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S1 Curriculum for Excellence Science
Matter
Learning Intentions
By the end of this unit I will be able to
1.
Classify substances as solids, liquids and gases
2. State that liquids can flow
3. State that liquids take up the shape of the container
4. State that solids do not flow
5. State that solids have a fixed shape
6. State that when solids and liquids are heated they
expand
7. State that when solids and liquids are cooled they
contract
8. State that it takes more heat to make a solid expand
than a liquid
9. State that when a solid is given enough energy, it will
melt (turn into a liquid)
10. When a liquid is cooled, it can turn back into a solid
(freezing)
11. When a liquid is heated , it can turn into a gas
(evaporation or boiling)
12. When a gas is cooled, it can turn back into a liquid
(condensing)
13. State that gases can spread out and take the shape of
the container
14. State that gases expand when heated (much more than
solids and liquids)
15. State that oxygen is a gas which takes up approximately
21% of the air
16. Describe the test for oxygen – it relights a glowing
splint
17. Give some uses of the gas oxygen e.g it helps people who
have difficulty breathing, breathe easier
18. State that carbon dioxide is another gas which we
breathe out
19. State that carbon dioxide takes up less than 1%of the
air
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20. Give some uses of carbon dioxide e.g it is put in drinks
to make them fizzy
21. Describe the test for carbon dioxide – it turns lime
water milky/cloudy
22. State that nitrogen is another gas which takes up
approximately 78% of the air
23. State that nitrogen is a colourless, tasteless and
odourless gas
24. State that nitrogen does not let things burn and does
not turn lime water milky/cloudy
25. Give some uses of the gas nitrogen e.g it is used to
preserve foods
26. Describe the difference between solids, liquids and
gases using the kinetic theory of matter
27. Describe that the particles in a substance move faster
and closer together when they are heated and
compressed
28. Clearly define the term ‘diffusion’ as the spreading out
of particles of one substance through another
29. State that diffusion is faster in gases than in liquids
30. Clearly define the term ‘dissolving’ as the process in
which solid particles are broken up by a liquid
31. Carry out an investigation to find out how stirring
and/or heating affects the speed of dissolving
32. State that an insoluble solid is one which does not
dissolve in a liquid