ECONOMICS GLOSSARY YEARS 10 & 11 A Term Definition Absolute advantage The ability to produce a good or service at an `absolutely` lower cost. Absolute or nominal prices The prices that we observe today in terms of today’s pounds. Also called nominal or current prices. Aggregate demand All planned expenditures for the entire economy added together. Aggregate demand curve Planned purchase rates for all goods and services in the economy at various
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Grade 10 Biology Revision Guide Characteristics of Living Organisms Nutrition: Respiration: Excretion: Sensitivity: Movement: Homeostasis: Reproduction: Growth: Taking in food for growth and releasing energy. Burning glucose to release energy. Removing waste material like urea formed during chemical reactions. Responding to changes in the environment. Transport inside cells and moving the body. Control their internal conditions. Increasing the number of organisms. Increasing the number of cells
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BATTERIES What is a battery? A battery is a container consisting of one or more cells carrying an electric charge and used as a source of power. SECONDARY BATTERIES * rechargeable * high cost (short-term) low cost (long-term) * used in objects with high energy requirements: e.g. mobile phones‚ power tools * require special handling‚ containment & disposal * limited interchangeability * long life time * produce smaller amount of waste (flat discharge curve)
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IGCSE History Revision Charts 1. Were the peace treaties fair of 1919-21? -The Big Three (USA‚ France‚ Britain) gathered in Paris for the treaty of Versailles -USA believed in self determination at a strong way. -Britain and France wanted to make Germany pay a lot of reparations as well to gain other colonies‚ as a punishment for WWI. France wanted at an alarming rate to punish Germany. -The treaties could be justified because they had to control Germany and make sure it wouldn’t go to
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eyes‚ especially Tarquinius. What they were looking at was not a small town‚ but instead a lack of a town. Hordes of ash covered what used to be Pompeii. Nothing was left to be seen. Only silence remained. The year was now 79 AD‚ the year in which Vesuvius erupted and effectively wiped Pompeii completely off the map. As the ship stopped in front of what used to be the port of Pompeii‚ Tarquinius jumped off the boat and ran up to where the town once was. Knowing that his family and friend Lucius were
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IGCSE Biology Notes Refined by KmQ Unit 1 : Characteristics of living things Biology is the study of living organisms. For something to be alive it needs to perform all seven functions of living things.MRS GREN Movement‚ Respiration‚ Sensitivity‚ Growth‚ Reproduction‚ Excretion‚ Nutrition. 1. Movement Most organisms are able to move their whole body even plants can shift their stem towards the sunlight and their roots move towards healthy soil. 2. Respiration IT is the breakdown of food
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IGCSE Complete Chemistry Notes Unit 1: States of matter Everything is made of particles. Particles in solid are not free to move around. Liquids and gases can. As particles move they collide with each other and bounce off in all directions. This is called random motion. In 2 substances‚ when mixed‚ particles bounce off in all directions when they collide. This mixing process is called diffusion. It’s also the movement of particles without a force. The smallest particle
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Economic Systems. WHAT to produce HOW to produce WHOM to produce for Key terms. Free Market Economy also known simply as the Market Economy. Resource Allocation Price Mechanism Free market system is basically governed by consumers of the market. These are known as market forces. Their main aim is profit & the firms are all privately owned. Advantages: provides a wide array of goods & services. Responds quickly to consumer’s demands. Encourages use of better methods and
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Revision Checklist for IGCSE History 0470 Guide for Students Revision Checklist for IGCSE History 0470 A Guide for Students How to use this guide The guide describes what you need to know about your IGCSE History examination. It will help you to plan your revision programme for the examination and will explain what the examiners are looking for in the answers you write. It can also be used to help you to revise by using the tick boxes in Section 3‚ ‘What you should be able to’ to check
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IGCSE Chemistry 2012 exam revision notes by Samuel Lees Contents: 1. The particulate nature of matter 2. Experimental techniques 2.1 Measurement 2.2 (a) Criteria of purity 2.2 (b) Methods of purification 3. Atoms‚ elements and compounds 4.1 Atomic structure and the Periodic Table 4.2 Bonding the structure of matter 3.2 (a) Ions and ionic bonds 3.2 (b) Molecules and covalent bonds 3.2 (c) Macromolecules 3.2 (d) Metallic bonding 3 Stoichiometry 4
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