Glossary of exam command words
Calculate/ Determine use maths to work out the answer
Choose circle the answer from the selection
Compare what the
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Complete fill in the gaps - pay attention to any given words, some may be used more than once some not at all
Define what does the word mean?
Describe what it looks like, or recall an event or process
Design/ Plan something
Draw a scientific diagram, not an arty sketch
Estimate give a sensible guess
Evaluate give good points, bad points your option and justify your opinion
Explain give reasons why something is the way it is
Give/Name a short answer
Identify/Label name a part
Justify give an answer and support it with a reason
Measure you might need to get your ruler out for this one
Plan write a method, don’t forget your variables, controls and risk assessment
Plot mark points on a graph using an x
Predict/suggest what do you think is going to happen, you may need to use information from the question and knowledge from class
Show give evidence and come to a conclusion
Sketch a rough drawing, a graph doesn’t always need number labels on the axis, but
it must be an accurate representation
How to answer long-answer questions
1. Identify the command word; this tells you what the examiners are looking for. This is generally describe, explain or evaluate.
2. Go back over the question and use different colour highlighter pens to pick out key bits of information.
3. Plan the structure of your question. Table, paragraphs, diagram.
4. Write your answer
5. Check your answer fully answers the question, make sure it is balanced and cover all the points asked for in the question.
6. Check your spelling, punctuation, and grammar.
AS Exam details
Exam dates might be changed by AQA
What the exam will look like; Total of 80 marks, it makes up 50% of the AS grade. There are 65 marks of short and long answer questions and 15 marks of multiple choice questions
Paper What’s in the paper 2020
dates
AS
paper 1
1 hour 30 minutes Physical chemistry
- Atomic structure page
-Amount of substance
-Bonding
-Energetics
- Chemical equilibria, Le Chatelier’s principle and Kc
-Oxidation, reduction and redox equations
Inorganic chemistry
-Periodicity
-Group 2, the alkaline earth metals
-Group 7(17), the halogens
Relevant practical skills 18th May
AS
paper 2
1 hour 30 minutes Physical chemistry topics
- Amount of substance
-Bonding
-Energetics
-Kinetics
-Chemical equilibria, Le Chatelier’s principle and Kc
Organic chemistry
- Introduction to organic chemistry
-Alkanes
-Halogenoalkanes
-Alkenes
-Alcohols
-Organic analysis
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