Unit I: Chemical Substances - Nature and Behaviour
Chapter- 1 Chemical Reactions
1. Chemical equation
2. Balanced chemical equation, Implications of a balanced chemical equation
3. Types of chemical reactions- Combination, decomposition, displacement,
double displacement, precipitation, endothermic exothermic reactions,
oxidation, and reduction
Chapter 2 Acids, bases, and salts
1. Their definitions in terms of furnishing of H+ and OH– ions,
2. General properties, examples and uses, neutralization, the concept of pH
scale (Definition relating to logarithm not required),
3. Importance of pH in everyday life
4. Preparation and uses of Sodium Hydroxide, Bleaching powder, Baking soda,
Washing soda and Plaster of Paris
Chapter-3 Metals & Non-metals
1. Properties of metals and non-metals
2. Reactivity series
3. Formation and properties of ionic compounds
4. Basic metallurgical processes
5. Corrosion and its prevention.
Chapter-4 Carbon compounds
1. Covalent bonding in carbon compounds
2. Versatile nature of carbon
3. Homologous series
4. Nomenclature of carbon compounds containing functional groups (halogens,
alcohol, ketones, aldehydes, alkanes and alkynes)
5. Difference between saturated hydro carbons and unsaturated hydrocarbons.
6. Chemical properties of carbon compounds (combustion, oxidation, addition
and substitution reaction).
7. Ethanol and Ethanoic acid (only properties and uses)
8. Soaps and detergents.
Unit II: World of Living
Chapter-5 Life Processes
‘Living Being’. Basic concept of nutrition, respiration, transport and excretion in
plants and animals
Chapter-6 Control and co-ordination in animals and plants
1. Tropic movements in plants
2. Introduction of plant hormones
3. Control and co-ordination in animals: Nervous system
4. Voluntary, involuntary and reflex action
5. Chemical co-ordination: animal hormones
Chapter-7 Reproduction
1. Reproduction in animals and plants (asexual and sexual) reproductive
health-need and methods of family planning.
2. Safe sex vs HIV/AIDS
3. Childbearing
4. Women’s health
Chapter-8 Heredity and Evolution
1. Heredity; Mendel’s contribution- Laws for inheritance of traits
2. Sex determination: brief introduction; (topics excluded - evolution; evolution
and classification and evolution should not be equated with progress).
Unit III: Natural Phenomena
Chapter-9 Reflection & Refraction
1. Reflection of light by curved surfaces; Images formed by spherical mirrors,
center of curvature, principal axis, principal focus, focal length, mirror formula
(Derivation not required), magnification. Refraction; Laws of refraction,
refractive index.
2. Refraction of light by spherical lens; Image formed by spherical lenses; Lens
formula(Derivation not required); Magnification. Power of a lens.
3. Functioning of a lens in the human eye, defects of vision and their corrections,
and applications of spherical mirrors and lenses.
4. Refraction of light through a prism, dispersion of light, scattering of light, and
applications in daily life (excluding the color of the sun at sunrise and sunset).
Unit IV: Effects of Current
Chapter-10 Electricity Ohm’s law;
1. Electric current, potential difference, and electric current.
2. Ohm’s law
3. Resistance, Resistivity, and Factors on which the resistance of a conductor
depends.
4. Series combination of resistors, parallel combination of resistors, and its
applications in daily life.
5. Heating effect of electric current and its applications in daily life.
6. Electric power
7. Interrelation between P, V, I, and R.
Chapter-11 Magnetic effects of current
1. Magnetic field, field lines, field due to a current-carrying conductor, field due to
current carrying coil or solenoid
2. Force on a current-carrying conductor
3. Fleming’s Left Hand Rule
4. Direct current
5. Alternating current: frequency of AC
6. Advantage of AC over DC
7. Domestic electric circuits.
Unit V: Natural Resources
Chapter-12 Our Environment
1. Eco-system,
2. Environmental problems
3. Ozone depletion
4. Waste production and their solutions
5. Biodegradable and non-biodegradable substances
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