Natural Sciences Grade 8 Scope FS June Exam 2019
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Scope for Natural Sciences Grade 8 June Exam 2019
General
Scientific Process / Process skills
Write an investigative question
Reading values from a graph
Interpretation of data in a graph - describe general trends
Term 1 Content
Photosynthesis and respiration
Test for starch in green leaves
Test for carbon dioxide gas
Reactants and products (main product and by-products)
Introduction to ecology and ecosystems
Levels of environmental organisation (organism to biosphere)
Biotic and abiotic components
Terminology (description and meaning of terms)
Feeding relationships
Terminology (description and meaning of terms)
Examples of organisms in different feeding groups
Energy flow: Food chains and food webs
Use diagrams to write down food chains with more than 3 links
Trophic levels
Transfer of energy
Balance in an ecosystem
Things/factors that can cause an imbalance in an ecosystem
Adaptations
Different types of adaptations
Micro-organisms; Types; Harmful; Useful
Different types of micro-organisms, like viruses, bacteria, etc.
Illnesses caused by the different types
Examples and uses of useful micro-organisms
Prevention of illnesses
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Natural Sciences Grade 8 Scope FS June Exam 2019
Term 2 Content
Atoms: building blocks of matter
Symbols of elements
Sub-atomic particles
Characteristics of protons, neutrons, electrons
Description of protons, neutrons, electrons
Pure substances, Elements, Compounds, Mixtures
Definitions
Formulae of compounds
Examples of different mixtures
Identify diagrams representing elements, compounds, mixtures, pure substances
Process of electrolysis to decompose copper chloride into elements (in detail)
Particle model of matter - solid, gas, liquid
Properties of each phase
Change of state
Explain/describe phase changes
Density, mass and volume
Definitions and measuring units
Density and states of matter
Effect of heat on the density of substances
Comparing densities of different substances
Reactants and products
Reaction of carbon dioxide with limewater