ACMEM031
use units of energy to describe consumption of electricity, such as kilowatt hours
ACMEM031 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Essential Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMEM032
use units of energy used for foods, including calories
ACMEM032 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Essential Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMEM033
use units of energy to describe the amount of energy in activity, such as kilojoules
ACMEM033 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Essential Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACMEM034
convert from one unit of energy to another.
ACMEM034 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Essential Mathematics | Mathematics | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSBL022
The biotic components of an ecosystem transfer and transform energy originating primarily from the sun to produce biomass, and interact with abiotic components to facilitate biogeochemical cycling, including carbon and nitrogen cycling; these interactions …
ACSBL022 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSBL044
Cells require inputs of suitable forms of energy, including light energy or chemical energy in complex molecules, and matter, including gases, simple nutrients, ions, and removal of wastes, to survive
ACSBL044 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSBL052
Photosynthesis is a biochemical process that in plant cells occurs in the chloroplast and that uses light energy to synthesise organic compounds; the overall process can be represented as a balanced chemical equation
ACSBL052 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSBL053
Cellular respiration is a biochemical process that occurs in different locations in the cytosol and mitochondria and metabolises organic compounds, aerobically or anaerobically, to release useable energy in the form of ATP; the overall process can be …
ACSBL053 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Biology | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSCH018
Atoms can be modelled as a nucleus surrounded by electrons in distinct energy levels, held together by electrostatic forces of attraction between the nucleus and electrons; atoms can be represented using electron shell diagrams (all electron shells or …
ACSCH018 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSCH019
Flame tests and atomic absorption spectroscopy are analytical techniques that can be used to identify elements; these methods rely on electron transfer between atomic energy levels
ACSCH019 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSCH036
All chemical reactions involve the creation of new substances and associated energy transformations, commonly observable as changes in the temperature of the surroundings and/or the emission of light
ACSCH036 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSCH037
Endothermic and exothermic reactions can be explained in terms of the Law of Conservation of Energy and the breaking and reforming of bonds; heat energy released or absorbed can be represented in thermochemical equations
ACSCH037 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSCH038
Fuels, including fossil fuels and biofuels, can be compared in terms of their energy output, suitability for purpose, and the nature of products of combustion
ACSCH038 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSCH045
Select, construct and use appropriate representations, including physical and graphical models of molecules, energy profile diagrams, electron dot diagrams, ionic formulae, chemical formulae, chemical equations and phase descriptors for chemical species …
ACSCH045 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSCH070
Collision theory can be used to explain and predict the effect of concentration, temperature, pressure and surface area on the rate of chemical reactions by considering the structure of the reactants and the energy of particles
ACSCH070 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSCH071
The activation energy is the minimum energy required for a chemical reaction to occur and is related to the strength of the existing chemical bonds; the magnitude of the activation energy influences the rate of a chemical reaction
ACSCH071 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSCH072
Energy profile diagrams can be used to represent the enthalpy changes and activation energy associated with a chemical reaction
ACSCH072 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSCH073
Catalysts, including enzymes and metal nanoparticles, affect the rate of certain reactions by providing an alternative reaction pathway with a reduced activation energy, hence increasing the proportion of collisions that lead to a chemical change
ACSCH073 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSCH105
The ability of an atom to gain or lose electrons can be explained with reference to valence electrons, consideration of energy, and the overall stability of the atom, and can be predicted from the atom’s position in the periodic table
ACSCH105 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSCH109
Fuel cells can use metal nanoparticles as catalysts to improve the efficiency of energy production
ACSCH109 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum