"Describe" questions — Eduqas GCSE Physics
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How to answer
Say WHAT happens, in order. No reasoning. Structure: 1. First X. 2. Then Y. 3. Then Z. Assessment Objective: AO1. Every "describe" answer on this spec is marked against exactly this pattern.
Sample questions
- Describe what is meant by the pressure of a gas, and explain how increasing the temperature of a gas at constant volume …
- Scientists have observed that light from almost all distant galaxies is red-shifted, and that galaxies further away show…
- A student connects three lamps in a parallel circuit. Describe two differences between a parallel circuit and a series c…
- Describe the process of nuclear fusion and explain why it requires extremely high temperatures to occur.
- The Big Bang theory is the currently accepted model for the origin of the universe. Describe how the observed red shift …
- Waves transfer energy from one place to another. Describe the key features of a wave, including what is meant by amplitu…
- A student wants to find out which end of an unmarked bar magnet is the north pole. They have access to a compass. Descri…
- Radioactive substances emit different types of nuclear radiation. Describe the nature of alpha radiation and beta radiat…