Year 9 Chemistry – What do I need to know?

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Atomic Structure - Protons, electrons and neutrons
- Atomic # = #protons = #electrons
- Mass Number = #protons + #neutrons
- Ions
- Electron configuration
- Bohr models
- Lewis Dot diagrams and Ionic bonding
 Subatomic - Predicting chemical formulas
Particles

Periodic Table - Groups and periods

- Metals, non-metals and metalloids
Trends - Atomic Radius
- Reactivity
- Metallic properties

 Using PT - Compare properties of elements based on their

position in the periodic table
trends - Analysing positioning of elements and predict
properties

Isotopes - Scientific notation (Chemical notation) and

isotope name

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- Isotope Chlorine-35 and Chlorine-37
- Radioisotopes and Radioactive Decay
o Alpha Decay = α or He particle
 Radioactive - Half Life - Reading from a graph,
Decay & Half- - Determine amount left of a substance after a set
life time.
Eg. Fluorine-21 has a half-life of approximately
5 seconds. What fraction of the original nuclei
would remain after 1 minute?
Reaction Rates - Collision theory
- Factors effecting reaction rate
o Temperature
o Surface Area
o Concentration
o Catalysts
- Reaction Rate Graphs
- How to manipulate to increase product outcomes

Year 9 Chemistry – Cognitive Verbs

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Cognitive

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Identify

Explain

Analyse

Predict

Justify

Construct/Draw