YEAR 9 CHEMISTRY: INTRO TO GCSE; HOME LEARNING MAT
ASSESSMENT 1 (week / lesson number 6)
Home learning Task 1
(set week 2)
Part A) Remote learning catchup:
Research and write / print / e-mail definitions for the
following words;
* Metal ore * Ceramic * Polymer * Alloy * Steel
Part B) GCSE Skills:
A student added 4 metals to 4 test tubes of acid. He
recorded the temperature of each after 1 minute.
Q1) Identify the student’s independent variable (choose
from the options)
*The metal * The acid * The temperature * The volume
Q2) Identify the student’s dependent variable (choose
from the options)
*The metal * The acid * The temperature * The volume
Part C) KS3 Revision: (read revision guides, use
websites, make flash cards / posters etc on the
following topics):
Acids, alkalis and the pH scale (examples, colours when
put into universal indicator and their pH numbers)
Atoms, elements, compounds, mixtures and molecules -
need to know definitions and examples of each
YEAR 9 CHEMISTRY: INTRO TO GCSE; HOME LEARNING MAT
Home learning Task 2 Home learning Task 3
(set week 4) (set week 5)
Part A) Remote learning catchup:
Part A) Remote learning catchup:
Many metals can be extracted from the ground. Match
Concrete is an example of a composite material.
the metals with a use for each from the lists below:
What 4 things need to be mixed together to make good,
METALS: Copper, Aluminium, Silver, Iron
strong concrete?
USES: Jewellery, electrical cables, nails, plane wings
Part B) GCSE Skills:
Part B) GCSE Skills:
Read the list of statements below.
Draw out the table filling in the missing information Write out the TRUE statements:
EQUIPMENT USE “A prediction is a random guess”
Thermometer Measuring temperature “A hypothesis is a statement which can be tested
Measuring mass scientifically”
Measuring cylinder “A prediction is a guess based on past experience or
Ruler knowledge”
“A hypothesis is a scientific prediction”
Part C) KS3 Revision: (read revision guides, use Part C) KS3 Revision: (read revision guides, use
websites, make flash cards / posters etc on the websites, make flash cards / posters etc on the
following topics): following topics):
States of matter; solids, liquids, gases (properties of each, Structure of the periodic table: periodic table groups and
examples of each and diagrams of the particles in each their names and numbers, what periods are, reactivity
state of matter). trends in groups 1 and 7, history of its discovery, types of
Melting / boiling point definitions and using data to elements (metal vs non-metal).
predict states of matter
- Side One - Assessment Number 1

Home learning Task 4
(set week 6)
Part A) Remote learning catchup:
Carbon dioxide and methane are known as greenhouse
gases. These cause global warming.
Q1) What do we mean by a greenhouse gas?
Q2) What is global warming?
Part B) GCSE Skills:
Axis ‘A’ is the y axis.
A Below are a set of values.
Would you put the dependent variable or independent
variable on this graph axis (A)?
Part C) KS3 Revision: (read revision guides, use
websites, make flash cards / posters etc on the
following topics):
Properties, examples and reactions of the alkali metals
(group 1), halogens (group 7) and noble gases (group 0)
ASSESSMENT 2 (week / lesson number 11)
Home learning Task 5
(set week 8)
Part A) Remote learning catchup:
When going shopping you might take some carrier bags.
Q1) What are the bags made out of ?
Q2) What happens when you throw them away?
Q3) What could we do instead of throwing them away?
Part B)
GCSE Skills:
What type of data is this graph showing? Continuous or
categorical?
Part C) KS3 Revision: (read revision guides, use
websites, make flash cards / posters etc on the
following topics):
Chemical equations, reactants and products (writing
equations; A+B -->C) and writing chemical formulae (i.e.
H2O is the formula for water).
Chemical naming rules including –ide, -ate and how salts
are named
- Side Two - Assessment Number 2
Home learning Task 6
(set week 9)
Part A) Remote learning catchup:
Rust is a common sight that can be found in a lot of
places.
Q1) What metal ‘rusts’ (hint: begins with an “I”)
Q2) Painting a fence stops it rusting. How?
Part B) GCSE Skills:
Q1) Calculate i) the mean (average) ii) the range
90, 95, 105, 80
Q2) The data is temperatures recorded from 4 kettles
that were boiling. Are these temperatures accurate?
Why?
Part C) KS3 Revision: (read revision guides, use
websites, make flash cards / posters etc on the
following topics):
Combustion (what it is and what it produces), thermal
decomposition (of metal carbonates), neutralisation
reactions and the three gas tests we can do in a lab