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Year 9 Table of Contents

  • Unit 9A Inheritance and selection
    • 9A1 Variation
    • 9A2 Passing on the genes
    • 9A3 Breeding animals
    • 9A4 Breeding plants
    • 9A5 Inherited conditions
  • Unit 9B Fit and healthy
    • 9B1 Skeleton
    • 9B2 Muscles
    • 9B3 Eating well
    • 9B4 Unhealthy hearts
    • 9B5 Smoking
    • 9B6 Alcohol and drugs
  • Unit 9C Plants and photosynthesis
    • 9C1 Leaves
    • 9C2 Photosynthesis
    • 9C3 Biomass
    • 9C4 Roots
    • 9C5 Why are plants important?
  • Unit 9D Plants for food
    • 9D1 Plants and food
    • 9D2 Fertilisers
    • 9D3 Growing more crops
    • 9D4 Pests
    • 9D5 Intensive care for plants
  • Unit 9E Reactions of metals and their compounds
    • 9E1 Why are metals useful?
    • 9E2 Metals plus acids
    • 9E3 Fizzing carbonates
    • 9E4 Neutralisation
    • 9E5 Preparing salts
  • Unit 9F Patterns of reactivity
    • 9F1 Why do metals tarnish?
    • 9F2 Comparing reactivity
    • 9F3 The reactivity series
    • 9F4 Metals in competition
    • 9F5 Uses and sources of metals
  • Unit 9G Environmental chemistry
    • 9G1 Soils and weathering
    • 9G2 Acid rain
    • 9G3 Monitoring pollution
    • 9G4 Global warming
  • Unit 9H Using chemistry
    • 9H1 Burning fuels
    • 9H2 Energy from reactions
    • 9H3 What happens to the mass?
    • 9H4 More about reactions
  • Unit 9I Energy and electricity
    • 9I1 Storing and using energy
    • 9I2 Battery power
    • 9I3 Generating electricity
    • 9I4 Measuring voltagesg
    • 9I5 Voltage and energy
  • Unit 9J Gravity and space
    • 9J1 Exploring the Moon
    • 9J2 A trip into space
    • 9J3 Exploring the Solar System
    • 9J4 Staying in orbit
    • 9J5 Satellites at work
  • Unit 9K Speeding up
    • 9K1 Measuring speed
    • 9K2 Speeding up
    • 9K3 Changing speed, changing direction
    • 9K4 It’s a drag
    • 9K5 Going up, coming down
  • Unit 9L Pressure and moments
    • 9L1 High pressure, low pressure
    • 9L2 Stiletto sums
    • 9L3 Hydraulics
    • 9L4 Levers everywhere
    • 9L5 Getting balanced
    • 9L6 A matter of moments