Year 7 · Science · Science understanding
AC9S7U02
use models, including food webs, to represent matter and energy flow in ecosystems and predict the impact of changing abiotic and biotic factors on populations
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Taught alongside it
The rest of Science understanding in Year 7.
investigate the role of classification in ordering and organising the diversity of life on Earth and use and develop classification tools including dichotomous keys
AC9S7U03model cyclic changes in the relative positions of the Earth, sun and moon and explain how these cycles cause eclipses and influence predictable phenomena on Earth, including seasons and tides
AC9S7U04investigate and represent balanced and unbalanced forces, including gravitational force, acting on objects, and relate changes in an object’s motion to its mass and the magnitude and direction of forces acting on it
AC9S7U05use particle theory to describe the arrangement of particles in a substance, including the motion of and attraction between particles, and relate this to the properties of the substance
AC9S7U06use a particle model to describe differences between pure substances and mixtures and apply understanding of properties of substances to separate mixtures
The same idea, year by year
Where AC9S7U02 comes from and where it goes, for a student working below or above Year 7.
- Year 6AC9S6U01investigate the physical conditions of a habitat and analyse how the growth and survival of living things is affected by changing physical conditions
- Year 6AC9S6U02describe the movement of Earth and other planets relative to the sun and model how Earth’s tilt, rotation on its axis and revolution around the sun relate to cyclic observable phenomena, including variable day and night length
- Year 6AC9S6U03investigate the transfer and transformation of energy in electrical circuits, including the role of circuit components, insulators and conductors
- Year 6AC9S6U04compare reversible changes, including dissolving and changes of state, and irreversible changes, including cooking and rusting that produce new substances
- Year 8AC9S8U01recognise cells as the basic units of living things, compare plant and animal cells, and describe the functions of specialised cell structures and organelles
- Year 8AC9S8U02analyse the relationship between structure and function of cells, tissues and organs in a plant and an animal organ system and explain how these systems enable survival of the individual
- Year 8AC9S8U03investigate tectonic activity including the formation of geological features at divergent, convergent and transform plate boundaries and describe the scientific evidence for the theory of plate tectonics
- Year 8AC9S8U04describe the key processes of the rock cycle, including the timescales over which they occur, and examine how the properties of sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks reflect their formation and influence their use
- Year 8AC9S8U05classify different types of energy as kinetic or potential and investigate energy transfer and transformations in simple systems
- Year 8AC9S8U06classify matter as elements, compounds or mixtures and compare different representations of these, including 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional models, symbols for elements and formulas for molecules and compounds
- Year 8AC9S8U07compare physical and chemical changes and identify indicators of energy change in chemical reactions
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