Core Science: Chemistry 1 – Higher (Y11)
Keywords
You need to know the definitions of the following words. They can be found on the iStudy page.
Alkane
Alkene
Alkene test
Alloy
Atmosphere
Base
Butane
Biofuels
Carbon (soot)
Carbon monoxide
Complete combustion
Calcium Carbonate
Cracking
Electrolysis
Ethane
Ethene
Extracting metals
Fractional Distillation
Glass
Hydrocarbon
Hydrochloric Acid
Igneous
Incomplete combustion
Polymerisation
Landfill
Propane
Limestone
Propene
Limewater
Properties
Metamorphic
Reactivity Series
Methane
Recycling
Neutralisation
Reduction
Oxidised
Saturated
Pentane
Sedimentary
Pentene
Thermal decomposition
Polymer
Unsaturated
Balancing Equations
Complete combustion
Make sure the number of elements is the same for
the products and reactants.
Remember that compounds cannot be split up.
Incomplete combustion
Recycling
Cracking
The Rock Cycle
It is important to know how
each type of rock is formed as
well as some examples of each
rock type.
Calcium carbonate is an
important substance found in
rocks. You should know its
uses
Breaking long chain
hydrocarbons into
short chain
hydrocarbons
Graphs
Biofuels
It is important to
know the advantages
of using biofuels over
non-renewable fuels
such as fossil fuels.
Describe a graph - say what
it shows, use numbers from
the scale.
Explain a graph – describe
the graph and then give the
reasons for what it shows.