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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format:
Specification Point 2.28 - Describe the use of litmus, phenolphthalein and methyl orange to distinguish between acidic and alkaline solutions.
Specification Point 2.29 - Understand how the pH scale can be used to classify solutions as strongly acidic, weakly acidic, neutral, weakly alkaline and strongly alkaline.
Specification Point 2.30 - Describe the use of universal indicator to measure the approximate pH value of an aqueous solution.
Specification Point 2.31 - Know that acids in aqueous solution are a source of hydrogen ions and alkalis in a aqueous solution are a source of hydroxide ions.
Specification Point 2.32 - Know that alkalis can neutralise acids.
Complete set of Chapter 5 Lectures are available.
Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format:
Specification Point 2.27 - Describe the structure and function of the human alimentary canal, including: the mouth esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine and pancreas.
Specification Point 2.28 - Understand how food is moved through the gut by
peristalsis.
Complete set of Chapter 2 Lectures are available.
A useful resource for students to practice their knowledge and examination technique for future external assessments.
The questions found in these papers are completely original and have been designed from scratch. There has been no reuse of previous exam questions.
This is for the following papers: 4BI1 - 1B and 4BI1 - 2B.
For 1B:
Our mock paper follows the format of the true Edexcel IGCSE Biology 1B paper closely, with the CORMS and graph question included. It is also the exact duration and mark-count, with questions of increasing difficulty. A mark scheme is also attached.
The paper covers the following specification points:
• Topic 2d Movement of substances into and out of cells (including practical 2.17 (2.15 – 2.17)
• Topic 2g Gas exchange (including practical 2.50) (2.46 – 2.50)
• Topic 2h Transport (2.51 – 2.54, 2.59 – 2.62, 2.65 – 2.69)
• Topic 2j Co-ordination and response (2.80 – 2.94)
• Topic 3a Reproduction (3.1 – 3.9, 3.11 – 3.13)
• Topic 3b Inheritance (3.14 – 3.15, 3.19 – 3.20, 3.22 – 3.34, 3.38 – 3.39)
• Topic 5b Selective breeding (5.10 – 5.11)
For 2B:
Our mock paper follows the format of the true Edexcel IGCSE Biology 2B paper closely. The obligatory comprehension question is also included. A mark scheme is also attached.
The paper covers the following specification points:
• Topic 2c Biological molecules (including practical 2.9 and practical 2.14B) (2.7 – 2.14B)
• Topic 2g Gas exchange (including practical 2.45B) (2.40B – 2.50)
• Topic 2i Excretion (2.70 – 2.79B)
• Topic 3b Inheritance (3.14 – 3.39)
• Topic 4c Cycles within ecosystems (4.10 – 4.11B)
• Topic 4d Human influences on the environment (4.12 – 4.18B)
Disclaimer: This document was created by department heads with many years of experience teaching the Pearson Edexcel IGCSE Biology course. We cannot however guarantee that it is an accurate representation of upcoming examinations and students should not treat it as such. Please use this as an aid, alongside other methods of revision.
A useful resource for students to practice their knowledge and examination technique for future external assessments.
This is for the following paper: 4BI1 - 2B
These questions are completely original and have been designed from scratch. There has been no reuse of previous exam questions.
Our mock paper follows the format of the true Edexcel IGCSE Biology 2B paper closely. The obligatory comprehension question is also included. A mark scheme is also attached.
The paper covers the following specification points:
• Topic 2c Biological molecules (including practical 2.9 and practical 2.14B) (2.7 – 2.14B)
• Topic 2g Gas exchange (including practical 2.45B) (2.40B – 2.50)
• Topic 2i Excretion (2.70 – 2.79B)
• Topic 3b Inheritance (3.14 – 3.39)
• Topic 4c Cycles within ecosystems (4.10 – 4.11B)
• Topic 4d Human influences on the environment (4.12 – 4.18B)
Disclaimer: This document was created by department heads with many years of experience teaching the Pearson Edexcel IGCSE Biology course. We cannot however guarantee that it is an accurate representation of upcoming examinations and students should not treat it as such. Please use this as an aid, alongside other methods of revision.
A useful resource for students to practice their knowledge and examination technique for future external assessments.
This is for the following paper: 4BI1 - 1B
These questions are completely original and have been designed from scratch. There has been no reuse of previous exam questions.
Our mock paper follows the format of the true Edexcel IGCSE Biology 1B paper closely, with the CORMS and graph question included. It is also the exact duration and mark-count, with questions of increasing difficulty. A mark scheme is also attached.
The paper covers the following specification points:
• Topic 2d Movement of substances into and out of cells (including practical 2.17 (2.15 – 2.17)
• Topic 2g Gas exchange (including practical 2.50) (2.46 – 2.50)
• Topic 2h Transport (2.51 – 2.54, 2.59 – 2.62, 2.65 – 2.69)
• Topic 2j Co-ordination and response (2.80 – 2.94)
• Topic 3a Reproduction (3.1 – 3.9, 3.11 – 3.13)
• Topic 3b Inheritance (3.14 – 3.15, 3.19 – 3.20, 3.22 – 3.34, 3.38 – 3.39)
• Topic 5b Selective breeding (5.10 – 5.11)
Disclaimer: This document was created by department heads with many years of experience teaching the Pearson Edexcel IGCSE Biology course. We cannot however guarantee that it is an accurate representation of upcoming examinations and students should not treat it as such. Please use this as an aid, alongside other methods of revision.
Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format:
Specification Point 3.14 - Understand that the genome is the entire DNA of an organism and that a gene is a section of a molecule of DNA that codes for a specific protein.
Specification Point 3.15 -Understand that the nucleus of a cell contains chromosomes on which genes are located.
Complete set of Chapter 5 Lectures are available.
Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format:
Specification Point 3.10B - Understand the roles of FSH and LH in the menstrual cycle.
Complete set of Chapter 5 Lectures are available.
Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format:
Specification Point 2.63B - Understand how vaccination results in the manufacture of memory cells, which enable future antibody production to the pathogen to occur sooner, faster and in greater quantity.
Complete set of Chapter 3 Lectures are available.
Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format:
Specification Point 2.10 - Understand the role of enzymes as biological catalysts in metabolic reactions.
Specification Point 2.11 - Understand how temperature changes can affect enzyme function, including changes to the shape of the active site.
Specification Point 2.12 - Practical: Investigate how enzyme activity can be affected by changes in temperature.
Specification Point 2.13 - Understand how enzyme function can be affected by changes in pH altering the active site.
Complete set of Chapter 1 Lectures are available.
Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format:
Specification Point 3.24P - Know that the frequency range for human hearing is 20–20,000 Hz.
Specification Point 3.25P - Practical: investigate the speed of sound in air.
Specification Point 3.26P - Understand how an oscilloscope and microphone can be used to display a sound wave.
Specification Point 3.27P - Practical: investigate the frequency of a sound wave using an oscilloscope.
Specification Point 3.28P - Understand how the pitch of a sound relates to the frequency of vibration of the source.
Specification Point 3.29P - Understand how the loudness of a sound relates to the amplitude of vibration of the source.
Complete set of Chapter 3 Lectures are available.
Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format:
Specification Point 2.1 - Use the following units: ampere, coulomb, joule , ohm, second, volt and watt.
Specification Point 2.2 - Understand how the use of insulation, double insulation, earthing, fuses and circuit breakers protects the device or user in a range of domestic appliances.
Specification Point 2.3 - Understand why a current in a resistor results in the electrical transfer of energy and an increase in temperature, and how this can be used in a variety of domestic contexts.
Specification Point 2.14 - Know that current is the rate of flow of charge.
Complete set of Chapter 2 Lectures are available.
The complete Edexcel IGCSE Physics course from start to finish. Huge bundle of resources with every topic covered.
Complete set of concise, modern presentations for Edexcel IGCSE Physics (4PH1) Chapters 1 - 8 Contains colour coded specification points with handmade vector graphics. 33 presentations included:
1 - Distance and Speed
2 - Acceleration
3 - Forces
4 - Balanced and Unbalanced Forces
5 - Gravity, Weight and Drag
6 - Hooke’s Law
7 - Momentum
8 - Forces and Moments
9 - Mains Electricity
10 - Power, Current and Voltage
11 - Circuits Part 1
12 - Circuits Part 2
13 - Static Electricity
14 - Waves
15 - Electromagnetic Waves
16 - Reflection and Refraction
17 - Sound Waves
18 - Energy
19 - Thermal Energy
20 - Work and Power
21 - Sources of Energy
22 - Density and Pressure
23 - Changes of State
24 - Ideal Gases
25 - Magnetism
26 - Electromagnets Part 1
27 - Electromagnets Part 2
28 - Radioactivity Part 1
29 - Radioactivity Part 2
30 - Fission and Fusion
31 - The Universe
32 - The Evolution of Stars
33 - Cosmology
Huge bundle of resources. Second half of the Edexcel IGCSE Physics course covered in full.
Complete set of concise, modern presentations for Edexcel IGCSE Physics (4PH1) Chapter 5 - Solids, Liquids and Gases, Chapter 6 - Magnetism and Electromagnetism, Chapter 7 - Radioactivity and Chapter 8 - Astrophysics. Contains colour coded specification points with handmade vector graphics. 12 presentations included:
22 - Density and Pressure
23 - Changes of State
24 - Ideal Gases
25 - Magnetism
26 - Electromagnets Part 1
27 - Electromagnets Part 2
28 - Radioactivity Part 1
29 - Radioactivity Part 2
30 - Fission and Fusion
31 - The Universe
32 - The Evolution of Stars
33 - Cosmology
Complete set of concise, modern presentations for Edexcel IGCSE Physics (4PH1) Chapter 8 - Astrophysics. Contains colour coded specification points. Three presentations included:
31 - The Universe
32 - The Evolution of Stars
33 - Cosmology
Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format:
Specification Point 8.11P - Understand how the brightness of a star at a standard distance can be represented using absolute magnitude.
Specification Point 8.12P - Draw the main components of the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.
Specification Point 8.13P - Describe the past evolution of the universe and the main arguments in favour of the Big Bang theory.
Specification Point 8.14P - Describe evidence that supports the Big Bang theory.
Specification Point 8.15P - Describe that if a wave source is moving relative to an observer, there will be a change in the observed frequency and wavelength.
Specification Point 8.16P - Use the equation relating to change in wavelength, reference wavelength, velocity of a galaxy and the speed of light.
Specification Point 8.17P - Describe the red-shift in light received from galaxies at different distances away from the Earth.
Specification Point 8.18P - Explain why the red-shift of galaxies provides evidence for the expansion of the universe.
Complete set of Chapter 8 Lectures are available.
Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format:
Specification Point 8.7 - Understand how stars can be classified according to their colour.
Specification Point 8.8 - Know that a star’s colour is related to its surface temperature.
Specification Point 8.9 - Describe the evolution of stars of similar mass to the Sun through the following stages: nebula, star, red giant and white dwarf.
Specification Point 8.10 - Describe the evolution of stars with a mass larger than the Sun.
Complete set of Chapter 8 Lectures are available.
Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format:
Specification Point 8.2 - Know that the universe is a large collection of billions of galaxies, that a galaxy is a large collection of billions of stars and that our solar system is in the Milky Way galaxy.
Specification Point 8.3 - Understand why gravitational field strength, g, varies and know that it is different on other planets and the Moon from that on the Earth.
Specification Point 8.4 - Explain that gravitational force causes moons to orbit planets, causes the planets to orbit the Sun, causes artificial satellites to orbit the Earth and causes comets to orbit the Sun.
Specification Point 8.5 - Describe the differences in the orbits of comets, moons and planets.
Specification Point 8.6 - Use the relationship between orbital speed, orbital radius and time period.
Complete set of Chapter 8 Lectures are available.
Complete set of concise, modern presentations for Edexcel IGCSE Physics (4PH1) Chapter 7 - Radioactivity. Contains colour coded specification points. Three presentations included:
28 - Radioactivity Part 1
29 - Radioactivity Part 2
30 - Fission and Fusion
Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format:
Specification Point 7.17 - Know that nuclear reactions, including fission, fusion and radioactive decay, can be a source of energy.
Specification Point 7.18 - Understand how a nucleus of U-235 can be split by collision with a neutron, and that this process releases energy as kinetic energy of the fission products.
Specification Point 7.19 -Know that the fission of U-235 produces two radioactive daughter nuclei and a small number of neutrons.
Specification Point 7.20 - Describe how a chain reaction can be set up if the neutrons produced by one fission strike other U-235 nuclei.
Specification Point 7.21 - Describe the role played by the control rods and moderator in the fission process.
Specification Point 7.22 - Understand the role of shielding around a nuclear reactor.
Specification Point 7.23 - Explain the difference between nuclear fusion and nuclear fission.
Specification Point 7.24 - Describe nuclear fusion as the creation of larger nuclei resulting in a loss of mass from smaller nuclei, accompanied by a release of energy.
Specification Point 7.25 - Know that fusion is the energy source for stars.
Specification Point 7.26 - Explain why nuclear fusion does not happen at low temperatures and pressures, due to electrostatic repulsion of protons.
Complete set of Chapter 7 Lectures are available.
