Whitgift School
M13. (a)
(i)
the number of turns or coils of wire
accept ‘the coils’
accept ‘the turns’
1 (L5)
(ii)
any one from
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the current
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the length or thickness or material of the wire or coil
accept ‘the voltage or power’
accept ‘the wire’
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the circumference of the coil
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the size of paper-clips
accept ‘the paper-clips’; ‘position of the coil on the nail’;
‘tightness of the coil’; accept ‘distance between turns’;
‘the nail’
do not accept ‘the number of paper-clips’
1 (L5)
(iii)
any one from
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count the paper-clips picked up
accept ‘number of paper-clips’; ‘count them’
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measure their mass
accept ‘weigh them’; ‘the more clips the stronger
the magnet’;
‘measure the distance at which a magnet will just pick up
a paper-clip’
1 (L5)
(b)
any one from
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an inaccuracy in results
accept a description of inaccuracies, such as
‘she counted the number of clips wrongly’
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a problem with the data or results
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a problem with the method
accept ‘something wrong with the tests’
accept ‘she used different sized paper-clips’
accept ‘the paper-clips were already magnetised’
accept ‘she did something wrong’
‘the test is unfair’ is insufficient
1 (L6)
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