Combined Science GCSE
Strengths and limitations of models
What Strengths and limitations of models means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Strengths and limitations of models
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Every model has limits, such as particles not being solid spheres and rays ignoring diffraction, so a model is used to explain data and then one way it is incomplete is stated.
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