Cambridge O Level Chemistry 5070 - Syllabus Version 2 - Exams 2023-2025

Oct 23, 2026

Syllabus for Cambridge O Level Chemistry (5070) for exams in 2023, 2024 and 2025, available in the June and November series. The document outlines key benefits of Cambridge O Level, explains transferable skills and scientific attitudes developed through chemistry learning, and introduces quality management and copyright notices. It provides a structured syllabus overview, subject aims and content, assessment objectives, and detailed requirements including practical assessment, safety in the laboratory, data presentation, conventions, command words, and grade descriptors.

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Why choose this syllabus?

Key benefits

Syllabus overview

Aims

Content overview

Assessment overview

Assessment objectives

Subject content

Details of the assessment

Practical assessment

Apparatus and reagents

Safety in the laboratory

Notes for use in qualitative analysis

The Periodic Table of Elements

Mathematical requirements

Presentation of data

Conventions (e.g. signs, symbols, terminology and nomenclature)

Command words

What else you need to know

Before you start

Making entries

After the exam

How students and teachers can use the grades

Grade descriptions

Changes to this syllabus for 2023, 2024 and 2025

Syllabus Cambridge O Level Chemistry 5070 Use this syllabus for exams in 2023, 2024 and 2025. Exams are available in the June and November series. Version 2 Please check the syllabus page [at www.cambridgeinternational.org/5070](at www.cambridgeinternational.org/5070)[ ](at www.cambridgeinternational.org/5070)[to see if this syllabus is available in your administrative zone.](to see if this syllabus is available in your administrative zone.) Why choose Cambridge International? Cambridge International prepares school students for life, helping them develop an informed curiosity and a lasting passion for learning. We are part of the University of Cambridge. Our Cambridge Pathway gives students a clear path for educational success from age 5 to 19. Schools can shape the curriculum around how they want students to learn – with a wide range of subjects and flexible ways to offer them. It helps students discover new abilities and a wider world, and gives them the skills they need for life, so they can achieve at school, university and work. Our programmes and qualifications set the global standard for international education. They are created by subject experts, rooted in academic rigour and reflect the latest educational research. They provide a strong platform for learners to progress from one stage to the next, and are well supported by teaching and learning resources. Our mission is to provide educational benefit through provision of international programmes and qualifications for school education and to be the world leader in this field. Together with schools, we develop Cambridge learners who are confident, responsible, reflective, innovative and engaged – equipped for success in the modern world. Every year, nearly a million Cambridge students from 10 000 schools in 160 countries prepare for their future with the Cambridge Pathway. ‘We think the Cambridge curriculum is superb preparation for university.’Christoph Guttentag, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions, Duke University, USA Quality management Cambridge International is committed to providing exceptional quality. In line with this commitment, our quality management system for the provision of international qualifications and education programmes for students aged 5 to 19 is independently certified as meeting the internationally recognised standard, ISO 9001:2015. Learn more [at www.cambridgeinternational.org/ISO9001](at www.cambridgeinternational.org/ISO9001) Copyright © UCLES September 2020 Cambridge Assessment International Education is part of the Cambridge Assessment Group. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which itself is a department of the University of Cambridge. UCLES retains the copyright on all its publications. Registered centres are permitted to copy material from this booklet for their own internal use. However, we cannot give permission to centres to photocopy any material that is acknowledged to a third party even for internal use within a centre. Contents 1 Why choose this syllabus? .................................................................................................... 2 2 Syllabus overview .................................................................................................................... 5 Aims 5 Content overview 6 Assessment overview 7 Assessment objectives 8 3 Subject content ...................................................................................................................... 10 4 Details of the assessment .................................................................................................. 30 Practical assessment 30 Apparatus and reagents 33 Safety in the laboratory 36 Notes for use in qualitative analysis 37 The Periodic Table of Elements 39 Mathematical requirements 40 Presentation of data 41 Conventions (e.g. signs, symbols, terminology and nomenclat

FAQs

What exams are covered by this Cambridge O Level Chemistry 5070 syllabus?

It is for examinations available in the June and November series for the years 2023, 2024 and 2025.

What transferable skills and attitudes are emphasized in the syllabus?

The syllabus highlights transferable skills such as handling data, practical problem-solving and applying the scientific method, along with attitudes like accuracy, objectivity, integrity, enquiry, initiative and inventiveness.

What areas are included under the assessment and practical requirements?

It includes assessment objectives and detailed information for practical assessment, covering apparatus and reagents, laboratory safety, qualitative analysis notes, the Periodic Table, mathematical requirements, presentation of data, conventions and command words.

Oct 23, 2026

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