Syllabus
Chemistry
Unit I: Matter
Nature and Behaviour
- Definition of matter
- Solid, Liquid and Gas
- Characteristics – shape, volume, density
- Change of state – melting (absorption of
heat), freezing, evaporation (cooling by
evaporation), condensation, sublimation.
Nature of matter
- Elements, compounds and mixtures
- Heterogeneous and homogenous
mixtures
- Colloids and Suspensions
- Physical and chemical changes (excluding
separating the components of a mixture).
Particle nature and their basic units
- Atoms and molecules
- Law of Chemical Combination
- Chemical formula of common compounds
- Atomic and molecular masses
Structure of atoms
- Electrons, protons and neutrons
- Valency, Atomic Number and Mass
Number
- Homologous series
- Isotopes and Isobars
Biology
Unit II: Organization in the Living World
Cell - Basic Unit of life
- Cell as a basic unit of life
- Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells,
Multicellular organisms
- Cell membrane and cell wall, cell
organelles and cell inclusions
- Chloroplast, mitochondria, vacuoles,
endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus
- Nucleus, chromosomes - basic structure,
number
Tissues, Organs, Organ System, Organism
- Structure and functions of animal and
plant tissues (only four types of tissues in
animals; Meristematic and Permanent
tissues in plants).
Food Production
- Plant and animal breeding and selection
for quality improvement and
management.
- Use of fertilizers and manures
- Protection from pests and diseases
- Organic farming
Physics
Unit III: Motion, Force and Work
- Motion
- Distance and displacement, velocity
- Uniform and non-uniform motion along a
straight line
- Acceleration, distance-time and velocity-time graphs for uniform motion
and
uniformly accelerated motion, elementary
idea of uniform circular motion.
Force and Newton’s laws
- Force and Motion
- Newton’s Laws of Motion
- Action and Reaction forces
- Inertia of a body
- Inertia and mass
- Momentum
- Force and Acceleration
Gravitation
- Gravitation
- Universal Law of Gravitation, Force of
Gravitation of the earth (gravity),
Acceleration due to Gravity.
- Mass and Weight
- Free fall
Floatation
- Thrust and Pressure
- Archimedes’ Principle
- Buoyancy
Work, Energy and Power
- Work done by a Force, Energy, power
- Kinetic and Potential energy
- Law of conservation of energy (excluding
commercial unit of Energy).
Sound
- Nature of sound and its propagation in
various media, speed of sound, range of
hearing in humans
- Ultrasound
- Reflection of sound
- Echo
