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Design
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Produce a plan, object, simulation or model
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State
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Give a specific name, value or other brief answer (no supporting argument or calculation is necessary
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Describe
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Give a detailed account, including all the relevant information
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Justify
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Defend a viewpoint with reasoned argument
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Draw
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Represent by means of pencil lines (add labels unless told not to do so)
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Solve
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Obtain an answer using algebraic and/or numerical methods
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Measure
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Find a value for a quantity
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Distinguish
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Give a differences between two or more different items
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Deduce
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Reach a conclusion from the information given
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Suggest
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Propose a hypothesis or other possible answer
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Estimate
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Find an approximate value for an unknown quantity, based on the information provided and scientific knowledge
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Calculate
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Find an answer using mathematical methods (show the working unless instructed not to do so)
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Derive
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Manipulate a mathematical equation to give a new equation or result
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Determine
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Find the only possible answer
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Construct
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Represent or develop in graphical form
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List
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Give a sequence of names or other brief answers with no elaboration, each one clearly separated from the others.
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Compare
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Give an account of similarities and differences between two (or more) items, referring to both (all) of them throughout (comparisons can be given using a table)
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Outline
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Give a brief account or summary (include essential information only)
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Identify
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Find an answer from a number of possibilities
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Evaluate
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Assess the strengths, limitations and implications
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Define
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Give precise meaning of a word or phrase as concisely as possible
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Explain
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Give a clear account including causes, reasons or mechanisms
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Analyse
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Interpret data to reach conclusions
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Apply
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Use an idea, equation, principle, theory or law in a new situation
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Discuss
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Give an account including, where possible, a range of arguments, assessments of the relative importance of various factors or comparisons of alternative hypothesis
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Predict
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Give an expected result
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Annotate
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Add brief notes to a diagram, drawing or graph
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