Specification at a glance
This qualification is linear. Linear means that students will sit all their exams at the end of the course.
Subject content
Biology
- 1. Cell biology
- 2. Organisation
- 3. Infection and response
- 4. Bioenergetics
- 5. Homeostasis and response
- 6. Inheritance, variation and evolution
- 7. Ecology
Chemistry
- 8. Atomic structure and the periodic table
- 9. Bonding, structure, and the properties of matter
- 10. Quantitative chemistry
- 11. Chemical changes
- 12. Energy changes
- 13. The rate and extent of chemical change
- 14. Organic chemistry
- 15. Chemical analysis
- 16. Chemistry of the atmosphere
- 17. Using resources
Physics
- 18. Energy
- 19. Electricity
- 20. Particle model of matter
- 21. Atomic structure
- 22. Forces
- 23. Waves
- 24. Magnetism and electromagnetism
Assessments
There are six papers: two biology, two chemistry and two physics. Each of the papers will assess knowledge and understanding from distinct topic areas.
Biology Paper 1 |
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What's assessed Biology topics 1–4: Cell Biology; Organisation; Infection and response; and Bioenergetics. |
How it's assessed
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Questions Multiple choice, structured, closed short answer, and open response. |
Biology Paper 2 |
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What's assessed Biology topics 5–7: Homeostasis and response; Inheritance, variation and evolution; and Ecology. |
How it's assessed
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Questions Multiple choice, structured, closed short answer, and open response. |
Chemistry Paper 1 |
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What's assessed Chemistry topics 8–12: Atomic structure and the periodic table; Bonding, structure, and the properties of matter; Quantitative chemistry; Chemical changes; and Energy changes. |
How it's assessed
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Questions Multiple choice, structured, closed short answer, and open response. |
Chemistry Paper 2 |
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What's assessed Chemistry topics 13–17: The rate and extent of chemical change; Organic chemistry; Chemical analysis; Chemistry of the atmosphere; and Using resources. |
How it's assessed
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Questions Multiple choice, structured, closed short answer, and open response. |
Physics Paper 1 |
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What's assessed Physics topics 18–21: Energy; Electricity; Particle model of matter; and Atomic structure. |
How it's assessed
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Questions Multiple choice, structured, closed short answer, and open response. |
Physics Paper 2 |
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What's assessed Physics topics 22–24: Forces; Waves; and Magnetism and electromagnetism |
How it's assessed
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Questions Multiple choice, structured, closed short answer, and open response. |