Class 10 NCERT Science Chapter Names
Chapter 1. Chemical Reactions and Equations
Chapter 2. Acids, Bases and Salts
Chapter 3. Metals and Non-Metals
Chapter 4. Carbon and its Compounds
Chapter 5. Life Processes
Chapter 6. Control and Coordination
Chapter 7. How do Organisms Reproduce?
Chapter 8. Heredity
Chapter 9. Light – Reflection and Refraction
Chapter 10. Human Eye and Colourful World
Chapter 11. Electricity
Chapter 12. Magnetic Effects of Electric Current
Chapter 13. Our Environment
Topics Covered – Class 10 Chemistry Chapter 1: Chemical Reactions and Equations
- Chemical reactions – types and characteristics
- Combination, decomposition, displacement, double displacement, and redox reactions
- Exothermic and endothermic reactions
- Writing and balancing chemical equations
- Applications of chemical reactions in daily life
Topics Covered – Class 10 Chemistry Chapter 2: Acids, Bases and Salts
- Definitions of acids, bases, and salts (Arrhenius, Bronsted–Lowry, Lewis concepts)
- Properties of acids and bases
- pH scale and its calculation
- Importance of pH in everyday life
- Preparation and properties of common salts
- Neutralisation reactions
- Concept of strong and weak acids and bases
Topics Covered – Class 10 Chemistry Chapter 3: Metals and Non-Metals
- Physical properties of metals and non-metals
- Chemical properties of metals
- Chemical properties of non-metals
- Reactivity series of metals
- Occurrence of metals in nature
- Extraction of metals
- Corrosion of metals
- Prevention of corrosion
- Alloys and their uses
Topics Covered – Class 10 Chemistry Chapter 4: Carbon and its Compounds
- Bonding in carbon: covalent bonds
- Versatile nature of carbon
- Saturated and unsaturated carbon compounds
- Chains, branches, and rings in carbon compounds
- Functional groups in carbon compounds
- Homologous series
- Nomenclature of carbon compounds
- Chemical properties of carbon compounds
- Ethanol and ethanoic acid: properties and uses
- Soaps and detergents
Topics Covered – Class 10 Biology Chapter 5: Life Processes
- Introduction to life processes
- Nutrition in plants and animals
- Autotrophic nutrition – photosynthesis
- Heterotrophic nutrition – types and examples
- Human digestive system and nutrition
- Respiration in organisms – aerobic and anaerobic
- Human respiratory system and mechanism of breathing
- Transportation in plants and animals
- Human circulatory system – heart, blood, blood vessels
- Transportation in plants – xylem and phloem
- Excretion in humans – excretory system and urine formation
- Excretion in plants
Topics Covered – Class 10 Biology Chapter 6: Control and Coordination
- Introduction to control and coordination in organisms
- Nervous system in animals
- Structure and function of the human brain
- Reflex action and reflex arc
- Coordination in plants – tropic movements
- Plant hormones and their functions
- Human endocrine system
- Hormones and their roles in control and coordination
Topics Covered – Class 10 Biology Chapter 7: How do Organisms Reproduce?
- Importance of reproduction in organisms
- Modes of reproduction in unicellular and multicellular organisms
- Asexual reproduction – fission, budding, spore formation, regeneration, vegetative propagation
- Sexual reproduction in plants
- Sexual reproduction in humans
- Male reproductive system in humans
- Female reproductive system in humans
- Fertilisation, development of embryo, and birth
- Reproductive health – contraception and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases
Topics Covered – Class 10 Biology Chapter 8: Heredity
- Heredity and its importance
- Rules for the inheritance of traits – Mendel’s experiments
- Dominant and recessive traits
- Monohybrid and dihybrid crosses
- Sex determination in humans
- Evolution and its evidences
- Tracing evolutionary relationships
- Fossils and their importance
- Evolution by stages
- Human evolution
Topics Covered – Class 10 Physics Chapter 9: Light – Reflection and Refraction
- Reflection of light by spherical mirrors
- Image formation by concave and convex mirrors
- Uses of spherical mirrors
- Mirror formula and magnification
- Refraction of light
- Refraction through a rectangular glass slab
- Refraction by spherical lenses
- Image formation by convex and concave lenses
- Lens formula and magnification
- Power of a lens
Topics Covered – Class 10 Physics Chapter 10: Human Eye and Colourful World
- Structure and working of the human eye
- Function of different parts of the eye
- Power of accommodation of the human eye
- Defects of vision and their correction – myopia, hypermetropia, presbyopia
- Refraction of light through the atmosphere
- Scattering of light
- Tyndall effect
- Blue colour of the sky
- Red colour of the sun at sunrise and sunset
Topics Covered – Class 10 Physics Chapter 11: Electricity
- Electric current and its direction
- Electric potential and potential difference
- Circuit diagram symbols
- Ohm’s law
- Factors affecting resistance of a conductor
- Resistivity of materials
- Resistance in series and parallel
- Heating effect of electric current
- Electric power and its commercial unit
Topics Covered – Class 10 Physics Chapter 12: Magnetic Effects of Electric Current
- Magnetic field and its representation by field lines
- Magnetic field due to a current-carrying conductor
- Magnetic field due to a current-carrying straight conductor
- Magnetic field due to a current-carrying circular loop
- Magnetic field due to a solenoid
- Force on a current-carrying conductor in a magnetic field
- Electric motor – principle and working
- Electromagnetic induction
- Electric generator – principle and working
- Domestic electric circuits
Topics Covered – Class 10 Biology Chapter 13: Our Environment
- Ecosystem and its components
- Biotic and abiotic components
- Food chains and food webs
- Energy flow in an ecosystem
- Ecological pyramids
- Ozone layer and its depletion
- Managing the garbage we produce – biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste