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| Question | Answer |
| Calculate | work out a number. Use you calculator is you want, you may need to use an equation. |
| Compare | write about the ways in which two or more things are the same AND how they are different. You could use a table or Venn diagram to help you plan your answer. |
| Discuss | Write about the issues, giving arguments both for and against (think about compare above,) or showing the difference between ideas, opinions and ideas. |
| Estimate | suggest a rough value, without doing a complete calculation. Use your scientific knowledge to suggest a reasonable answer. |
| Explain | Write a detailed answer about how and why things happen. Give mechanisms and reasons. Think about doing a quick mind map to help you answer questions like this. |
| Evaluate | You will be given some facts, data or an article. Write about them and then give your own opinion or conclusion. You must use the info given to you as part of the question! Think about using a graphical organiser to help you plan your answer. |
| Justify | Give some evidence or an explanation to tell the examiner WHY you gave an answer. (Compare this to evaluate.) |
| Outline | Give only the key facts or steps of a process in the correct order (you will not have been given much time to complete this part of a question.) |
| Predict | Look at the data and suggest a sensible value or outcome. Use trends in the data and your scientific knowledge to help you. |
| Show | write down the steps or stages in your calculation to show how you got your answer. |
| Suggest | Apply something you have learnt to a new context, or come up with a sensible answer. |
| Write down | Give a short answer, there is no need for a detailed argument to support your answer. This could be a list. |
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