GAMSAT Syllabus for Section 3

Here is a list of the concepts you might encounter in section 3 of the GAMSAT, ill edit the post if I've missed some.

Physics (until high school level):

• Basics - S.I. system of units, scalars and vectors.
• Rectilinear Motion - velocity and acceleration, graphs of motion, equations of motion.
• Forces - resultant forces, weight and mass, resolving forces, centres of gravity, upthrust and flotation, moments, Newton’s laws.
• Dynamics - projectiles, momentum, circular motion.
• Energy - forms of energy, energy transfers, conservation of energy, KE and PE and associated formulae, power.
• Gases - The gas laws, ideal gas, absolute temperature scale, meaning of temperature.
• Thermal energy - transfer (conduction, convection and radiation), heat capacity, latent heat, thermodynamics.
• Electric circuits - current and potential difference, combinations of resistances, resistivity, EMF, internal resistance, capacitors and capacitor equations.
• Electric fields - Coulomb’s law, comparison with gravitational fields.
• Magnetic fields - electromagnetism (uses and formula), mass spectrometry.
• Waves - mechanical waves, wave phenomena
• Optics - refractive index, lenses and lens formulae, focal lengths, real and virtual images, the eye (application of the above topic to the eye and defects of vision).
• Simple Harmonic Motion - formulation, resonance, damped oscillations.
• Sound - intensity, logarithm dB scale.
• Radioactivity - nuclear decay (alpha, beta, gamma), exponential decay, half-life
• Nuclear reactions - mass-energy equivalence, fission and fusion.
• Medical physics - x-rays, ultrasound, optics in medicine, radio-isotopes, Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
• Analysis and interpretation of graphs
• Mathematical patterns (direct and inverse proportionality, exponential changes, log scales etc).
• Conversions of simple (eg: µA to mA) and more complex units (eg: g cm-3 to kg m-3).

Organic chemistry

• Basics of nuclear structure and hybridisation
• Bonding and structure, H-bonding in organic systems and electronegativity
• Oxidation number and usage in Inorganic and organic chemistry
• Equilibria, Le Chatelier’s principle and its applications
• Solubility and Ksp calculations
• Solubility curves and phase diagrams
• Depression of freezing point and general colligative properties
• Acid Base equilibria, application to proteins and other biological systems, buffering, pKa usage and Indicators
• Buffering in the bloodstream
• Rates – the rate equation and determination of rate law
• Relation of rate law to mechanism
• Arrhenius equation, activation energy, relationship to biological mechanism
• Enzyme kinetics and development and use of Michaelis Menten equation
• Raoult’s law
• Entropy as a concept and Gibbs Free Energy
• Use of ΔG=ΔH-TΔS to predict reaction
• Chemical potential and application to biological systems
• Gibbs Free Energy profiles
• Osmotic pressure, Osmolarity and finding protein RMM
• Redox equilibria introduction
• Use of electrode potentials in predicting reaction, Nearnst equation, Electrode potentials in biological systems
• Diagrams

Inorganic Chemistry 

• Principles of organic chemistry – Naming, Structure and Hybridisation
• Isomerism in organic chemistry - Optical, Geometric, Conformational and Structural
• Reactions of common groups and their properties
• Chirality and its implications
• Organic reaction mechanisms
• Carbocation rearrangements
• Substitution and Elimination reactions SN1, SN2 and E1, E2
• Resonance structures – Hemiacetals, Hemiketals and acid salts
• Transamination
• Peptide hydrolysis
• Fatty acids and iodine number
• The 4n+2 rule and aromatic systems and Huckel’s rules
• E / Z notation
• Effect of substituent groups on the benzene ring
• Fischer projections, Newman projections and other 3D considerations
• Conformational isomerism
• Cahn-Ingold-Prelog convention and the application to stereoisomerism
• Assignment of true configuration to optical isomers R and S
• Diels-Alder and related reactions
• Sigmatropic rearrangements
• Aldol formation and the Aldol condensation
• The terpene structure as a base of larger organic molecules
• Weiner Index
• Bicyclic Nomenclature
• Infrared Spectroscopy and NMR
• Beer-Lambert Law
• Ternary Diagrams 
• Morphine rules

Biology 

• Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell structure
• Microscopes, and other techniques in cytology
• The cell membrane; lipids and phospholipids
• Movement of substances across cell membranes: diffusion, facilitated diffusion, osmosis, active transport
• Protein structure and function
• Enzyme action and factors affecting the rate of reaction; enzyme inhibitors.
• Metabolic pathways as sites of enzyme action and of feedback control
• The key features of mitosis – maintenance of genetic uniformity in growth and repair of cells
• Meiosis – haploid and diploid numbers in the life-cycle; creating genetic variation
• Carbohydrates as energy molecules
• Cellular metabolism – including aerobic and anaerobic respiration; Krebs’ cycle and glycolysis, the electron transfer system
• Respiratory system: lungs, and the mechanism of breathing; control of breathing rate
• Oxygen and carbon dioxide transport in the blood; the oxygen dissociation curve and the Bohr shift
• Circulatory system: the cardiac cycle, and its control; pressure and other changes in the circulation
• Blood – especially the immune response and other defences against disease
• Digestive system: physical and chemical digestion, followed by absorption; the control of digestive secretions
• Homeostasis and negative feedback: illustrated by e.g. thermoregulation
• Kidney function in excretion and osmoregulation, including the countercurrent multiplier
• Endocrine system: thyroxine and the hormones of the pancreas as examples of negative feedback control
• Nervous system – nerve impulse and synapse; nerve pathways; the autonomic nervous system
• Receptors, and the generator potential; eye and ear as sense organs
• The neuromuscular junction, and the mechanism of muscle contraction – the sliding filament mechanism
• Structure and function of nucleic acids
• Molecular genetics, and the mechanism of protein synthesis; genetic engineering
• Mendelian genetics, and exceptions to Mendelian laws: prediction of genetic ratios/probabilities, and analysis of family pedigrees
• Population genetics – the Hardy-Weinberg equation
• Taxonomy – an outline of the main taxonomic groups, and the relationship between evolution and a natural classification system
• Bacteria and viruses – overview of treatments for infectious diseases
• Population growth, and its analysis