Revision Summaries for

End-of-Year 10

Examinations

May 2016

This booklet provides summaries of the subject content to be revised in each

of the subjects for this year’s end-of-year internal examinations. In many

cases, it will be supplemented by material given out in lessons and placed

on Firefly. We hope that it will be useful for students and also for parents in

providing support.

Year 10 Mathematics

You need to revise all of the topics covered this year. You should use the notes provided, your own workbook and the video resources available from the subject Firefly page to revise from. Further videos are available on the Year 10 playlist from the ‘ccbmaths’ youtube channel. If you are missing notes on any of the following topics speak to your teacher as soon as possible.

Use the self-analysis checklist as you revise and seek help when needed!

Useful Websites:

1) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRKwiW9dBk-8aqWK2EGxmQA/playlists 2) http://www.mymaths.co.uk/ 3) http://studymaths.co.uk/workoutMenu.php?type=all 4) https://www.khanacademy.org/exercisedashboard

In summary the Year 10 exam, this will cover the following topics (The topics marked with an * require formula to be learnt):

- Probability & Estimation* - Decimals, Fractions and Percentages

- Compound Interest - Money Calculations/Tax

- Circle* - Pythagoras’ Theorem* & Basic Trigonometry*

- Ratio - Equations

- Trial and Improvement - Indices, HCF, LCM

- Expanding Brackets - Factorising

- Directed Numbers - Formulae & nth term

- Properties of Quadrilaterals - Summary Statistics (list of numbers or frequency table)*

- Statistical Diagrams (label) - Angles & Polygons*

- Bearings - Mensuration of standard shapes ie triangle*

- Cumulative Frequency Graphs - Volume*

Students who also wish to do Further Maths GCSE should ensure they are able to complete the harder questions from the above topics and also cover the following topics:

o Probability (AND/OR)

o Equations with fractions

o Simultaneous Equations

o Compound Interest

o Reverse Percentages

o Expanding Quadratics

o Factorising Quadratics

o Inequalities

Topic Need to Know OK Un-

sure

Don’t

know

1 Probability

Find the probability of an event

Find the probability of an event NOT happening

Use possibility space tables for 2 events

Estimate the number of times an event should happen

Draw a tree diagram

Calculate probabilities using a tree diagram

P(A) =

Make a table

E(A) = probability x n

AND means multiply

OR means add

2 Fractions

Find the probability of an event

Find equivalent fractions and simplify fractions

Find a fraction of a quantity

Convert between mixed numbers and improper fractions

Add and Subtract Fractions

Add and Subtract Mixed Numbers

Multiply fractions (basic)

Divide Fractions (basic)

Multiply Fractions

Multiply Mixed Numbers

Divide Fractions

Divide Mixed Numbers

Find the reciprocal of a number

Perform fraction calculations with mixed operations

Common Denominator Do whole Numbers First

Times Top, Times bottom (cancel)

Improper Fractions

Turn upside down and multiply

Fraction and Flip

3 Percentages

Equivalents you should know

Interchange fractions, decimals and percentages

Write one value as a percentage of another

Find the percentage of an amount

Express one quantity as a percentage of another

Increase or decrease an amount by a given percentage using basic technique

Increase or decrease an amount using a multiplying factor

Compound interest

Find the original Amount

Work out income tax

Decimal x Amount

i/e 4% increase, mf = 1.04

4 Algebra 1

Basic construction of a formula

BODMAS

Understanding terminology such as ‘simplify’, ‘calculate’.

Multiply out brackets

Substitute into formula

Simplify expressions

Multiplication using directed number

Factorise expressions

Solve linear Equations

Trial & Improvement

Solve Simultaneous Equations

Solve Equations with Fractions

Rearrange Formula

Form Equations

Trap and Test mid-point Eliminate Common term Common Denominator i.e. 4 more than x is x+4 3 lots of this is 3(x+4)

5 Summary Statistics

Make a simple frequency table

Calculate averages from a list of numbers – mean, median, mode.

Find the range.

Summarise and Compare Data

Draw a Frequency diagram

Draw a Frequency polygon

Find the mean, median & mode from a Frequency table.

Estimate the mean, median & modal group from a Grouped Frequency table.

Mean:

Median: In order. Middle =

Mode: Most Common Range: Biggest – smallest Labels, scale (Like a bar chart, no gaps) Plot mid point Add extra columns

Mean:

Median: Middle =

Find the mid point

6 Ratio

Simplify ratios

Write ratios as fractions

Use ratios to find unknown quantities

Divide a quantity in a given ratio

Write a map ratio as a ratio (vice versa)

Solve problems with direct proportion

Covert between metric and imperial quantities ie miles and km, lbs and kg

Convert money using exchange rate

Solve problems using direct and inverse proportion

Same units Cross Multiply Find total number of parts Cross Multiply

7 Measure

Find the perimeter of simple shapes

Carry out conversions between area units

Find the perimeter/area of compound shapes

Using ratio to solve problems

Convert different metric units

Convert Imperial and metric

(Must know : 5miles = 8 km, 1kg = 2.2 lbs,

1gallon = 4.5 l)

Find the area of rectangles and triangles

Find the area of parallelograms and trapeziums

Find the area of compound shapes involving the shapes considered so far

Find the Circumference and Area of a Circle

Working back using the various formulae

8 Statistical Diagrams

Collect and display Data

Compare Different Diagrams ie Pie Chart

Understand the information on a Frequency Diagram

Draw and interpret Pie charts, Line graphs,

Scattergraphs, Flow Charts, Two way tables, Stem & Leaf diagrams.

Draw and interpret cumulative frequency diagrams and box plots

Labels, Frequency on vertical axis

Angle size:

Correlation, Estimation lines Code Plot end points

9 Integers and Indices

Write numbers in index form

Write numbers as product of primes

Find the HCF and LCM of given numbers

Recognise a number written in Index Form (*Positive and Negative Indices)

Understand the rules of Indices; Multiplying

Dividing

Understand the power zero (and power 1)

Use the power raised to a power rule

Understand basic Fractional Indices.

To be able to evaluate Maximum and Minimum of ‘rounded’ continuous data

Understand how to write numbers in standard Form

Write standard form as ordinary numbers

Use non calculator techniques for calculations in standard form

Add Indices

Subtract Indices

a0 = 1, a1 = a,

a x 10x

10 &

11

Geometry

Identify types of angle ie. Right, acute, obtuse, reflex.

Use a protractor to measure or draw an angle.

Estimate the size of an angle.

Use the following angle tools:- Vertically opposite angles, Supplementary angles, Angles at a point, Angles in a triangle.

Define parallel lines and perpendicular lines.

Use the following parallel line angle tools:- Corresponding angles, Alternate angles, Interior (allied) angles.

Identify types of quadrilateral

Recognise congruent shapes

Use properties of polygons

Use Regular polygon tools

Recognise and Find bearings

Use back bearings

See things you should know Use angle tools to find angles until you find the one you want. F – same size Z – same size U – add up to 180

o

See things you should know Ext + Int = 180

o

Sum of Interior = (n-2) x 180 Sum of Exterior = 360

o

Ext

3 figures, From N, clockwise Add or subtract 180

o

12 Pythagoras

Identify the hypotenuse in a right angled triangle

Find the hypotenuse using Pythagoras’ theorem

Use the 3,4, 5 Pythagorean triple

Find one of the shorter sides

Finding the lengths in an isosceles triangle

Use the converse of Pythagoras’ Theorem

Find distance between 2 points

a

2 + b

2 = c

2

SSSSS Split into 2 Right angled triangles

13 Trigonometry

Find an angle in a right angled triangle given any 2 sides, given sin cos tan

Find any side in a right angled triangle given an angle and 1 other side.

Find length of side with letter on the bottom

Use ‘Shift’ on calculator SOH CAH TOA

cos 35 rewrite as:

x

14 Sequences

Find a rule for linear sequences ie nth term

Find missing values in a sequence

i.e. 3n + 4 1

st term, n =1, 2

nd term, n = 2 etc

4n means 4 x n

15 Straight Line graphs

Name and plot horizontal and vertical lines

Plot and recognise the lines y = x & y = -x

Plot a straight line graph using a table of values.

Solve simultaneous equations graphically

Find the mid point of a line

Find the gradient of a line

Use the formula y = mx + c to plot equation

Recognise c as the value where line crosses the y axis.

Recognise m as the gradient.

M = rise/run Use 2 points on line

16 Volumes

Convert different metric units

Convert Imperial and metric

Find the area of rectangles and triangles

Find the area of parallelograms and trapeziums

Find the area of compound shapes involving the shapes considered so far

Find the Circumference And Area of a Circle

Working back using the various formulae

Find the Volume of a cuboid, cube, prism, cylinder

Find volume of basic compound shapes

Find the surface area of a cuboid

Working back using the various formulae

Learn formulae. See things you should know. C = π x d, A= π x r

2

17 Algebra 2

Multiply out brackets

Expand double brackets and simplify

Recognise the difference between two squares

Distinguish between expressions, identities and equations

Watch out! i) Sign in front is part of number ie -4 ii) Indices iii) Multiplication lines

18 Algebra 3

Factorise Expressions

Factorise basic Quadratic Expressions

Recognise the difference between two squares

Factorise Harder Quadratic expressions

Solve Quadratic Equations by Factorising

Brackets Double Brackets (x + 4)(x – 3) = 0

19 Equations and Inequalities

Solve equations with fractions

Solve equations with decimals

Solve harder equations with fractions

Form and Solve harder equations involving brackets

Do basic algebraic calculations

State what an integer is

Solve inequalities

Solve problems involving two inequalities

Illustrate inequalities on a number line

An Integer is a whole number

Year 10 English

The exam will be made up of a speaking and listening task, a reading task and a writing task.

Speaking and listening

1. Ensure you prepare your ideas thoroughly and have made good notes to help you

2. In the discussion make certain that you:

- are focussed and listening at all times

- explain your points of view clearly

- be as detailed and mature as possible

- ask questions

- ask others to get involved if they are quiet

- come to an agreement

Reading and Writing

1. Pay close attention to class discussions of the skills that are required

2. Ensure that practice exercises are completed to the best of your ability

3. Think carefully about the errors you make in practice to ensure that you learn from the

experience

A crucial aspect in completing the writing task successfully is writing accurately in terms of

spelling, punctuation and grammar. You can practise this by writing short passages (15-20

minutes) at home and then carefully checking them for accuracy.

Year 10 Religious Education

Pupils will need to know the Core Content on each of the Coversheets they have studied this

year. This includes Keywords and the Key Questions.

Topics Studied

Followers of Jesus – Stephen and Persecution

Followers of Jesus – Paul (Meeting God)

Reformation

Each student has been given his own copy. If any of these have been lost, then a copy

can be viewed in the Religious Studies section of Firefly

Year 10 Biology

Biodiversity

o Adaptations o Photosynthesis o Food chains and webs o Competition o Classification o Global warming

Body Systems

o Animal & Plant cells o Microscopes o Specialised cells o 7 Life processes o Main body systems & organs

Diseases

o Bacteria, viruses and fungi o How the body protects itself o Vaccinations o Immunity o Uses of microbes

DNA & Variation

o Structure of DNA o Variation o Evolution

Drugs

o Effects of Alcohol, Smoking and Cannabis

Year 10 Chemistry

The Year 10 Chemistry Examination will cover the following sections.

The first three booklets

1. Types of Chemical Reactions

Understand what is meant by the term decomposition.

Define the terms oxidation and reduction.

Apply the concept of oxidation and reduction to unfamiliar reactions.

Write a word equation for the thermal decomposition of limestone

List three observations when calcium oxide reacts with water.

Define the terms renewable and non-renewable

List observations to determine the products of a chemical reaction of an acid with metal, carbonate and alkali.

Give the general reactions of an acid with a metal, an alkali (or base) and a carbonate.

Apply the general reactions of acids to unfamiliar reactions.

Define the terms endothermic and exothermic

Apply knowledge of the different types of chemical reactions to word equations.

2. Atomic Structure

List the names and properties of three particles which make up the structure of the atom.

Deduce the number of protons, neutrons and electrons in an atom given the Atomic and Mass numbers.

Determine the electronic configuration of an atom.

Draw a representation of an atom from the information provided in the Periodic Table.

Give a definition for the term an isotope.

Explain that chemical reactions involve atoms changing the number of electrons and represent how the structure of two atoms changes when they react together—simple examples only.

Give a definition of what is meant by the term “formula”

Deduce the formula of a substance

State if an equation is balanced or unbalanced by examining the formula on either side of the equation.

Balance equations by adding the appropriate numbers on either side of the equation.

3. Separating Techniques

Recognise hazard symbols and the appropriate care that must be taken

Define the terms elements and compounds

Apply knowledge of separating techniques to practically separate a variety of mixtures such as Iron and Sulfur.

Explain different separation techniques and be able to apply them when separating mixtures

Identify the states of matter and state the changes of state

Classify substances based in their chemical properties

Year 10 French

Speaking – questions will be given out and prepared in class

Writing task – will also be prepared in class.

Boys should use vocabulary lists to revise for each topic area. Remember to revise KS3 vocabulary as well.

Topic 1 En Forme

Parts of the body

sport and fitness

at the doctor’s/at the chemist’s

avoir mal à

verb avoir and expressions with avoir

revision of adjectives and adjectival agreement

direct object pronouns

imperative of regualr verbs

dormir – present tense

future with aller

Topic 2 La ville, les pays, les voyage, les transports

places in town

Asking for and giving directions

Countries/languages/adjectives of nationality

Means of transport

Leisure activities/accepting and declining invitations

environmental issues

perfect tense with avoir and être

modal verbs – pouvoir and vouloir

Il faut + infinitive

present tense of irregular verbs – aller/venir/partir/sortir

Topic 3 A l’horizon/Moi dans le monde

future plans

jobs

opinions about work

advantages of learning languages

ambitions for the future

rights and priorities

shopping

Question forms

near future – future with aller

irregular verbs – prendre and faire

je voudrais + infinitive

avoir le droit de

Year 10 German

GRAMMAR

forms of be

forms of have

verb endings

was/were

present tense

the perfect tense

accusative /dative

gern/nicht gern/lieber/ am liebsten

must

plural of nouns

weil sentences

possessive adjectives

Topics and Vocabulary

Meeting and greeting people

Age and birthday

Talking about where you went on holiday

Places to stay

The weather

Going shopping

Food and drinks

Shops and what you can buy

Pocket money

Numbers and Prices

TV programmes

Films

talking about past events

Saying what you like to prefer

12 hours clock

health issues

the parts of body

illnesses/ complaints

Year 10 Spanish

Topics and Vocabulary

Topic 1 – Mira 2 Unidad 1 - People

Talk about activities

Describe friends using adjectives

Describe celebrities

Daily routine

Understand nationalities

Express opinions

Compare things using más…que

Time phrases

Topic 2 – Mira 2 Unidad 2 – Going out

Talk about places in a town

Present tense/Future tense

Invite someone to go out

Make excuses

Say what someone else likes/dislikes

Verbs ‘Querer’ and ‘Poder’

Topic 3 – Mira 2 Unidad 3 - Holidays

Say where you went on holiday last year (countries)

Say how you travelled (transport)

Say what you did on holiday (activities)

Say what your holiday was like (opinions and descriptions)

The Preterite Tense

Topic 4 – Mira 2 Unidad 4 - Food

Talk about mealtimes

Shopping for food and drinks

Talk about a past meal (Preterite tense)

Food/drink likes and dislikes

Future tense

Numbers 100-1000

Year 10 Geography

Done

Climate

- 4 climate factors

- Britain’s weather

- difference between high and low pressure

- types of rainfall

- making and using climate graphs

- ecosystem definition

- equatorial climate

- rainforests

- people and the rainforest

- destruction of the rainforest

Restless Earth

- 3 types of rock and examples

- structure of the Earth

- theory of Plate Tectonics

- causes of volcanoes and earthquakes

- effects of volcanoes

- case-study of Mt Etna

- effects of earthquakes

- case-study of San Francisco

- comparison with management of an LEDC earthquake (India)

Development

- what is Development

- how can development be measured

- why development is not evenly spread around the world

- population growth in LEDCs and MEDCs

- employment structure in LEDCs and MEDCs

- trade between LEDCs and MEDCs

- different types of aid

Year 10 History

You will need to know: World War One Causes of World War One

The short term triggers and long term factors leading to World War One

Whether Germany was to blame for World War one? The Battle of the Somme

The main plan & events of the Battle of the Somme

The debate surrounding the battle - was it a success or failure?

How is general Haig remembered – is his reputation fair The end of World War One

The events in 1918 that lead to German calls for an Armistice.

The economic, territorial and military terms of the Treaty of Versailles EITHER Germany 1919 – 1923

Reactions in Germany to the end of World War One and the Treaty of Versailles

The political and economic problems faced by the founders of the Weimar Republic.

Hitler and the early Nazis OR The Development of Technology in the 20th Century Bombing in World War Two

The causes of bombing in World War Two

Factors behind the development of bombing

Discussion of the effectiveness of bombing during World War Two including arguments both for and against.

Skills

Read and understand sources including historical terms

Explain the content of sources

Explain why sources might suggest different things about the same event given author, audience, time or place.

Test the reliability of sources based on a good understanding of the past.

Make judgements about the value of a source in answering a question about an event that happened in the past.

Show understanding of chronology and consider cause and effect/ continuity and change over an extended period of time.

Write using appropriate spelling punctuation and grammar.

Year 10 Home Economics

Basic food preparation booklet Reading a recipe booklet Healthy Eating booklet Learning through play booklet Fast food booklet

Year 10 ICT Internet and Social media safety

• Social media and online media safety • Dangers online Scratch and Gaming

Hand out on computer game development – to be distributed in class The following aspects of MS Scratch (see both booklets distributed in class) • Sprites and stages • Adding sprites to games • Animating sprites • Duplicating sprites • Adding sounds to games • Repeating actions • Running games in scratch • Controlling sprites with key presses • Adding landscapes to games • Creating backgrounds • How to use the following control tabs in scratch

o Motion o Looks o Sound o Pen o Control o Sensing o Operators o Variables Web design and HTML development

Hand out on web design – to be distributed in class HTML website development The following concepts from HTML practicals from http://bringitonni.info/coding/ • Writing HTML 5 in notepad++ • Understanding and using tags • Inserting images in HTML5 • Inserting hyperlinks in HTML5 • Adding lists to web pages • Adding input fields and buttons to a page • Dividing up a web page • Adding audio to a web page • Understanding attributes • Adding a head section and title to your page Under the hood - hand out to be distributed in class

Year 10 Physics

Topic

Experimental Techniques

1. Fair tests and Variables 2. Reasons for error and uncertainty 3. Accuracy and Precision 4. Data-logging (Temperature, Light, Light Gates and Motion

Sensors)

Graphs

1. Scales on axes 2. Plotting points 3. Lines / Curves of best fit

Forces

1. Balanced and Unbalanced forces - the effects of a force 2. Friction 3. Air Resistance e.g. parachutes 4. Pressure, including Fluid (air and water) Pressure 5. Moments 6. Pulleys 7. Gears

Energy

1. Forms of energy 2. Energy conservation / useful & wasted 3. Generating Electricity 4. Nuclear Power - Fission 5. Nuclear Bomb 6. Nuclear Fusion in the sun

Motion

1. Speed & Average Speed 2. Distance - Time Graphs

Sound and Waves

1. Transverse and Longitudinal Waves 2. Frequency and Wavelength (descriptive) 3. Pitch and Loudness (Amplitude)

Check out all the resources @

https://campbell.fireflycloud.net/sciences/physics/ks-3-physics-year-10

Year 10 Technology & Design

Electronics

Pupils should be familiar with the electronic components that were used in the circuit for the MP3 speaker.

Purpose of a IC holder

Know what an IC is used for and what a PCB is.

Know how to decipher the colour codes on resistors.

Be aware of the safety precautions when soldering.

What the composition of solder is.

Units of measurement for resistance and capacitance.

Materials

Know about the 2 main types of natural woods and know examples of them.

Know about manufactured boards.

Know about the 3 main types of metals and know examples of them.

Know about the 2 main types of plastics and know examples of them.

Know how to bend metal.

Know how to line bend plastic.

Know the stages to putting a good finish on a piece of plastic.

Be aware of environmental implication related to plastics.

Tools

Know about the following tools, how to use them when they are used:

Soldering Iron Tenon saw Coping saw Line bender

Snips Glue gun Metal folding

CADCAM

Know what the following initials mean: CAD, CAM, CNC

Know the advantages of these operations compared to old fashioned methods.

Designing

Know the relevant areas to undertake when designing a product.

Know how to write a product specification

Communicate your designs (use drawings, annotations, colour and rendering )

Be able to draw in isometric 3D drawing.

NOTE – Please bring drawing equipment and colouring pencils to the exam.