This page will includes all the relevant detail for the prelims in January 2024.
Page last updated on Tuesday 16th of January 2024
In addition to your Chemistry Prelim Papers 1 & 2, The Chemistry Olympiad paper will run in the afternoon slot of January 24th and we would encourage all students to sit it. If you wish to prepare for this paper, resources can be found here within Firefly under Extension and Enrichment. However no preparation is required if you are short of time.
Content
Specification link: AQA | Science | AS and A-level | Chemistry
Prelims 2024
You will have two papers each of two hours.
Paper 1 is Physical and Inorganic and will be based upon a normal Paper 1 format, including some relevant required practical content and multiple choice questions.
Paper 2 is Organic and some relevant Physical content and will also include relevant required practical questions and multiple choice questions.
You should assume any of the physical and inorganic chemistry you have studied so far could come up on these papers including:
Paper 1 - Tuesday 30th January, afternoon
- Atomic Structure
- Amount of Substance
- Bonding
- Energetics
- Chemical Equilibria, Le Chatelier's Principle Kc
- Oxidation, Reduction and Redox Equations
- Thermodynamics
- Kp
- Acids and bases
- Periodicity
- Group 2
- Group 7
Paper 2 - Tuesday 6th of February, afternoon
- Atomic Structure
- Amount of Substance
- Bonding
- Energetics
- Kinetics
- Chemical Equilibria, Le Chatelier's Principle Kc
- Rate Equations
- Introduction to Organic Chemistry
- Alkanes
- Halogenoalkanes
- Alkenes
- Alcohols
- Organic Analysis
- Optical Isomerism
- Aldehydes and Ketones
- Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives
- Aromatic Chemistry
- Amines (not yet studied at time of writing)
Revision Materials
Please see below the revision booklets which have been handed out, including their answers.
Physical: booklet, answer booklet
ZigZag practice questions and end of topic tests:
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