Additional Chemistry GCSE
Revision Booklet
Hermann Ebbinghaus demonstrated that we become less able
to remember and recall information as the time elapsed
since first learning it increases. In other words, regular rereading following learning improves your ability to remember,
recall and ultimately understand what you have covered in
lesson.
Don’t forget to add
dates to your checklist
as you complete each
task
How to get the best out of this booklet
During the lesson: Make a set of notes for a topic.
The same day: At home, re-read your class notes from the lesson.
The next day: At home, highlight and add more detail to your class notes in
your booklet.
Next lesson: Complete a ‘Thinking ladder’ task relating to the topic.
The next week: At home, complete a ‘Thinking Ladder’ task relating to the
topic.
Within the next 3 weeks: Complete a test or exam questions and
complete your flight path. (Lesson time)
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The Thinking Ladder.
Complete tasks to consolidate and
extend your learning. Track which
tasks you complete by filling in your
booklet and dating when you
completed these.
The tasks start off easy at the
bottom of the ladder but increase
with difficulty as you get nearer the
top. The more challenging the task
the more advanced the skills required
and therefore the higher the grade
you are working towards.
Activities
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Create a comic strip or storyboard on a topic.
Write a short exam question and mark scheme.
Create a song or video.
Write an article on the topic for a revision guide.
Create a game or animation
Opinionated octopus. Evaluate the topic using 4 strengths and 4 weakness
Treasoning
Use a piece of evidence or data and write an evaluation on it.
SAM Learning tests
Create a mind map showing links between each part of the topic.
Create a flow chart to show a key process.
Explain a piece of evidence for and against a theory or perspective.
Conduct a small scale experiment to prove a key point in the topic.
Explain a real life example for each key point.
Think about the topic and explain this using a cartoon character or TV character.
Complete the exam questions/ end of topic questions in the AQA book or in your
revision guide.
SAM Learning revision tasks
Create a set of true or false statements and ask a friend to answer them.
Hungary caterpillar: place all the key terms from a topic in a logical order and link
the words together to form a caterpillar
Pick out 5 key points and explain them in detail, 200 words each.
Write down everything you can remember about the topic from memory.
Write down all the key terms and define them.
Make a set of keyword flashcards.
Make an acronym to help you remember a process or list.
Topic 1: Structure and Bonding
Notes
Re-read
notes
Highlighted
notes
Thinking
ladder c/w
Thinking
ladder h/w
Date
completed
Draw the electronic structure of the following ions:
Sodium ion, Calcium ion, Oxide ion, Chloride ion
Why can ions only conduct electricity when molten or dissolved?
Complete the table to show the compound that would be produced:
ClFO2-
Na+
K+
Ca2+
Describe the forces holding together a giant ionic lattice. Draw a diagram to help.
Draw a diagram to show the bonding that occurs in both Water and Ammonia
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Why do simple covalent molecules not conduct electricity?
Why are simple covalent molecules usually gas at room temperature?
Draw a diagram to show the bonding in metals
Why do metals conduct electricity?
Why are metals malleable?
Draw a diagram of an alloy, what does this difference in structure mean for it in terms of the
properties?
Topic 1: Structure and Bonding thinking ladder task
Topic 1: Structure and bonding thinking ladder homework
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Topic 2: Covalent Structures
Describe the structure and properties of diamond
Describe the structure and properties of graphite and explain how graphite
conducts electricity.
Describe the differences between low density poly(ethene) and high density poly(ethene).
Describe what thermosetting and thermosoftening polymers are in terms of their intermolecular
forces
Describe the size of nanoparticles, and explain their use in suncream
Topic 2: Covalent bonding thinking ladder task
Topic 2: Covalent structures thinking ladder homework
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Topic 3: Atomic Structure and calculations
Notes
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notes
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notes
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Label the atomic number and the mass number.
Li
What is an isotope?
What is the definition of Relative Atomic Mass?
How do you calculate relative atomic mass when an abundance of each isotope is provided?
What is relative formula mass?
What is a mole?
Describe how to calculate the percentage mass of an element given the formula.
Describe how paper chromatography works
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Describe the basic steps of gas chromatograph coupled with mass spectrometry
Write a step-by-step method to calculate the empirical formula when 2.70g of Aluminium
reacts with 10.65g of Chlorine
Write a step by step method to calculate the following:
5.6g of iron reacts completely in excess sulphur calculate the mass of iron sulphide produced.
The equation for this reaction is:
Fe + S
FeS
What is the symbol for a reversible reaction and what does it mean?
Topic 3: Atomic structure and calculations thinking ladder task
Topic 3: Atomic structure and calculations thinking ladder
homework
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Topic 4: Rates of Reaction
Notes
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notes
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notes
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Write the equation to calculate the rate of reaction from a graph.
Use collision theory to explain how a chemical reaction occurs
What is the activation energy?
Explain in terms of particles, how temperature, concentration and gas pressure affects the rate of a
reaction. (6 marks)
What is a catalyst? Describe one industrial use of a catalyst, and why it is beneficial in this situation.
Topic 4: Rates of Reaction thinking ladder task
Topic 4: Rates of Reaction thinking ladder homework
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Topic 5: Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions
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What is the difference between an exothermic and an endothermic reaction?
List three exothermic reactions
Give three examples of everyday uses of exothermic and endothermic reactions
Topic 5: Exothermic and Endothermic thinking ladder task
Topic 5: Exothermic and Endothermic thinking ladder homework
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Topic 6: Acids, Bases and Salts
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What is produced when an acid and a metal react? Give an example of a reaction and write
the word and balanced symbol equation
What is the difference between an alkali and a base? What determines whether something is
acidic or alkaline?
What is produced when an acid and alkali react? Give an example of a reaction and write the
word and balanced symbol equation.
What is happening in a neutralisation reaction? Write a half equation to show how water is
produced
Describe the method of producing a soluble salt from an insoluble base, with an example.
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What salts do the following acids produce?
Hydrochloric AcidSulphuric Acid –
Nitric Acid –
Ethanoic Acid –
What is a precipitation reaction?
How is the production of insoluble salts useful in the water industry?
Give examples of reactions that produce an insoluble salt.
Topic 5: Acids, Bases and Salts thinking ladder task
Topic 5: Acids, Bases and Salts thinking ladder homework
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Topic 6: Electrolysis
Notes
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What is electrolysis?
Define the following terms:
Anion –
Cation –
Anode –
Cathode –
Oxidation-
Reduction-
What is electroplating and what is it used for?
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Thinking
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Thinking
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Draw a diagram to show the electrolysis of copper chloride. Write half equations to show
what is happening at each electrode.
Describe the process (using a diagram to help) of extracting aluminium. Why is cryolite
used?
State the products we can produce from the raw material salt. Give one industrial use
of each product.
In a mixture of ions, which ones would form at the electrodes?
Topic 6: Electrolysis thinking ladder task
Topic 6: Electrolysis thinking ladder homework
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