Science, What Is It?

Science. What s it all about. What get s covered. Biology? Chemistry. Physics? What s the difference and what is included in each.

BiologyBiology is the natural science that studies life and living organisms. In GCSE Biology (and combined science) you will study:

Cell biology

Infection and response

Bioenergetics

Homeostasis and response

Inheritance

Variation

Evolution

Ecology

ChemistryChemistry is the branch of science concerned with the substances of which matter is composed, the investigation of their properties and reactions, and the use of such reactions to form new substances. In GCSE Chemistry (and combined science) you will study:

Atomic structure

The periodic table

Bonding

Structure

Energy changes

The rate and extent of chemical change

Organic chemistry

The properties of matter

Quantitative chemistry

Chemical changes

Chemical analysis

The chemistry of the atmosphere.

PhysicsPhysics is the natural science that studies matter, its motion and behaviour through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. In GCSE Physics (and combined science) you will study:

Energy

Electricity

Particle model of matter

Atomic structure

Forces

Waves

Magnetism

Electromagnetism

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