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AQA GCSE Combined Science Paper 2 Higher Tier (8464/C/2H) -13th June 2023 [Exam Chat]

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Reply 60

Did anyone see a question near the back involving plotting coordinates or something??? Think I missed the question- If so how many marks???

Reply 61

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by beverlxyyy
I curved it


but i thought line of best fit is meant be a straight line with an equal number of x on both sides?

Reply 62

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by rosieburton123
(Original post by da1708)Such a good exam!
Forgot to do 3 s.f. because I forgot the numbers after 0 need to be 3, oh well :/ only lost 1 mark that I know of. Got 0.10 but it would've been 0.096 if I understood it agh.
Also, the equilibrium one confused me so much. I said it stays the same because it didn't specify whether the forward/reverse reaction was exothermic or endothermic. So I thought the equilibrium position would stay the same.
Defo got 0.9 for Rf values.
Can't remember what I got for the X value someone will have to remind me of the numbers (if they remember) but I did the inverse of finding the mean.
Loved Q2 Q3 and kinda liked Q5 also.
Where did the oxides of nitrogen come from?


i said the air

for the equilibrium one it told us that it was an exothermic reaction so the forward part is exothermic and backwards is endothermic, so the answer was it moves to the left because the reaction GAINED heat.

Reply 63

Whiz question was the crude oil one I hope I didn't miss a page the one about formulation crude oil

Reply 64

Can you please help with chromatography 6 marker question(

Reply 65

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by williamdouglas
did everyone get 0.313 for the last question?
0.9 for the Rf value?
0.31 for the question asking for X?


i got 0.306

Reply 66

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by acolourfulhuman
i got 0.306


i got 0.326

Reply 67

Original post
by rosieburton123
(Original post by da1708)Such a good exam!
Forgot to do 3 s.f. because I forgot the numbers after 0 need to be 3, oh well :/ only lost 1 mark that I know of. Got 0.10 but it would've been 0.096 if I understood it agh.
Also, the equilibrium one confused me so much. I said it stays the same because it didn't specify whether the forward/reverse reaction was exothermic or endothermic. So I thought the equilibrium position would stay the same.
Defo got 0.9 for Rf values.
Can't remember what I got for the X value someone will have to remind me of the numbers (if they remember) but I did the inverse of finding the mean.
Loved Q2 Q3 and kinda liked Q5 also.
Where did the oxides of nitrogen come from?


i said the air


i said the air too!!!! i was so nervous like it felt like it was supposed to be something else

Reply 68

Did anyone say that carbon monoxide was hard to detect as it is colourless?

Reply 69

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by propergoodman
Did anyone say that carbon monoxide was hard to detect as it is colourless?


yeah i said that :gthumb:

Reply 70

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by no one cares
but i thought line of best fit is meant be a straight line with an equal number of x on both sides?


In this question the line should be straight as it didn't follow a direct curve, the points fluctuated. You can do a curve only if all the points aline as a curve.

Reply 71

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by acolourfulhuman
yeah i said that :gthumb:


Thank you :smile:

Reply 72

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by ahmed_salem209
Can you please help with chromatography 6 marker question(

i put something like this
1 - draw a pencil line across the chromatography paper, 1 - 2 cm from the bottom.
2 - use a pipette or capillary tube to add small spots black ink to the line on the paper.
3 - place the paper into a container with a suitable solvent in the bottom.
4 - allow the solvent to move through the paper, but remove the chromatogram before it reaches the top. allow the chromatogram to dry, then measure the distance travelled by each spot and by the solvent, 5 - Calculate the Rf value of each spot: and compare to other known substances

Reply 73

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by M4teri4IGworI
omg that question stumped me ;-; I put magnesium oxide (?) but I didn't know the reason



Sorry to break it to you, but... it wasn't spelled as magnesium. I thought so as well before I re-read it. That was a real eye-boggler!

Reply 74

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by RL Greninja
It's to do with how attracted they were to the paper



What. Was this combined trilogy? I didn't see this question. I only saw the question where it said to calculate the RF value.

Reply 75

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by acolourfulhuman
i said the air too!!!! i was so nervous like it felt like it was supposed to be something else


I said:
"In the context of the question (car engine) it comes from fossil fuels, but it originated from volcanoes in the early years of earth."

Reply 76

I just want to know how everyone got 0.3 something for the last question because i got 1.50? Were u not meant to only calculate the gradient using the tangent? SOMEONE HELP IM SO LOST.

Reply 77

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by FFFFFWR
what did people write for the 3 mark on why Rf value changes with chromatography paper?


Was this triple/combined?

Reply 78

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by Ahmad06
What. Was this combined trilogy? I didn't see this question. I only saw the question where it said to calculate the RF value.


My bad, I was on the wrong area. I do Triple instead of Combined, sorry.

Reply 79

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by no one cares
for the equilibrium one it told us that it was an exothermic reaction so the forward part is exothermic and backwards is endothermic, so the answer was it moves to the left because the reaction GAINED heat.


It never specified that forward reaction was exothermic in the exam and it really put me off, idk what to believe yet. Does it always shift to the left if a reaction is exothermic and is an increase in temperature?
I mean it's only 1 mark but 1 mark could be the difference between a grade boundary so yeah.
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