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AQA Additional Science (4463)

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Course specification

About this course

Modules

Biology 2 [what you need to know]
11.1 What are animals and plants built from?
11.2 How do dissolved substances get into and out of cells?
11.3 How do plants obtain the food they need to live and grow?
11.4 What happens to energy and biomass at each stage in a food chain?
11.5 What happens to the waste material produced by plants and animals?
11.6 What are enzymes and what are some of their functions?
11.7 How do our bodies keep internal conditions constant?
11.8 Which human characteristics show a simple pattern of inheritance?

Chemistry 2 [what you need to know]
12.1 How do sub-atomic particles help us to understand the structure of substances?
12.2 How do structures influence the properties and uses of substances?
12.3 How much can we make and how much do we need to use?
12.4 How can we control the rates of chemical reactions?
12.5 Do chemical reactions always release energy?
12.6 How can we use ions in solutions?

Physics 2 [what you need to know]
13.1 How can we describe the way things move?
13.2 How do we make things speed up or slow down?
13.3 What happens to the movement energy when things speed up or slow down?
13.4 What is momentum?
13.5 What is static electricity, how can it be used and what is the connection between static electricity and electric currents?
13.6 What does the current through an electrical circuit depend on?
13.7 What is mains electricity and how can it be used safely?
13.8 Why do we need to know the power of electrical appliances?
13.9 What happens to radioactive substances when they decay?
13.10 What are nuclear fission and nuclear fusion?

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Exam dates for 2009/10

Exams can be taken either in January or June.

Three written papers, Biology 2, Chemistry 2, Physics 2, each 45 minutes.

BLY2F & BLY2H - Biology 2 Written 45m: Jan 14 or May 21
CHY2F & CHY2H - Chemistry 2 Written 45m: Jan 18 or May 26
PHY2F & PHY2H - Physics 2 Written 45m: Jan 20 or May 28

Exam papers

June 2008
Biology 2: Foundation | Mark Scheme
Biology 2: Higher | Mark Scheme
Chemistry 2: Foundation | Mark Scheme
Chemistry 2: Higher | Mark Scheme
Physics 2: Foundation | Mark Scheme
Physics 2: Higher | Mark Scheme

January 2008
Biology 2: Foundation | Mark scheme
Biology 2: Higher | Mark scheme
Chemistry 2: Foundation | Mark scheme
Chemistry 2: Higher | Mark scheme
Physics 2 Foundation: (January 2008) | Mark scheme
Physics 2 Higher: (January 2008) | Mark scheme