Life Systems
       Interactions within Ecosystems

• Living and Non-living elements in an ecosystem
• Populations of organisms within an ecosystem and the factors that contribute to their survival in that ecosystem
• Roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in food chains and their effects on the environment
  Importance of microorganisms in recycling organic matter
  Micro-organisms as beneficial and/or harmful
• Food webs and the role of Food chains in an ecosystem
• The process of carbon cycling and water in the Biosphere
• Natural communities within ecosystems and changes that can affect animal
  and plant populations
• Ecological succession in a local ecosystem

Matter and Materials
      Pure substances and Mixtures

• Mechanical mixtures and Solutions
• Concentration of a solution in qualitative terms and in quantitative terms
• Particle Theory as scientific model
• Pure substances and mixtures using the particle theory
• Factors that affect solubility and the rate at which substances dissolve
• Saturated and unsaturated solutions
• Solutes and solvents in various kinds of solutions

Energy and Control
      Heat

• Concept of temperature and heat
• Motions of particles in a solid, a liquid, and a gas using the particle theory;
• Transmission of Heat by conduction, convection, and radiation in
  solids, liquids, and gases
• Absorption of radiant heat by various surfaces
• Effect of heating and cooling on the volume of a solid, a liquid, and a gas;
• Factors affecting the rate of temperature change using a constant heat source
• Effect of heat on the motion of particles and changes of state occur
• Heat capacities of common materials
• Sensory inputs and feedbacks
• Devices that minimize energy transfer

Structures and Mechanisms
      Structural strength and Stability

• Structures as solid structures, frame structures, or shell structures
• Determining the stability or instability of a structure by position of the centre of gravity
• Structure that are affected by forces outside the structure
• Measure the performance of a structure by comparing its mass with the mass of the load it supports

Earth and Space Systems
The Earth's crust

• Composition of the earth's crust
• Classify rocks and minerals according to their characteristics and method of formation
• Rocks and minerals and describe the differences in their composition
• Geological processes involved in rock and mineral formations
• Rock cycle
• Process of soil formation by relating the various meteorological, geological and biological processes involved
• Using simulations or models, the processes involved in mountain formation
  and in the folding and faulting of the earth’s surface
• Evidence of geological changes (e.g., fossils, strata);
• Using simulations or models, the origin and history of natural features of the local landscape
• Causes of some natural events that occur on or near the earth’s surface and their effects

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