CBSE Class 10 Science: chapter-wise study guide

Chemical Reactions and Equations

• Chemical Reactions and Chemical Equations
• Balancing Chemical Equations
• Combination and Decomposition Reactions
• Displacement and Double Displacement Reactions
• Oxidation and Reduction (Redox Reactions)

Acids, Bases and Salts

• Acids and Bases: Definitions and Indicators
• Chemical Properties of Acids and Bases
• pH Scale and Its Importance
• Salts: Family and pH of Salts
• Chemicals from Common Salt: NaOH and Bleaching Powder
• Baking Soda, Washing Soda and Plaster of Paris

Metals and Non-metals

• Physical Properties of Metals and Non-metals
• Chemical Properties of Metals
• Reactivity Series of Metals
• Ionic Compounds: Formation and Properties
• Metallurgy: Extraction of Metals from Ores
• Corrosion and Its Prevention
• Periodic Classification of Elements

Carbon and its Compounds

• Covalent Bonding in Carbon
• Versatile Nature of Carbon
• Homologous Series and Nomenclature
• Chemical Properties of Carbon Compounds
• Ethanol and Ethanoic Acid
• Soaps and Detergents

Life Processes

• What are Life Processes?
• Nutrition in Plants and Animals
• Respiration
• Transportation in Human Beings
• Transportation in Plants
• Excretion in Humans and Plants

Control and Coordination

• Nervous System and Neuron Structure
• Reflex Action and Reflex Arc
• Human Brain and Its Protection
• Coordination in Plants and Tropic Movements
• Plant Hormones
• Hormones in Animals

How do Organisms Reproduce?

• Modes of Asexual Reproduction
• Vegetative Propagation in Plants
• Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
• Human Reproductive System
• Reproductive Health and Family Planning

Heredity

• Heredity and Variation
• Mendel's Experiments and Monohybrid Cross
• Dihybrid Cross and Laws of Inheritance
• How Traits Get Expressed
• Sex Determination in Humans
• Evolution

Our Environment

• Ecosystem and Its Components
• Food Chains and Food Webs
• Ozone Layer Depletion
• Biodegradable and Non-biodegradable Waste
• Waste Production and Garbage Management

Light – Reflection and Refraction

• Reflection of Light and Spherical Mirrors
• Image Formation by Concave and Convex Mirrors
• Mirror Formula, Magnification and Sign Convention
• Refraction of Light and Refractive Index
• Image Formation by Spherical Lenses
• Lens Formula, Magnification and Power of a Lens

Mirror and lens formula derivations are not required.

The Human Eye and the Colourful World

• Human Eye and Power of Accommodation
• Defects of Vision and Their Correction
• Refraction of Light Through a Prism
• Dispersion of White Light and Rainbow
• Atmospheric Refraction
• Scattering of Light and Tyndall Effect

Excludes the colour of the sun at sunrise and sunset.

Electricity

• Electric Current, Potential Difference and Circuits
• Ohm's Law
• Resistance and Resistivity
• Resistors in Series and Parallel
• Heating Effect of Electric Current
• Electric Power and Energy

Magnetic Effects of Electric Current

• Magnetic Field and Field Lines
• Magnetic Field due to Current in a Straight Conductor
• Magnetic Field due to Circular Loop and Solenoid
• Force on a Current-Carrying Conductor and Fleming's Left-Hand Rule
• Direct and Alternating Current
• Domestic Electric Circuits
• Electric Motor, Electromagnetic Induction and Generator

Motor, electromagnetic induction and the generator are assessed in school only, not in the board exam.