Y8 Autumn Need To Know
You will be tested on the four topics you have learnt this term (listed below)
There are links to BBC Bitesize and to some Oak Academy lessons. Please use these if there are areas of the topic you found particularly difficult or if there are any lessons you missed.
Other useful resources are:
Revision guides (purchased through WisePay)
Review of Year 7 and Introduction to Year 8
Energy – Work, Heating and Cooling
Recap of the arrangement of particles in solids, liquids and gases
Explanation of energy transfers by conduction, convection and radiation
Definitions of thermal energy and temperature
Explaining why some materials are good thermal insulators
Organisms – Breathing and digestion
To recall the key chemicals the body uses and produces during respiration
To describe how we inhale and exhale
Description of how gases move from our lungs to our blood
Explanation of the ways parts of the lungs are adapted for their function
An understanding of how exercise, smoking and asthma affect lungs
To recall the organs of the digestive system in order
Explanation of how these organs are adapted to do their job
To recall which enzymes break down which foods
To recall the major food groups
An explanation of why we need certain foods in our diet
Bioenergetics – Aerobic and anaerobic respiration; photosynthesis
Revision lesson – photosynthesis
To describe the key chemicals the body uses and produces during aerobic respiration
To explain changes in the body after exercise
To describe anaerobic respiration in yeast and in humans
To recall the main parts of a plant cell
To recall the organisation of cells, tissues, organs and organ systems
Explanation of the role of specialised cells within a plant
To describe the process of photosynthesis
To describe the uses of glucose