| ID | 007161 |
| Call Number | 500/BOO |
| Title Proper | World of Science: Book 3 |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Booth, Graham ; McDuell, Bob ; Sears, John |
| Publication | Great Britain, Oxford University Press, 1999. |
| Description | 144p Blue Spine |
| Series | World of Science |
| Note | This book helps you learn the basic science you will need, and become enthusiastic about science. It is a flexible course prepared especially to cover the programmes of study for the National Curriculum at KS3 and the Scottish Environmental Studies 5-14. It also contains revision notes and project-based revision materials. |
| Note | Population and processes
Population change
Human population change
Population growth
Even sheep are different
Natural selection
Artificial selection
Energy and cells
Anaerobic respiration
Biotechnology
Finding out: Germinating seeds
Plants and the atmosphere
Tranport in the body
Tube transport
The heart of the matter
Changing places
Finding out: The transport system
Reactivity series
Metals around us
Metals with water
Finding out: Lithium, calcium with water
Reactivity series
Finding out: Metals with acids
Displacement reactions
Finding out: Metals in order
Stable compounds
Extracting aluminium and iron
Preventing corrosion
Finding out: Pairs of metals
Forces and motion
Cycling
Who won the race?
Speed traps
Finding out: About speed
Journey times
Speed and safety
Starting a race
Speed and graphs
Taking home the shopping
Force and area
Working out the pressure
Forces that turn
Magnifying the movement
Magnifying the force
Finding out: About balancing
Balanced seesaws
Stability
Health and the Human body
Skeletons in the cupboard
You and your skeleton
Moving about
Muscle power
Lung power
Deep breathing
Smoking and health
Finding out: Gas exchange in animals
Microbes
Finding out: Growing microbes
Under attack
Medicine fights back
Staying healthy
Drinking alcohol
Drugs in society
World health
Acids, bases and salts
Common acids
Finding out: Water in acids
Bases and alkalies
Neutralization
Uses of neutralization
Salts
Finding out: Solubility of salts
Preparing soluble salts
Finding out: Making copper (II) sulphate
Finding out: Making sodium chloride
Preparing insoluble salts
Finding out: Making barium sulphate
Charge and current
Charging by friction
Attraction and repulsion
Moving charge around
Charge and current
The field of a current
Finding out: The field of a current
Electromagnets
Using electromagnets
The electric bell
Relaying information
Finding out: How a relay works
Making a motor
Size and shape
Getting bigger
Is size a problems
Solving the surface area problem
Absorbing matters
Surface issues
Life in water
Life in the air
Life on land
Rock and the environment
Quarrying rocks
Limestone mining in the Peak DIstrict
Weathering
Cement and concrete
Shales
Erosion
Graveyard trip
Electronics
Microelectronic systems
Experimenting with systems
Designing complex systems
Course summaries
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Self test - Foundation
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Self test - Higher
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Self test answers - Foundation/Higher
Index |
| Standard Number | 9780199146994 |
| Price. Qualification | Rs.1134(Pb) |
| Classification Number | 500 |
| Key Words | Science - Study and teaching ; Science - Examinations - Study guides ; Science - Problems, exercises, etc. |