Unit Award Scheme

shown knowledge of

1. what an atom and an element are and the approximate numbers of metals and non-metals in the Periodic Table

2. the names of at least two compounds and at least two word equations for reactions of metals and non metals

3. what the three states of matter are and how each can be represented by models of particles

4. why the two forms of carbon, diamond and graphite, have different physical properties

5. at least three ways in which mixtures of different substances can be separated

6. one way in which paper chromatography can be used to separate mixtures and help identify substances

7. what an ore is and one advantage and one disadvantage each of mining ores and of recycling metals

8. at least one property and one related use of copper, aluminium and iron

9. what an alloy is and one example of why an alloy may be more useful than a pure metal

10. the name of one polymer and one property which enables it to have many uses.