AQA Chemistry: Paper One Content

Paper One

ATOMIC STRUCTURE AND THE PERIODIC TABLE

GCSE revision on atomic structure and the periodic table: covering subatomic particles, electronic structure and shells, isotopes, relative mass/calculations, how to draw atom diagrams, and the development of atomic models with examples and explanations.

BONDING, STRUCTURE AND THE PROPERTIES OF MATTER

A GCSE Chemistry revision page on acids, bases and indicators explaining key ideas such as pH, acid and alkali ions, indicator colour changes, dilute vs concentrated definitions, reactions with metals/carbonates, tests for gases, and neutralisation ionic equations.

QUANTITATIVE CHEMISTRY

A GCSE chemistry revision page showing core chemical change practicals, including making salts from insoluble or soluble reactants and investigating pH changes with practical steps, key observations, and variables for experiments.

CHEMICAL CHANGES

This page is an Edexcel GCSE revision page explaining electrolysis, including definitions of electrolytes and electrolysis, ion movement at electrodes, making pure copper, the electrolysis core practical with variables and risks, predicting products, and writing half-equations.

ENERGY CHANGES

A GCSE revision page explaining metals and equilibria including reactivity of metals, extraction, displacement reactions, and dynamic equilibrium concepts with practical examples and explanations of how systems respond to changes.