Year 7 & 8 End of Year Tests (AQA KS3)

These test are designed to cover a broad width of content and skills in order to give good data on student progress throughout the year.

Higher and foundation tests
Mark schemes included
60 + marks
Designed for the AQA approved Activate 1 scheme

YEAR 7 Topics Covered:
Physics
Waves unit: frequency and pitch, loudness + amplitude, speed of waves in solid liquid and gas
Forces unit: Distance time graphs, speed equation, balanced forces
Energy unit: Food and fuels, energy resources, power equation, dissipation,
Space: Solar system, earth, moon

Biology
Organisms unit: Cell structures, specialised sperms cells, diffusion,

Chemistry:
Separating mixtures unit: Chromatography, filtration, distillation,
chromatography Rf calculations (HT only),
Particles model unit: States of matter,
Reactions unit: Acid and alkali, indicators, neutralisation, making salts

Working Scientifically:
Science equipment, variables, recording data, analysing data, graphs

YEAR 8 Topics Covered
Physics:
Electromagnets unit: making electromagnets, magnetic fields
Forces unit: pressure in solids-liquids-gases, moments

Biology:
Ecosystems unit: investigating photosynthesis, respiration, leaves, uses of fermentation (HT only)
Genes unit: Natural selection, genetic information in the cell, punnett squares, extinction
Organisms unit: gas exchange

Chemistry:
Periodic table unit: Group 1, 7 and 0 elements, periodic table structure, atoms elements, compounds, writing chemical formulae,
Reactions unit: Combustion, thermal decomposition (HT only), exothermic and endothermic, bond energies (HT only)

Working Scientifically:
Science equipment, variables, recording data, analysing data, graphs