CfE Higher Chemistry Exam 2015
The Higher exam in 2015 is on 28th May 2015 – check your exam timetable to
confirm.
Unit
1
Title
Chemical Changes
and Structures
2
Nature’s Chemistry
Key areas
 Rate of Reaction
 Bonding
and
structures
in
elements
 Trends in the
periodic table
 Bonding
in
compounds
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Alcohols,
acids
and esters
Fats oils
and
soaps
Proteins
Chemistry
of
cooking
Fragrances
Skin care
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Processes
Apparatus
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3
Researching
Chemistry
Key Ideas
1. Relative rate
2. Collision theory
3. Energy diagrams
4. Catalysts
5. Enthalpy
6. Electronegativity and bonding
7. Intermolecular bonding
8. Bonding in elements
9. Trends
in
size,
electronegativity
and
ionisation energy
10. Polarity and properties
11. Structures
1. Structures, naming
and
reactions
of
alcohols,
alkanoic acids and esters
2. Production of esters
3. Structures of fats and oils
4. Properties of fats and oils
5. Making and using soaps
6. Hydrolysis
7. Emulsions and emulsifiers
8. Structures of protein and
amino acids
9. Condensation polymers (e.g.
proteins)
10. Flavour molecules
11. Denaturing
12. Oxidation of alcohols
13. Alkanones and alkanals
14. Oxidising agents
15. Isoprenes and terprenes
16. Free radical reactions
17. Anti-oxidants
and
free
radical scavengers.
1.
Naming
processes
and
reactions
2. Drawing apparatus set ups
4
Chemistry
Society
in
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Industrial
Processes
Mole calculations
Equilibria
Chemical Energy
Redox
Chromatography
Volumetric
analysis
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17.
Costs, raw materials etc. and
processes
Calculations from equations
Molar volume
Excess
Percentage yield
Atom economy
Equilibrium
Le Chatelier’s principle
Enthalpies of combustion,
solution and neutralisation
Hess’ Law
Ion-electron
equations
–
balancing and combining
Oxidation and reduction
Oxidising and reducing agents
TLC/ paper chromatography
GLC/ column chromatography
Rf values
Calculations using information
from titration
If you do not understand something – please do not spend hours wasting revision
time. Please come into school and ask – you will be welcomed at any time
(although you may have to wait for an hour until we finish teaching a class). You
could also email into school to ask your teacher a question (during the holidays
teachers cannot use their school email addresses.
Sources of Revision Material:
Revision Notes on School website (Chemistry>Courses>Higher>Resources)
Course booklets
Websites – BBC bitesize and evans2chemweb (username Kinross and password
Pringle). The scholar website also gives useful help. (Make sure you know your
unique password –available from your teacher)
The SQA publishes past papers and a list of questions from the previous Higher
that are suitable can be found at:
http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/47913.html
A limited number of commercial materials are also available to borrow from the
department.