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Year 9
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Hydrothermal vents
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Explains geological processes leading to formation of ‘black smokers’ 2 Annotation 2
States composition of black smokers’ mineral deposits and describes their potential economic use 3 Annotation 3
States purpose and aim of investigation
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Explains geological processes leading to formation of ‘black smokers’ -
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States composition of black smokers’ mineral deposits and describes their potential economic use -
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States purpose and aim of investigation
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Refers to annotated photograph to describe experimental setup 2 Annotation 2
Identifies and categorises key variables
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Refers to annotated photograph to describe experimental setup -
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Identifies and categorises key variables
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Provides step-by-step instructions to describe experimental procedure 2 Annotation 2
Identifies some risks associated with experiment
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Provides step-by-step instructions to describe experimental procedure -
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Identifies some risks associated with experiment
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Presents results in table 2 Annotation 2
Creates flowcart to illustrate major stages of experiment 3 Annotation 3
Uses annotated photograph to indicate alterations made to experimental method
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Presents results in table -
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Creates flowcart to illustrate major stages of experiment -
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Uses annotated photograph to indicate alterations made to experimental method
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Creates multiaxial graph to display results
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Creates multiaxial graph to display results
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Identifies trend in data and recognises that it does not support hypothesis 2 Annotation 2
Relates experimental results to real-world situation 3 Annotation 3
Uses scientific understanding of chemical reactions to speculate about causes for unexpected results 4 Annotation 4
Reflects on learning process 5 Annotation 5
Suggests extension of experiment to help interpretation of results 6 Annotation 6
Provides list of sources used in researching the topic
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Identifies trend in data and recognises that it does not support hypothesis -
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Relates experimental results to real-world situation -
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Uses scientific understanding of chemical reactions to speculate about causes for unexpected results -
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Reflects on learning process -
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Suggests extension of experiment to help interpretation of results -
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Provides list of sources used in researching the topic
Above satisfactory
Hydrothermal vents
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Uses understanding of heat transfer mechanisms to explain geological processes associated with formation of hydrothermal vents 2 Annotation 2
Creates diagram illustrating how convection causes divergent movement of tectonic plates
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Uses understanding of heat transfer mechanisms to explain geological processes associated with formation of hydrothermal vents -
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Creates diagram illustrating how convection causes divergent movement of tectonic plates
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Describes origin and composition of minerals and states why ‘black smokers’ may be of interest to mining industry 2 Annotation 2
Explains how human-induced emissions of carbon dioxide contribute to ocean acidification 3 Annotation 3
Demonstrates understanding of chemical reactions and the concept of acidity 4 Annotation 4
States purpose and aim of investigation, clearly establishing its economic interest
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Describes origin and composition of minerals and states why ‘black smokers’ may be of interest to mining industry -
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Explains how human-induced emissions of carbon dioxide contribute to ocean acidification -
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Demonstrates understanding of chemical reactions and the concept of acidity -
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States purpose and aim of investigation, clearly establishing its economic interest
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Creates annotated diagram of experimental setup to illustrate 'black smokers' in model geological system 2 Annotation 2
Identifies and categorises key variables
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Creates annotated diagram of experimental setup to illustrate 'black smokers' in model geological system -
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Identifies and categorises key variables
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Identifies experimental risks and lists appropriate rules of conduct
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Identifies experimental risks and lists appropriate rules of conduct
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Provides detailed step-by-step instructions to describe experimental procedure
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Provides detailed step-by-step instructions to describe experimental procedure
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Exploits software functionality to digitally embed raw data in report and provides clarifying remarks (see last page for actual data) 2 Annotation 2
Creates flowchart describing in detail major stages of experiment
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Exploits software functionality to digitally embed raw data in report and provides clarifying remarks (see last page for actual data) -
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Creates flowchart describing in detail major stages of experiment
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Creates diagrams to illustrate alterations made to the experimental setup 2 Annotation 2
Describes how they collaborated with other groups of students to speed up processing of results
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Creates diagrams to illustrate alterations made to the experimental setup -
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Describes how they collaborated with other groups of students to speed up processing of results
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Presents results in table including clarifying remarks 2 Annotation 2
Creates graph displaying combined results from several groups of students including clarifying remarks
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Presents results in table including clarifying remarks -
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Creates graph displaying combined results from several groups of students including clarifying remarks
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Uses annotated photographs to illustrate and describe processes occurring at different stages of the experiment
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Uses annotated photographs to illustrate and describe processes occurring at different stages of the experiment
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Identifies trend in data and recognises that it does not support hypothesis 2 Annotation 2
Refers to evidence from other investigations to confirm unexpected trend 3 Annotation 3
Speculates about causes for unexpected results 4 Annotation 4
Relates experimental results to real-world situation and reflects on its impacts on society
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Identifies trend in data and recognises that it does not support hypothesis -
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Refers to evidence from other investigations to confirm unexpected trend -
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Speculates about causes for unexpected results -
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Relates experimental results to real-world situation and reflects on its impacts on society
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Reflects on learning process 2 Annotation 2
Reflects on benefits of collaboration 3 Annotation 3
Suggests alterations to experimental method that would improve accuracy of results
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Reflects on benefits of collaboration -
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Suggests alterations to experimental method that would improve accuracy of results
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Satisfactory
Hydrothermal vents
![](/media/6286/science-9-at-2019-16301632-earth-science-task_page_1.png)
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Explains geological processes leading to formation of ‘black smokers’ 2 Annotation 2
States composition of black smokers’ mineral deposits and describes their potential economic use 3 Annotation 3
States purpose and aim of investigation
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Annotations
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Explains geological processes leading to formation of ‘black smokers’ -
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Annotation 2
States composition of black smokers’ mineral deposits and describes their potential economic use -
3
Annotation 3
States purpose and aim of investigation
![](/media/6281/science-9-at-2019-16301632-earth-science-task_page_4.png)
Refers to annotated photograph to describe experimental setup 2 Annotation 2
Identifies and categorises key variables
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Refers to annotated photograph to describe experimental setup -
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Annotation 2
Identifies and categorises key variables
![](/media/6282/science-9-at-2019-16301632-earth-science-task_page_5.png)
Provides step-by-step instructions to describe experimental procedure 2 Annotation 2
Identifies some risks associated with experiment
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Provides step-by-step instructions to describe experimental procedure -
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Annotation 2
Identifies some risks associated with experiment
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Presents results in table 2 Annotation 2
Creates flowcart to illustrate major stages of experiment 3 Annotation 3
Uses annotated photograph to indicate alterations made to experimental method
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Presents results in table -
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Creates flowcart to illustrate major stages of experiment -
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Uses annotated photograph to indicate alterations made to experimental method
![](/media/6284/science-9-at-2019-16301632-earth-science-task_page_7.png)
Creates multiaxial graph to display results
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Creates multiaxial graph to display results
![](/media/6285/science-9-at-2019-16301632-earth-science-task_page_8.png)
Identifies trend in data and recognises that it does not support hypothesis 2 Annotation 2
Relates experimental results to real-world situation 3 Annotation 3
Uses scientific understanding of chemical reactions to speculate about causes for unexpected results 4 Annotation 4
Reflects on learning process 5 Annotation 5
Suggests extension of experiment to help interpretation of results 6 Annotation 6
Provides list of sources used in researching the topic
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Annotation 1
Identifies trend in data and recognises that it does not support hypothesis -
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Annotation 2
Relates experimental results to real-world situation -
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Annotation 3
Uses scientific understanding of chemical reactions to speculate about causes for unexpected results -
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Annotation 4
Reflects on learning process -
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Annotation 5
Suggests extension of experiment to help interpretation of results -
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Annotation 6
Provides list of sources used in researching the topic