A-level Chemistry/OCR (Salters)/Aspects of Agriculture



Aspects of Agriculture is the tenth unit in the Salters Advanced Chemistry course.

Chemical Storylines sections

 * AA1 What do we want from agriculture?
 * AA2 The world at your feet
 * AA3 Keeping soil fertile
 * AA4 Competition for food
 * AA5 Summary

Chemical Ideas sections

 * 10.2 The effect of temperature on rate (revision)
 * 10.3 The effect of concentration on rate (revision)
 * 5.2 Molecules and networks (revision)
 * 5.6 Bonding, structure and properties: a summary
 * 9.1 Oxidation and reduction (revision)
 * 11.3 The p block: nitrogen and Group 5
 * 7.3 Equilibria and partial pressures
 * '10.4 What is a catalyst? (revision)
 * 10.5 How do catalysts work? (revision)
 * 3.5 Geometric isomerism (revision)
 * 3.6 Optical isomerism (revision)
 * 7.4 Partition equilibrium
 * 13.5 Esters (revision)

Activities

 * AA2.1 How does temperature affect the rate of a reaction?
 * AA3.1 What is the nitrogen content of soils? (Optional extension)
 * AA3.2 The nitrogen balance in UK agriculture
 * AA3.3 Revising for end of course exams
 * AA4.1 Dilemma over malaria
 * AA4.2 Partition equilibrium
 * AA4.3 What makes an active pyrethroid?
 * AA5 Check your notes on Aspects of Agriculture