The end-of-year test for Y10 covers a variety of areas from the first four topics studied; Working Scientifically, Motion and Forces, Energy, and Waves and the Electromagnetic Spectrum. There will be no questions about the Radioactivity or Astronomy topics.
You are very strongly advised to revise the following areas in particular detail.
Content
- Application of concepts relating to the acceleration and energy of moving objects.
- Factors affecting the stopping distance (thinking plus braking distance) of a vehicle.
- Stating and interpreting energy transfers that occur in a machine.
- Examples of waste energy and interpreting Sankey diagrams to calculate efficiency.
- Definitions, examples, advantages and disadvantages of renewable and non-renewable energy resources.
- Characteristics and examples of different types of waves (transverse and longitudinal).
- Categories of electromagnetic waves, including their dangers and example uses.
- Wave measurements (wavelength, frequency, period and amplitude).
- Required practical: refraction of a light ray through a transparent block.
The scientific method
- How to improve the accuracy of measurements in experiments.
- Identifying and explaining anomalies in experimental data.
- How to develop an experiment to investigate a different variable.
Mathematical skills
- Stating values with an appropriate number of significant figures
- Using ratios in calculations.
- Interpreting a general graph to describe the relationship shown
- Using the area under a velocity-time curve to determine distance moved.
Required equations
- Basic equations: the relationship between force, mass and acceleration.
- Basic equations: the relationship between speed, distance and time.
- Basic equations: the relationship between wavelength, frequency and wave speed.
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