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SCIENCE

A test of basic skills and simple applications consisting of one paper comprisingShort answer questions carrying 30 marksLonger, structured questions carrying 45 marks

SYLLABUS CONTENTI Keeping Fit

(u) Eow a human body works: its construction, treated in simple terms; its needfor energy; its control mechanisms.

(b) Why sometimes a body does not work: causes of malfunction; preventionof malfunction.

2 Keeping Warrn(a) How buildings are heated: temperature ranges for different activities;

advantages and disadvantages of different forms of heating; electricalcircuits.

(b) How heat losses are reduced: how heat is transferred; how buildings areinsulated; how the body is insulated.

3 Keeping Mobile(a) How things a-re ma4e to move: ways in which energy is stored; ways in which

energy is exchanged; power as the rate of working; unbalanced forces resultin movement.

(b) [-Iow things are_stoppqd fro{n mqvingi how friction stops movement andincreases \{ear'; how friction is reduced"

(c) Howa bicycle moves: usinglevers; usinggearwheels; usingthewheel-and-axle.(d) How an internal combustlcn Jngi-ej"erk!:how petrol combusts; the four-

4 Keeping Fed(a) How a plant grows: how a plant is constructed; what a plant needs to grow.

(b) How to encourage plant growth: good soil husbandry; protecting plants fromcompetition.

(c) 'Why plants are the source of all food: man at end of a food chairi; how thechain may be damaged.

5 Keeping Sheltered(u) How the use-related properties of some materials compare: steel, wood,

plastic, concrete.(b) How the environment affects some materials: how weathering occurs; how

rotting occurs.How the effects of the environment are reduced: how painting protects;how galvanising protects.

Keeping in Touch(a) How a telephone works: what are electromagnets?; parts of a telephone.(b) How a radio works: what are electromagnetic waves?; parts of a radio.(c) How a television works: what are electrons?; parts of a television set.

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