Year 10 · Science · Science understanding
AC9S10U05
investigate Newton’s laws of motion and quantitatively analyse the relationship between force, mass and acceleration of objects
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Taught alongside it
The rest of Science understanding in Year 10.
explain the role of meiosis and mitosis and the function of chromosomes, DNA and genes in heredity and predict patterns of Mendelian inheritance
AC9S10U02use the theory of evolution by natural selection to explain past and present diversity and analyse the scientific evidence supporting the theory
AC9S10U03describe how the big bang theory models the origin and evolution of the universe and analyse the supporting evidence for the theory
AC9S10U04use models of energy flow between the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere to explain patterns of global climate change
AC9S10U06explain how the structure and properties of atoms relate to the organisation of the elements in the periodic table
AC9S10U07identify patterns in synthesis, decomposition and displacement reactions and investigate the factors that affect reaction rates
The same idea, year by year
Where AC9S10U05 comes from and where it goes, for a student working below or above Year 10.
- Year 9AC9S9U01compare the role of body systems in regulating and coordinating the body’s response to a stimulus, and describe the operation of a negative feedback mechanism
- Year 9AC9S9U02describe the form and function of reproductive cells and organs in animals and plants, and analyse how the processes of sexual and asexual reproduction enable survival of the species
- Year 9AC9S9U03represent the carbon cycle and examine how key processes including combustion, photosynthesis and respiration rely on interactions between Earth’s spheres (the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere)
- Year 9AC9S9U04use wave and particle models to describe energy transfer through different mediums and examine the usefulness of each model for explaining phenomena
- Year 9AC9S9U05apply the law of conservation of energy to analyse system efficiency in terms of energy inputs, outputs, transfers and transformations
- Year 9AC9S9U06explain how the model of the atom changed following the discovery of electrons, protons and neutrons and describe how natural radioactive decay results in stable atoms
- Year 9AC9S9U07model the rearrangement of atoms in chemical reactions using a range of representations, including word and simple balanced chemical equations, and use these to demonstrate the law of conservation of mass
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