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AQA GCSE Combined Science: Synergy 8465

203 points in 9 topics, with AQA's codes and titles.

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4.2 Transport over larger distances

4.2.1 Systems in the human body
4.2.1.1 Respiration
4.2.1.2 Exchange surfaces
4.2.1.3 The human circulatory system
4.2.1.4 Blood cells
4.2.1.5 The human digestive system
4.2.1.6 The human nervous system
4.2.1.7 The human endocrine system
4.2.2 Plants and photosynthesis
4.2.2.1 Meristem tissue
4.2.2.2 Plant structures
4.2.2.3 Transpiration
4.2.2.4 Chlorophyll and other plant pigments
4.2.2.5 Photosynthesis
4.2.2.6 Factors affecting the rate of photosynthesis
4.2.2.7 Translocation
4.2.2.8 Plant diseases

4.3 Interactions with the environment

4.3.1 Lifestyle and health
4.3.1.1 Health and disease
4.3.1.2 Risk factors for non-communicable diseases
4.3.1.3 Treatments for cardiovascular disease
4.3.1.4 Homeostasis
4.3.1.5 Insulin and diabetes
4.3.1.6 Human reproductive hormones
4.3.1.7 Contraception
4.3.1.8 Treatments for infertility (HT only)
4.3.2 Radiation and risk
4.3.2.1 Absorption and emission of radiation
4.3.2.2 Radioactive decay
4.3.2.3 Half-life
4.3.2.4 Penetration properties of radiations
4.3.2.5 Contamination and irradiation
4.3.2.6 Ionising radiations
4.3.2.7 Cancer
4.3.3 Preventing, treating and curing diseases
4.3.3.1 Spread of communicable diseases
4.3.3.2 Human communicable diseases
4.3.3.3 Defences against pathogens
4.3.3.4 The human immune system
4.3.3.5 Vaccination
4.3.3.6 Medicines
4.3.3.7 Testing new drugs
4.3.3.8 Genetic modification
4.3.3.9 Stem cells
4.3.3.10 Interactions between different types of disease

4.4 Explaining change

4.4.1 The Earth’s atmosphere
4.4.1.1 Development of the Earth’s atmosphere
4.4.1.2 The carbon cycle
4.4.1.3 The greenhouse effect
4.4.1.4 Human impacts on the climate
4.4.1.5 Climate change: impacts and mitigation
4.4.1.6 Pollutants that affect air quality
4.4.1.7 The water cycle
4.4.1.8 Sources of potable water
4.4.2 Ecosystems and biodiversity
4.4.2.1 Levels of organisation in an ecosystem
4.4.2.2 Interdependence and competition
4.4.2.3 Factors that affect communities
4.4.2.4 Field investigations
4.4.2.5 Biodiversity
4.4.2.6 Negative human impacts on ecosystems
4.4.2.7 Positive human impacts on ecosystems
4.4.3 Inheritance
4.4.3.1 Chromosomes and genes
4.4.3.2 Sex determination in humans
4.4.3.3 Single gene inheritance
4.4.3.4 Genotype and phenotype
4.4.4 Variation and evolution
4.4.4.1 Mutations
4.4.4.2 Evolution through natural selection
4.4.4.3 Evidence for evolution
4.4.4.4 Identification and classification of living things
4.4.4.5 Selective breeding
4.4.4.6 Genetic engineering

4.5 Building blocks for understanding

4.5.1 The periodic table
4.5.1.1 Atomic number and the periodic table
4.5.1.2 Metals and non-metals
4.5.1.3 Group 0
4.5.1.4 Group 1
4.5.1.5 Group 7
4.5.2 Chemical quantities
4.5.2.1 Chemical equations
4.5.2.2 Conservation of mass
4.5.2.3 Relative formula masses
4.5.2.4 Amounts in moles (HT only)
4.5.2.5 Calculations based on equations (HT only)
4.5.2.6 Concentrations of solutions

4.7 Movement and interactions

4.7.1 Forces and motion
4.7.1.1 Speed and velocity
4.7.1.2 Distance, speed and time
4.7.1.3 Circular motion (HT only)
4.7.1.4 Free fall
4.7.1.5 Newton’s First Law
4.7.1.6 Newton’s Second Law
4.7.1.7 Newton’s Third Law
4.7.1.8 Momentum (HT only)
4.7.1.9 Kinetic energy
4.7.1.10 Stopping distances
4.7.2 Electricity
4.7.2.1 Electric current
4.7.2.2 Current, resistance and potential difference
4.7.2.3 Series and parallel circuits
4.7.2.4 Circuit elements
4.7.2.5 Direct and alternating currents
4.7.2.6 Mains cables
4.7.2.7 Power
4.7.2.8 Power and domestic electric appliances
4.7.2.9 The National Grid
4.7.3 Acids and alkalis
4.7.3.1 Reactions of acids
4.7.3.2 Making salts
4.7.3.3 Energy changes and reactions
4.7.3.4 The pH scale and neutralisation
4.7.3.5 Strong and weak acids (HT only)
4.7.4 The rate and extent of chemical change
4.7.4.1 Factors that affect reaction rates
4.7.4.2 The effect of surface area on rates of reaction
4.7.4.3 The effect of temperature, concentration and pressure on rates of reaction
4.7.4.4 Activation energy
4.7.4.5 Bond breaking and bond forming (HT only)
4.7.4.6 Catalysts
4.7.4.7 Enzymes
4.7.4.8 Reversible reactions
4.7.4.9 Dynamic equilibrium
4.7.4.10 Factors affecting the position of equilibrium (HT only)
4.7.5 Atoms into ions and ions into atoms
4.7.5.1 A reactivity series for metals
4.7.5.2 Electrolysis
4.7.5.3 Electrolysis of aqueous solutions
4.7.5.4 Tests for gases
4.7.5.5 Electron transfer reactions (HT only)

4.8 Guiding Spaceship Earth towards a sustainable future

4.8.1 Carbon chemistry
4.8.1.1 Bonding and structure in forms of carbon
4.8.1.2 Hydrocarbons in crude oil
4.8.1.3 Fractional distillation of crude oil
4.8.1.4 Cracking hydrocarbons
4.8.2 Resources of materials and energy
4.8.2.1 Metal extraction by reduction of oxides
4.8.2.2 Metal extraction by electrolysis
4.8.2.3 Metal extraction by biological methods (HT only)
4.8.2.4 Energy resources
4.8.2.5 Energy conservation and dissipation
4.8.2.6 Preventing unwanted energy transfers
4.8.2.7 Energy efficiency
4.8.2.8 Life cycle assessment
4.8.2.9 Recycling