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CCEA · GCSE · Chemistry
2.5 Students should be able to: Topical Past Papers
CCEA GCSE Chemistry — past-paper questions on "Students should be able to:" grouped from the official 2026 syllabus. Free to browse.
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Subtopics within Students should be able to:
recall that a hydrocarbon is a compound/molecule
recall the general formula of the alkanes and the
recall that crude oil is a finite resource and is the main
describe and explain the separation of crude oil by
describe the fractions as largely a mixture of
explain that cracking involves the breakdown of larger
describe the complete combustion of alkanes to
demonstrate knowledge and understanding that
recall the general formula of the alkenes and the
describe the complete and incomplete combustion of
demonstrate knowledge and understanding that
recall and describe the addition reaction across a C=C
determine the presence of a C=C using bromine water;
describe how monomers, for example ethene or
write equations for the polymerisation of ethene and
deduce the structure of an addition polymer from
recall the general formula of the alcohols and the
describe the complete and incomplete combustion of
describe the preparation of ethanol from sugars by
recall the oxidation of alcohols when exposed to air
recall the molecular formula, structural formula, state
demonstrate knowledge that carboxylic acids are weak
investigate experimentally the reactions of carboxylic
identify alkanes, alkenes, alcohols and carboxylic acids
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this Chemistry topical archive really free?
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What's the difference between this and Topical Solved?
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How up to date is the Chemistry archive?
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