AQA GCSE Chemistry (8462) — revision checklist

Atoms, elements and compounds

4.1.1.1

Mixtures

4.1.1.2

The development of the model of the atom (common content with physics)

4.1.1.3

Relative electrical charges of subatomic particles

4.1.1.4

Size and mass of atoms

4.1.1.5

Relative atomic mass

4.1.1.6

Electronic structure

4.1.1.7

The periodic table

4.1.2.1

Development of the periodic table

4.1.2.2

Metals and non-metals

4.1.2.3

Group 0

4.1.2.4

Group 1

4.1.2.5

Group 7

4.1.2.6

Comparison with Group 1 elements

4.1.3.1

Typical properties

4.1.3.2

Chemical bonds

4.2.1.1

Ionic bonding

4.2.1.2

Ionic compounds

4.2.1.3

Covalent bonding

4.2.1.4

Metallic bonding

4.2.1.5

The three states of matter

4.2.2.1

State symbols

4.2.2.2

Properties of ionic compounds

4.2.2.3

Properties of small molecules

4.2.2.4

Polymers

4.2.2.5

Giant covalent structures

4.2.2.6

Properties of metals and alloys

4.2.2.7

Metals as conductors

4.2.2.8

Diamond

4.2.3.1

Graphite

4.2.3.2

Graphene and fullerenes

4.2.3.3

Sizes of particles and their properties

4.2.4.1

Uses of nanoparticles

4.2.4.2

Conservation of mass and balanced chemical equations

4.3.1.1

Relative formula mass

4.3.1.2

Mass changes when a reactant or product is a gas

4.3.1.3

Chemical measurements

4.3.1.4

Moles (HT only)

4.3.2.1

Amounts of substances in equations (HT only)

4.3.2.2

Using moles to balance equations (HT only)

4.3.2.3

Limiting reactants (HT only)

4.3.2.4

Concentration of solutions

4.3.2.5

Percentage yield

4.3.3.1

Atom economy

4.3.3.2

Using concentrations of solutions in mol/dm3 (chemistry only) (HT only)

4.3.4

Use of amount of substance in relation to volumes of gases (chemistry only) (HT only)

4.3.5

Metal oxides

4.4.1.1

The reactivity series

4.4.1.2

Extraction of metals and reduction

4.4.1.3

Oxidation and reduction in terms of electrons (HT only)

4.4.1.4

Reactions of acids with metals

4.4.2.1

Neutralisation of acids and salt production

4.4.2.2

Soluble salts

4.4.2.3

The pH scale and neutralisation

4.4.2.4

Titrations (chemistry only)

4.4.2.5

Strong and weak acids (HT only)

4.4.2.6

The process of electrolysis

4.4.3.1

Electrolysis of molten ionic compounds

4.4.3.2

Using electrolysis to extract metals

4.4.3.3

Electrolysis of aqueous solutions

4.4.3.4

Representation of reactions at electrodes as half equations (HT only)

4.4.3.5

Energy transfer during exothermic and endothermic reactions

4.5.1.1

Reaction profiles

4.5.1.2

The energy change of reactions (HT only)

4.5.1.3

Cells and batteries

4.5.2.1

Fuel cells

4.5.2.2

Calculating rates of reactions

4.6.1.1

Factors which affect the rates of chemical reactions

4.6.1.2

Collision theory and activation energy

4.6.1.3

Catalysts

4.6.1.4

Reversible reactions

4.6.2.1

Energy changes and reversible reactions

4.6.2.2

Equilibrium

4.6.2.3

The effect of changing conditions on equilibrium (HT only)

4.6.2.4

The effect of changing concentration (HT only)

4.6.2.5

The effect of temperature changes on equilibrium (HT only)

4.6.2.6

The effect of pressure changes on equilibrium (HT only)

4.6.2.7

Crude oil, hydrocarbons and alkanes

4.7.1.1

Fractional distillation and petrochemicals

4.7.1.2

Properties of hydrocarbons

4.7.1.3

Cracking and alkenes

4.7.1.4

Structure and formulae of alkenes

4.7.2.1

Reactions of alkenes

4.7.2.2

Alcohols

4.7.2.3

Carboxylic acids

4.7.2.4

Addition polymerisation

4.7.3.1

Condensation polymerisation (HT only)

4.7.3.2

Amino acids (HT only)

4.7.3.3

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) and other naturally occurring polymers

4.7.3.4

Pure substances

4.8.1.1

Formulations

4.8.1.2

Chromatography

4.8.1.3

Test for hydrogen

4.8.2.1

Test for oxygen

4.8.2.2

Test for carbon dioxide

4.8.2.3

Test for chlorine

4.8.2.4

Flame tests

4.8.3.1

Metal hydroxides

4.8.3.2

Carbonates

4.8.3.3

Halides

4.8.3.4

Sulfates

4.8.3.5

Instrumental methods

4.8.3.6

Flame emission spectroscopy

4.8.3.7

The proportions of different gases in the atmosphere

4.9.1.1

The Earth's early atmosphere

4.9.1.2

How oxygen increased

4.9.1.3

How carbon dioxide decreased

4.9.1.4

Greenhouse gases

4.9.2.1

Human activities which contribute to an increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere

4.9.2.2

Global climate change

4.9.2.3

The carbon footprint and its reduction

4.9.2.4

Atmospheric pollutants from fuels

4.9.3.1

Properties and effects of atmospheric pollutants

4.9.3.2

Using the Earth's resources and sustainable development

4.10.1.1

Potable water

4.10.1.2

Waste water treatment

4.10.1.3

Alternative methods of extracting metals (HT only)

4.10.1.4

Life cycle assessment

4.10.2.1

Ways of reducing the use of resources

4.10.2.2

Corrosion and its prevention

4.10.3.1

Alloys as useful materials

4.10.3.2

Ceramics, polymers and composites

4.10.3.3

The Haber process

4.10.4.1

Production and uses of NPK fertilisers

4.10.4.2