialised cells Study Guide
- The size and scale of cells: including standard form Study Guide
- The size and scale of cells: the basics Study Guide
Fossil evidence, selective breeding and explaining evolution
- Climate change and evolution Study Guide
- Common ancestors and transitional species Study Guide
- Darwin, Wallace and the theory of evolution by natural selection Study Guide
- Selective breeding and human food security Study Guide
- The evolution of new species Study Guide
- The fossil record provides evidence for evolution Study Guide
Health and disease
- Bacterial and viral diseases in humans: Salmonella and influenza Study Guide
- Bacterial and viral diseases in humans: Salmonella and measles Study Guide
- Bacterial and viral diseases in humans: TB, cholera, Helicobacter and Ebola Study Guide
- Cancer Study Guide
- Cardiovascular disease Study Guide
- Climate change and human health Study Guide
- Diseases Study Guide
- Effects of exercise on pulse rate Study Guide
- Fungal and protist diseases in humans Study Guide
- Plant diseases: Chalara ash dieback Study Guide
- Plant diseases: TMV and rose black spot Study Guide
- Plant diseases: TMV, crown gall disease and barley powdery mildew Study Guide
- Plant diseases: TMV, crown gall disease and Chalara ash dieback Study Guide
- Risk factors for non-communicable diseases Study Guide
- Sexually transmitted infections Study Guide
Inheritance, genotype and phenotype
- Alleles, genotype, and phenotype Study Guide
- Explaining inheritance: Mendel and beyond Study Guide
- Models of single-gene inheritance: family tree diagrams Study Guide
- Models of single-gene inheritance: Punnett squares Study Guide
- The inheritance of biological sex and sex-linked genetic disorders Study Guide
- The inheritance of biological sex in humans Study Guide
Living organisms and their environments
- Competition and adaptations in ecosystems Study Guide
- Components of an ecosystem Study Guide
- Estimating population size and distribution using transects: practical Study Guide
- Estimating population size using quadrats: practical Study Guide
- Factors affecting the rate of decomposition Study Guide
- Material cycles: the carbon cycle Study Guide
- Material cycles: the water cycle Study Guide
- Measuring the size and distribution of populations of organisms Study Guide
- The effect of temperature on the rate of decomposition by an enzyme: data analysis and evaluation Study Guide
- The effect of temperature on the rate of decomposition by an enzyme: practical Study Guide
- The role of microorganisms in decomposition Study Guide
Making salts
- Acid-base reactions Study Guide
- Acid-base reactions (carbonates as bases) Study Guide
- Adapting a multistep chemical procedure for making a pure dry salt Study Guide
- Change in pH: practical Study Guide
- Chemical reactions of acids with metals and metal carbonates Study Guide
- Comparing concentration with strength Study Guide
- Concentration of solutions Study Guide
- Concentration of solutions: using moles Study Guide
- Concentration of solutions: using moles (RAM 1 d.p.) Study Guide
- Describing salts Study Guide
- Hazard symbols and equipment Study Guide
- Ionic equations: salt formation Study Guide
- Making a pure dry sample of a soluble salt Study Guide
- pH scale and indicators Study Guide
- Solubility rules Study Guide
- Titrations: analytical technique Study Guide
- Titrations: calculating an unknown concentration Study Guide
- Titrations: calculating an unknown concentration (RAM 1 d.p.) Study Guide
- Titrations: making soluble salts Study Guide
Measuring and calculating motion
- Acceleration (a = Δv/t) Study Guide
- Acceleration (a=(v-u)/t) Study Guide
- Automated measurement of speed Study Guide
- Calculating acceleration (a = Δv/t) Study Guide
- Calculating acceleration (a=(v-u)/t) Study Guide
- Calculating from displacement-time graphs (v = s ÷ t) Study Guide
- Calculating from displacement-time graphs (v = x ÷ t) Study Guide
- Calculating from displacement-time graphs: including tangents (v = s ÷ t) Study Guide
- Calculating from displacement-time graphs: including tangents (v = x ÷ t) Study Guide
- Calculating from motion graphs (a=(v–u)/t and v=s/t) Study Guide
- Calculating from motion graphs (a=(v–u)/t and v=x/t) Study Guide
- Calculating from motion graphs (a=Δv/t and v=s/t) Study Guide
- Calculating from motion graphs: including displacement (a=(v-u)/t and v=s/t) Study Guide
- Calculating from motion graphs: including displacement (a=(v-u)/t and v=x/t) Study Guide
- Calculating from motion graphs: including displacement (a=Δv/t and v=s/t) Study Guide
- Calculating from velocity-time graphs (a = Δv/t) Study Guide
- Calculating from velocity-time graphs (a=(v-u)/t) Study Guide
- Different speeds (v=s/t) Study Guide
- Different speeds (v=x/t) Study Guide
- Displacement and velocity as vectors (v=s/t) Study Guide
- Displacement and velocity as vectors (v=x/t) Study Guide
- Displacement and velocity as vectors: including circular motion Study Guide
- Displacement and velocity as vectors: including movement around a circle Study Guide
- Measuring acceleration analysis (v = s ÷ t, a = (v – u) ÷ t) Study Guide
- Measuring acceleration analysis (v = s ÷ t, a = Δv ÷ t) Study Guide
- Measuring acceleration analysis (v = x ÷ t, a = (v – u) ÷ t) Study Guide
- Measuring acceleration practical (v=s/t, a = Δv/t) Study Guide
- Measuring acceleration practical (v=s/t, a=(v-u)/t) Study Guide
- Measuring acceleration practical (v=x/t, a=(v-u)/t) Study Guide
- Measuring instantaneous speed analysis (v=s/t) Study Guide
- Measuring instantaneous speed analysis (v=x/t) Study Guide
- Measuring instantaneous speed practical (v = s ÷ t) Study Guide
- Measuring instantaneous speed practical (v = x ÷ t) Study Guide
- Motion calculations (a=(v–u)/t, v²−u²=2as & v=s/t) Study Guide
- Motion calculations (a=(v–u)/t, v²−u²=2ax & v=x/t) Study Guide
- Motion calculations (a=Δv/t, v²−u²=2as & v=s/t) Study Guide
- Motion calculations: including complex ones (a=(v–u)/t, v²−u²=2as & v=s/t) Study Guide
- Motion calculations: including complex ones (a=(v−u)/t, v²−u²=2ax & v=x/t) Study Guide
- Motion calculations: including complex ones (a=Δv/t, v²−u²=2as & v=s/t) Study Guide
- Velocity on a graph (v = s ÷ t) Study Guide
- Velocity on a graph (v = x ÷ t) Study Guide
- Velocity on displacement-time graphs (v = s ÷ t) Study Guide
- Velocity on displacement-time graphs (v = x ÷ t) Study Guide
- Velocity-time graphs: acceleration and distance travelled (a = Δv/t) Study Guide
- Velocity-time graphs: acceleration and distance travelled (a=(v-u)/t) Study Guide
Measuring waves
- Human hearing Study Guide
- Measuring the speed of sound in air and solids Study Guide
- Measuring the speed of water waves from distance and time Study Guide
- Measuring water waves in a ripple tank Study Guide
- Measuring waves in a ripple tank Study Guide
- Measuring waves on a string Study Guide
- Oscilloscope Study Guide
- Probing planet Earth Study Guide
- Representing longitudinal waves Study Guide
- Representing transverse waves Study Guide
- The wave equation Study Guide
- Transverse waves Study Guide
- Using the wave speed equations Study Guide
Particle explanations of density and pressure
- Calculating density and measuring volume Study Guide
- Changes of pressure Study Guide
- Explaining changes of pressure Study Guide
- Explaining convection Study Guide
- Explaining pressure changes Study Guide
- Measuring density Study Guide
- Pressure in a fluid Study Guide
- Upthrust Study Guide
- Upthrust calculations Study Guide
Photosynthesis: requirements and products
Separating substances
- Chromatography: paper Study Guide
- Chromatography: separating a mixture of inks Study Guide
- Comparing types of chromatography: including gas chromatography Study Guide
- Crystallisation Study Guide
- Distillation: fractional distillation Study Guide
- Distillation: separating a mixture of inks Study Guide
- Distillation: simple distillation Study Guide
- Filtration Study Guide
- Interpreting chromatograms Study Guide
- Potable water Study Guide
- Potable water: including sedimentation Study Guide
- Separating mixtures Study Guide
- Separating mixtures (including formulations) Study Guide
- Solutions Study Guide
- Wastewater treatment Study Guide
- Water sample analysis: dissolved solids Study Guide
- Water sample analysis: distillation Study Guide
- Water sample analysis: pH Study Guide
States of matter
- Heating and cooling curves Study Guide
- Heating curves: practical Study Guide
- Predicting states of matter Study Guide
- Predicting states of matter and limitations of the particle model Study Guide
- Pure substance Study Guide
- State changes: evaporation and sublimation Study Guide
- State changes: fundamentals Study Guide
- The particle model Study Guide
Stem cells and differentiation
Structure and bonding
- Alloys and their properties Study Guide
- Bonding models Study Guide
- Determining ionic formulae Study Guide
- Forming covalent bonds Study Guide
- Forming ions for ionic bonding Study Guide
- Forming ions for ionic bonding (RAM 1 d.p.) Study Guide
- Giant ionic structures Study Guide
- Ionic diagrams for binary ionic substances Study Guide
- Metal alloys Study Guide
- Metallic structure and properties Study Guide
- Properties of covalent substances Study Guide
- Properties of giant ionic structures Study Guide
- Why chemical reactions happen Study Guide
- Why chemical reactions occur Study Guide
Transport and exchange surfaces in humans
- Diffusion and surface area to volume ratio Study Guide
- Diffusion and surface area to volume ratio, including Fick's law Study Guide
- Human blood cells and blood vessels Study Guide
- Microscopy of human blood cells and blood vessels Study Guide
- Moving into and out of the blood: diffusion, osmosis and active transport Study Guide
- The human circulatory system Study Guide
- The human heart and double circulatory system Study Guide
- The human heart and double circulatory system, including calculating cardiac output Study Guide
- The importance of exchange surfaces and transport systems in humans Study Guide