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AQA GCSE Science Core Higher Revision Book
Mike Boyle, Philip Dobson and Steve Witney

Paperback
RRP: £4.99
ISBN: 9780340914229
ISBN-10: 034091422X

Published: 30/03/2007
Extent: 120 pages
Illustrations: colour

Series: AQA GCSE 2006

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Summary:
This self-contained Revision Book provides support for the AQA Core Higher Student’s Book but can also be used for independent study. Each double page summarises a key topic for GCSE Science and provides questions to check a student’s understanding. Clear text and diagrams cover only the facts and ideas students will be expected to recall and be able to use. 'How science works’ examples show how to build arguments, especially for controversial issues. Worked examples and plenty of graphs provide reminders of data handling vocabulary and show how to apply data analysis and interpretation skills. Questions are of two types – multiple choice and written answer – providing revision practice for both Specification A and Specification B exams. The questions in this Higher book are more demanding than those in the matching book for Foundation tier entrants. Answers and mark schemes are provided at the end of the book. Exam tips throughout the book from experienced teachers and examiners show how to get full marks for a question and how to avoid losing marks. There are also tips on common mistakes and how to answer questions such as ‘suggest’ or ‘evaluate’.

  • Separate Higher and Foundation books for both Core and Additional
  • Broken down into one topic per spread, with summaries of key points
  • Check your understanding questions on each topic, with answers at end
  • Exam tips throughout

Table of Contents:
Human biology
Nervous system and reflexes
Hormones, the menstrual cycle and fertility
Controlling internal conditions
Drugs: good and bad
Tobacco and cannabis
Diet and exercise
Problems with ‘bad diets’
Fighting disease
The fight against disease - then and now
Evolution and environment
Adapt and survive
Populations and competition
Variation and inheritance
Reproduction and cloning
Genetic engineering
The fossil record
How evolution happens
How humans affect the environment
Global warming
Sustainable development
Products from rocks
Atoms, elements and the Periodic Table
Reactions, formulae and balanced equations
Products from limestone
Extracting metals
Mining, quarries and recycling
Using metals and alloys
Crude oil and fuels
Burning fuels
Cleaner fuels
Oils, earth and atmosphere
Cracking crude oil
Making ethanol
Making polymers
Waste disposal problems
Vegetable oils and fuels
Food additives and emulsifiers
The Earth and continental drift
Plate tectonics
Gases in the atmosphere
Theories about the atmosphere
Energy and electricity
Thermal radiation
Conduction and convection
Reducing rates of heat transfer
Energy efficiency
Electrical power and energy costs
Generating electricity and the National Grid
Renewable energy resources
Comparing energy resources
Radiation and the Universe
Waves and electromagnetic waves
Uses of electromagnetic waves
Hazards of electromagnetic waves
Radioactivity
Uses of radioactivity
Stars and telescopes
Expanding universe and Big Bang
Answers to Check your understanding

Contributors:
Steve Witney is an examiner for a leading awarding body. Philip Dobson and Mike Boyle are experienced teachers.

Readership:
students

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