• KS3
    • Year 7 Physics >
      • Physmath >
        • 1 Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying & Dividing
        • 2 Fractions and Percentages
        • 3 Ratios, Reciprocals and Rounding
        • 4 Interpreting Charts
        • 5 Interpreting Graphs
        • 6 Making Estimations
        • 7 Units
        • 8 Unit Prefixes
        • 9 Rearranging equations
      • Energy >
        • 1 What is Energy
        • 2 Conservation & Energy Transfer
        • 3 Chemical & Thermal Energy
        • 4 Light & Sound Energy
        • 5 Gravitational & Elastic Energy
        • 6 Kinetic Energy
        • 7 Electrical Energy
        • 8 Electrical Generators
        • 9 Non-Renewable Energy Resources
        • 10 Renewable Energy Resources
        • 11 Cost of Electricity
        • 12 Revision
        • 13 End of Topic Test
        • 14 Review End of Topic Test
        • 15 Extension 1 - Work Done
        • 16 Extension 2 - Power
      • Electricity >
        • 1 Electrons
        • 2 Static Electricity
        • 3 Circuit Symbols
        • 4 Series Circuits
        • 5 Current
        • 6 Voltage
        • 7 Resistance
        • 8 Parallel Circuits
        • 9 Series vs Parallel Part 1
        • 10 Series vs Parallel Part 2
        • 11 Investigation Part 1
        • 12 Investigation Part 2
        • 13 Fuses & RCDs
        • 14 End of Topic Test
        • 15 Review End of Topic Test
      • Magnetism
    • Year 8 Physics >
      • Sound >
        • 1. Sound Waves
        • 2. Speed of Sound
        • 3. Echoes and Sonar
        • 4. Sound Calculations
        • 5. How we hear Sound
        • 6. Amplitude & Decibels
        • 7. Investigating Volume Part 1
        • 8. Investigating Volume Part 2
        • 9. Leveled Assessment
        • 10. Review Leveled Assessment
        • 11. Frequency and Hearing range
        • 12. Doppler Effect
        • 13. Ultrasound
        • 14. End of Topic Test
        • 15. Review End of Topic Test
      • Light >
        • 1 How Light Travels
        • 2 Opaque, Transparent Translucent
        • 3 Mirrors & Reflection
        • 4 Bending light, Refraction
        • 5 Light Investigation Part 1
        • 6 Light Investigation Part 2
        • 7 Spectrum, Splitting light, Prisms
        • 8 The Eye
        • 9 Colour
        • 10 Levelled Assessment Optics
        • 11 Review Levelled Assessment
        • 12 Shadows and Eclipses
        • 13 Concave and convex lenses
        • 14 End of Topic Test
        • 15 Reflection on End of Topic Test
      • Gravity
      • Thermal >
        • 1 Temperature
        • 2 Conduction
        • 3 Convection
        • 4 Radiation
        • 5 Particles & Heat Transfer
        • 6 Saving Heat
        • 7 Heat loss from the home
        • 8 U Values
        • 9 Thermometers
        • 10 Temperature Scales
        • 11 Boiling Points & Melting Points
        • 12 Expansion
        • 13 Heat in Space
        • 14 Specific Heat Capacity
        • 15 End of Topic Assessment
    • Year 9 Chemistry >
      • Metals 1 >
        • 1 Physical Properties of Metals
        • ​2 Chemical properties of metals
        • 3 Suitability of metals to their job
        • 4 Methods for making salts
        • 5 Particle Equations
        • 6 Levelled Assessment
        • 7 Reflection lesson for Levelled Assessment
        • 8 Metals with acids and their reactivities
        • 9 Metal oxides and acids
        • 10 Reaction Practical Part 1
        • 11 Reaction Practical Part 2
        • 12 Metal carbonates and acids 1
        • 13 Metal Carbonates and Acids 2
        • 14 Metal Salts in Society
        • 15 Revision
        • 16 Mid Topic Test
        • 17 Review Mid Topic Test
      • Metals 2 >
        • 18 Rusting & Corrosion
        • 19 Patterns of Metal Reacticity
        • 20 Reactivity Series
        • 21 Tests for gases
        • 22 Displacement theory
        • 23 ​Displacement Practical Part 1
        • 24 Displacement Practical Part 2
        • 25 Level Assessed Task
        • 26 Review Levelled Assessment
        • 27 Methods of Metal Extraction 1
        • 28 Methods of Metal Extraction 2
        • 29 End of Topic Test
        • 30 Review End of Topic Test
      • The Earth 1 >
        • 1 Structure of the Earth
        • 2. Alfred Wegener
        • 3. Earthquakes
        • 4. Volcanoes
        • 5. Igneous Rocks 1
        • 6. Igneous Rocks 2
        • 7. Weathering
        • 8. Sedimentary Rocks
        • 9. Fossils
        • 10. Metamorphic Rocks 1
        • 11. Metamorphic Rocks 2
        • 12. The Whole Rock Cycle
        • 13. Levelled Assessment
        • 14. Mid Topic Test
        • 15. Review Mid Topic Test
      • The Earth 2 >
        • 16. Ores
        • 17. Quarrying
        • 18. Quarrying Debate
        • 19. The Atmosphere
        • 20. Distillation of Air
        • 21. Combustion
        • 22. Combustion Practical Part 1
        • 23. Combustion Practical Part 2
        • 24. Global Warming
        • 25. Acid Rain
        • 26. Carbon Monoxide
        • 27. Global Dimming
        • 28. Man & the Environment
        • 29. End of Topic Test
        • 30. Review End of Topic Test
      • iGCSE Chemistry Taster Day
  • iGCSE
    • 1. The Particulate nature of matter >
      • 1.1 Solids, Liquids & Gases
      • 1.2 Changes of State
      • 1.3 Diffusion & Brownian Motion
    • 2. Experimental Techniques >
      • 2.1 Measurement
      • 2.2.1 Criteria of purity
      • 2.2.2 Methods of purification
    • 3. Atoms, elements and compounds
    • 4. Stoichiometry
    • 5. Electricity and Chemistry
    • 6. Chemical Energetics
    • 7. Chemical Reactions >
      • 7.1 Physical & Chemical Changes
      • 7.2 Rates of Reaction
      • 7.3 Reversible Reactions
      • 7.4 Redox Reactions
    • 8. Acids, Bases and Salts >
      • 4 Methods for making salts
    • 9. The Periodic Table
    • 10. Metals
    • 11. Air and Water
    • 12. Sulfur
    • 13. Carbonates
    • 14. Organic Chemistry
    • iGCSE Mock Data Analysis
  • International A level
    • UNIT 1: THE CORE PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY - INCOMPLETE
    • UNIT 2: APPLICATION OF THE CORE PRINCIPLES - INCOMPLETE
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1. The Particulate nature of matter​

Everything is made of particles and we have been talking about particles since year 7, but in year 10 we are expected to explain the behaviour of things like solids, liquids and gases by explaining how they are arranged and how they move.

They can ask a wide variety of questions and expect you to explain what is happening to the particles. You should also be familiar with more complicated examples that do not fit the normal model; including but not limited to smoke, gels and solutions.

Note: Make sure you know what is meant by a fluid - both gases and liquids are fluids.
 

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  • KS3
    • Year 7 Physics >
      • Physmath >
        • 1 Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying & Dividing
        • 2 Fractions and Percentages
        • 3 Ratios, Reciprocals and Rounding
        • 4 Interpreting Charts
        • 5 Interpreting Graphs
        • 6 Making Estimations
        • 7 Units
        • 8 Unit Prefixes
        • 9 Rearranging equations
      • Energy >
        • 1 What is Energy
        • 2 Conservation & Energy Transfer
        • 3 Chemical & Thermal Energy
        • 4 Light & Sound Energy
        • 5 Gravitational & Elastic Energy
        • 6 Kinetic Energy
        • 7 Electrical Energy
        • 8 Electrical Generators
        • 9 Non-Renewable Energy Resources
        • 10 Renewable Energy Resources
        • 11 Cost of Electricity
        • 12 Revision
        • 13 End of Topic Test
        • 14 Review End of Topic Test
        • 15 Extension 1 - Work Done
        • 16 Extension 2 - Power
      • Electricity >
        • 1 Electrons
        • 2 Static Electricity
        • 3 Circuit Symbols
        • 4 Series Circuits
        • 5 Current
        • 6 Voltage
        • 7 Resistance
        • 8 Parallel Circuits
        • 9 Series vs Parallel Part 1
        • 10 Series vs Parallel Part 2
        • 11 Investigation Part 1
        • 12 Investigation Part 2
        • 13 Fuses & RCDs
        • 14 End of Topic Test
        • 15 Review End of Topic Test
      • Magnetism
    • Year 8 Physics >
      • Sound >
        • 1. Sound Waves
        • 2. Speed of Sound
        • 3. Echoes and Sonar
        • 4. Sound Calculations
        • 5. How we hear Sound
        • 6. Amplitude & Decibels
        • 7. Investigating Volume Part 1
        • 8. Investigating Volume Part 2
        • 9. Leveled Assessment
        • 10. Review Leveled Assessment
        • 11. Frequency and Hearing range
        • 12. Doppler Effect
        • 13. Ultrasound
        • 14. End of Topic Test
        • 15. Review End of Topic Test
      • Light >
        • 1 How Light Travels
        • 2 Opaque, Transparent Translucent
        • 3 Mirrors & Reflection
        • 4 Bending light, Refraction
        • 5 Light Investigation Part 1
        • 6 Light Investigation Part 2
        • 7 Spectrum, Splitting light, Prisms
        • 8 The Eye
        • 9 Colour
        • 10 Levelled Assessment Optics
        • 11 Review Levelled Assessment
        • 12 Shadows and Eclipses
        • 13 Concave and convex lenses
        • 14 End of Topic Test
        • 15 Reflection on End of Topic Test
      • Gravity
      • Thermal >
        • 1 Temperature
        • 2 Conduction
        • 3 Convection
        • 4 Radiation
        • 5 Particles & Heat Transfer
        • 6 Saving Heat
        • 7 Heat loss from the home
        • 8 U Values
        • 9 Thermometers
        • 10 Temperature Scales
        • 11 Boiling Points & Melting Points
        • 12 Expansion
        • 13 Heat in Space
        • 14 Specific Heat Capacity
        • 15 End of Topic Assessment
    • Year 9 Chemistry >
      • Metals 1 >
        • 1 Physical Properties of Metals
        • ​2 Chemical properties of metals
        • 3 Suitability of metals to their job
        • 4 Methods for making salts
        • 5 Particle Equations
        • 6 Levelled Assessment
        • 7 Reflection lesson for Levelled Assessment
        • 8 Metals with acids and their reactivities
        • 9 Metal oxides and acids
        • 10 Reaction Practical Part 1
        • 11 Reaction Practical Part 2
        • 12 Metal carbonates and acids 1
        • 13 Metal Carbonates and Acids 2
        • 14 Metal Salts in Society
        • 15 Revision
        • 16 Mid Topic Test
        • 17 Review Mid Topic Test
      • Metals 2 >
        • 18 Rusting & Corrosion
        • 19 Patterns of Metal Reacticity
        • 20 Reactivity Series
        • 21 Tests for gases
        • 22 Displacement theory
        • 23 ​Displacement Practical Part 1
        • 24 Displacement Practical Part 2
        • 25 Level Assessed Task
        • 26 Review Levelled Assessment
        • 27 Methods of Metal Extraction 1
        • 28 Methods of Metal Extraction 2
        • 29 End of Topic Test
        • 30 Review End of Topic Test
      • The Earth 1 >
        • 1 Structure of the Earth
        • 2. Alfred Wegener
        • 3. Earthquakes
        • 4. Volcanoes
        • 5. Igneous Rocks 1
        • 6. Igneous Rocks 2
        • 7. Weathering
        • 8. Sedimentary Rocks
        • 9. Fossils
        • 10. Metamorphic Rocks 1
        • 11. Metamorphic Rocks 2
        • 12. The Whole Rock Cycle
        • 13. Levelled Assessment
        • 14. Mid Topic Test
        • 15. Review Mid Topic Test
      • The Earth 2 >
        • 16. Ores
        • 17. Quarrying
        • 18. Quarrying Debate
        • 19. The Atmosphere
        • 20. Distillation of Air
        • 21. Combustion
        • 22. Combustion Practical Part 1
        • 23. Combustion Practical Part 2
        • 24. Global Warming
        • 25. Acid Rain
        • 26. Carbon Monoxide
        • 27. Global Dimming
        • 28. Man & the Environment
        • 29. End of Topic Test
        • 30. Review End of Topic Test
      • iGCSE Chemistry Taster Day
  • iGCSE
    • 1. The Particulate nature of matter >
      • 1.1 Solids, Liquids & Gases
      • 1.2 Changes of State
      • 1.3 Diffusion & Brownian Motion
    • 2. Experimental Techniques >
      • 2.1 Measurement
      • 2.2.1 Criteria of purity
      • 2.2.2 Methods of purification
    • 3. Atoms, elements and compounds
    • 4. Stoichiometry
    • 5. Electricity and Chemistry
    • 6. Chemical Energetics
    • 7. Chemical Reactions >
      • 7.1 Physical & Chemical Changes
      • 7.2 Rates of Reaction
      • 7.3 Reversible Reactions
      • 7.4 Redox Reactions
    • 8. Acids, Bases and Salts >
      • 4 Methods for making salts
    • 9. The Periodic Table
    • 10. Metals
    • 11. Air and Water
    • 12. Sulfur
    • 13. Carbonates
    • 14. Organic Chemistry
    • iGCSE Mock Data Analysis
  • International A level
    • UNIT 1: THE CORE PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY - INCOMPLETE
    • UNIT 2: APPLICATION OF THE CORE PRINCIPLES - INCOMPLETE
  • About
  • Science Week 2016