Combined Science GCSE
Evaluating
What Evaluating means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Reference: AQA
Using supplied information to judge how well a method reduces use of a limited resource, then reaching a supported conclusion.
Using the data to support a conclusion, recognising trends and commenting on the reliability or limitations of the evidence.
Weighing evidence, for example comparing the energy cost of electrolysis with the cost of heating a blast furnace.
Topics that use Evaluating
- Extraction of metals and reduction (AQA GCSE)
- Reaction time (AQA GCSE)
- Ways of reducing the use of resources (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Balancing benefits against drawbacks
- Conservation of raw materials
- Distractions
- Mean
- Metal extraction
- Native metals
- Oxidation
- Oxygen transfer
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