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Empirical Formulae From Percentage Composition
Learn the basics about Empirical formulae from percentage composition. What is an empirical formulae? How do you calculate a percentage composition? Find out more in this video!
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Xylem and Phloem - Part 3 - Translocation - Transport in Plants
Sugars move up and down the plant in the phloem. The phloem uses active transport to transport the food nutrients like glucose and amino acids around the plant. Glucose is made in the leaves by photosynthesis. Glucose is converted into...
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Solubility Curves
Learn the basics about solubility curves as a part of the overall properties of matter topic. Solubility curves are a graphical representation of the solubility of a certain salt over a temperature range. Copper (II) sulfate is a lot...
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DNA Fingerprinting
CREDITS Animation & Design: Waldi Apollis Narration: Dale Bennett Script: Bethan Parry & Helen Stamp What is DNA fingerprinting or DNA profiling? Leicester University geneticist Alec Jeffreys developed a technique called DNA...
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Properties and Chemistry of Benzene
Learn the basics about the chemical compound Benzene and its properties? Find out in this video!
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Key Ecology Terms
In this video we look at a few keys words that you will come across throughout ecology. An ecosystem is made up of all of the communities that live in it, every single organism from small to big and lots of environmental factors like...
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What Is Benzene
Learn the basics about the properties and chemistry of benzene, as a part of organic chemistry. Benzene is an organic molecule. Benzene is a colourless liquid at room temperature. Its boiling point is 80 degrees C. It’s found naturally...
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Extraction Of Aluminium Using Electrolysis
Aluminium is the most abundant metal on Earth. However, it is expensive because a lot of electricity is used to extract it. Aluminium conducts heat and electricity well, has a low density and does not corrode. This makes it very useful...
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What Is Dynamic Equilibrium?
Learn about dynamic equilibrium, the conditions required for dynamic equilibrium to be reached and examples of systems at equilibrium.
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What Are Dilutions
In this video, we will look at what dilutions are in chemistry, how to calculate them using a very easy equation and even extending to multiple dilutions which are called serial dilutions. Dilution is the process of adding water (or...
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PHYSICS - Electricity - Wires
A broken wire means two things; 1. It won’t work properly anymore. 2. It’s dangerous and shouldn’t be used. In this video we’re going to look at wires, the wiring of a plug and why insulation is important. Wires inside walls carry...
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Interior Angles
In this video we are going to look at the angles in polygons… the sum of all interior angles and the size of one interior angle. In another video we will look at exterior angles. Before we start, you should already know the names of...
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Rearranging Line Equations y = mx + c
Rearranging Line Equations y = mx + c | Graphs | Maths | FuseSchool In this video we are going to look at rearranging straight line equations to find the gradient and y-intercept. Straight lines follow the equation y=mx+c, where the m is...
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Earth's Atmosphere
Our rocky planet Earth is wrapped up in a gaseous blanket, known as the atmosphere. It’s this atmosphere that we can thank for all the life on earth. In fact, it is the only planet in our solar system with an atmosphere that can sustain...
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Food Security
Even though enough food is grown to feed all 7 billion people on Earth, around 795 million (so 1 in 9 people) do not eat enough food to maintain good health. These people don’t just live in less developed countries, being undernourished...
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Surds | Algebra | Maths | FuseSchool
A surd is a square root which cannot be reduced to a whole number. Surds are irrational; they are decimals that never end and never repeat, so cannot be written as fractions. Leaving a number in it's surd form is easier and more accurate...
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Unraveling Sex Determination: From Chromosomes to Cats
This video explains how sex is determined in humans and animals, focusing on the role of chromosomes in determining gender. It explores the genetic basis of sex determination, highlighting the contribution of the father's sperm in...
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Proteins
Learn the basics about Proteins. What are proteins? Where can we find them? What are protein's properties? Find out more in this video!
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What Are Allotropes? Non-Metals
In this video we will looks at what allotropes are, and different examples of them. The term allotrope refers to different forms of the same element. Diamond and graphite are made of only carbon atoms – yet they exhibit very different...
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Selective Breeding
Selective breeding is also known as artificial selection. It is the process by which humans breed plants and animals for particular genetic characteristics. We have been doing this for thousands of years - ever since we first bred food...
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Alkanes and alkenes
Learn the basics about Alkanes and Alkenes, what are their properties, similarities and differences? Found out more in this video!
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GM Crops
GM stands for genetically modified. So, GM crops are plants grown for food whose genes have been altered using genetic engineering. In some cases, the genes of other organisms have been inserted into the genome of the crop plant to...