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==Key Stage 3==
===Meaning===
A [[hazard]] is something that could be [[dangerous]].
===About Hazards===
: Something which is '''hazardous''' may be unsafe if used incorrectly.
: When dealing with '''hazards''' the danger can be reduced by taking '''precautions'''[[precaution]]s.
===Examples===
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |[[LASER Radiation]] is an extremely [[intensity|intense]] beam of [[light]].
|}
==Key Stage 4==
===Meaning===
A [[hazard]] is something that could cause harm to living [[organism]]s.
===About Hazards===
: Something which is '''hazardous''' may be unsafe if used incorrectly.
: When dealing with '''hazards''' the danger can be reduced by taking [[precaution]]s.
===Examples===
{| class="wikitable"
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''Toxic'''
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''Flammable'''
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''Harmful'''
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''Irritant'''
|-
|[[File:ToxicSymbol.png|center|150px]]
|[[File:FlammableSymbol.png|center|150px]]
|[[File:HarmfulSymbol.png|center|150px]]
|[[File:IrritantSymbol.png|center|150px]]
|-
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |A [[toxic]] [[substance]] is one that is so poisonous it could kill a [[human]].
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |A [[flammable]] [[substance]] is one that can catch on fire easily.
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |A [[harmful]] [[chemical]] is one that can cause damage to an [[organism]].
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |An [[irritant]] is a substance that can cause itching and pain to the [[skin]], [[eyes]] or [[lung]]s
|-
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''Corrosive'''
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''Long Term Health Risk'''
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''Dangerous to the Environment'''
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''Explosive'''
|-
|[[File:CorrosiveSymbol.png|center|150px]]
|[[File:LongTermHealthRiskSymbol.png|center|150px]]
|[[File:DangerousToTheEnvironmentSymbol.png|center|150px]]
|[[File:ExplosiveSymbol.png|center|150px]]
|-
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |A [[corrosive]] substance is one which can break down other [[material]]s or damage the [[skin]].
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |[[Chemical]]s that are a [[Long Term Health Risk|long term health risk]] cause [[Non-communicable Disease|non-communicable diseases]] if they are used repeatedly over long periods of time.
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |A [[chemical]] that is [[Dangerous to the Environment|dangerous to the environment]] can kill [[organism]]s other than [[human]]s.
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |An [[explosive]] substance is one which can [[Chemical Reaction|react]] very quickly, without needing [[oxygen]] from the [[air]], that produces a lot of [[gas]] during the [[Chemical Reaction|reaction]].
|-
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''Oxidising Agent'''
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''Compressed Gas'''
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''Biohazard'''
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''Ionising Radiation'''
|-
|[[File:OxidisingAgentSymbol.png|center|150px]]
|[[File:CompressedGasSymbol.png|center|150px]]
|[[File:BiohazardSymbol.png|center|150px]]
|[[File:IonisingRadiationSymbol.png|center|150px]]
|-
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |An [[Oxidising Agent|oxidising agent]] is a [[chemical]] that causes the [[oxidation]] of other [[chemical]]s.
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |[[Compressed Gas]] is when a [[gas]] is held under high [[pressure]] in a container.
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |A [[biohazard]] is something which contains [[pathogen]]s which could cause [[disease]].
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |[[Ionising Radiation]] is [[radiation]] which can cause [[atom]]s to lose [[electron]]s and become [[ion]]s.
|-
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''Danger of Electrocution'''
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |'''LASER Radiation'''
|-
|[[File:ElectrocutionSymbol.png|center|150px]]
|[[File:LASERSymbol.png|center|150px]]
|-
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |A [[Danger of Electrocution|danger of electrocution]] is when there is [[electricity]] at such a large [[Potential Difference|potential difference]] that it could pass through a living [[organism]].
| style="height:20px; width:150px; text-align:center;" |[[LASER Radiation]] is an extremely [[intensity|intense]] beam of [[light]].
|}
===References===
====AQA====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1471851370/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1471851370&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=01c69b0ae058f809cf636033e6ba793e ''Hazards, page 114, GCSE Physics, Hodder, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198359381/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0198359381&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=47c8d1ae58d8b3a5e2094cd447154558 ''Hazards, page 265, GCSE Chemistry; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/019835939X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=019835939X&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=57e96876985fc39b1a3d8a3e3dc238b6 ''Hazards, page 278, GCSE Physics; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945563/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945563&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=9a1d023a374038e6072f33c4f3cf808b ''Hazards, page 3, GCSE Biology; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1471851362/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1471851362&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=7d78d70a2044ee9982dae010c94af92a ''Hazards, pages 151-2, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy 2, Hodder, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945571/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945571&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=9e29fad914244909903e5e93f8a01d153 ''Hazards, pages 4, 108, GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782946403/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782946403&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=32a0abb60dff015b15b50e9b1d7b4644 ''Hazards, pages 6, 7, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Physics, CGP, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945954/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945954&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=100574c08fbbb64318256eb79ed61a76 ''Hazards, pages 7, 8, GCSE Biology, CGP, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945962/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945962&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=476bb5c8d1dfb5c08ac81b6d4d1c98d8 ''Hazards, pages 7, 8, GCSE Chemistry, CGP, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782946381/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782946381&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=5ec5fc3f6429e30c1d9ab9bca2bccf93 ''Hazards, pages 7, 8, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Biology, CGP, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/178294639X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=178294639X&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=51599bb45a2bfaf7c1b6a978b2ca2616 ''Hazards, pages 7, 8, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Chemistry, CGP, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945970/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945970&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=a120d24dcc7cc7a58192069a3aafc1d2 ''Hazards, pages 7, 8, GCSE Physics; The Complete 9-1 Course for AQA, CGP, AQA '']
====Edexcel====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1292120193/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1292120193&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=572df39392fb4200db8391d98ae6314e ''Hazards, page 151, GCSE Combined Science, Pearson Edexcel '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782946748/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782946748&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=a4f0348fc37d0ba1bb52d27f8679581f ''Hazards, page 4, GCSE Biology; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1292120215/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1292120215&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=8f96ddb76196848bafdb124354e4cf77 ''Hazards, page 7, GCSE Chemistry, Pearson, Edexcel '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945741/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945741&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=30da4f2178da182547b62a7329d13b57 ''Hazards, pages 3, 77, 212, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945725/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945725&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=694be7494de75af3349537d34e13f7f0 ''Hazards, pages 4, 14, 110, GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782948147/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782948147&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=f63dcd8345f4e49c717b39a228a36c7c ''Hazards, pages 7, 8, 28, 29, GCSE Chemistry, CGP, Edexcel '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782948120/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782948120&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=dedef775c6a43dbb0a609441525adac0 ''Hazards, pages 7, 8, GCSE Biology, CGP, Edexcel '']
====OCR====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945695/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945695&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=ceafcc80bcad6b6754ee97a0c7ceea53 ''Hazards, pages 3, 217, Gateway GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198359837/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0198359837&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=3c4229e8b023b2b60768e7ea2307cc6f ''Hazards, pages 3, 9, 182-183, Gateway GCSE Physics, Oxford, OCR '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198359810/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0198359810&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=d768d99f1a06f7c12fab40e5aef85a55 ''Hazards, pages 3, 9, Gateway GCSE Biology, Oxford, OCR '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945679/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945679&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=a2db42f7b4bdf10cafaafa3bb9120940 ''Hazards, pages 4, 103, Gateway GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR '']