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Question Level/
Answer Marks Guidance
number Band
1 exoplanet – A planet in orbit around 4 Level 3 4 marks – all
another star (not our Sun). Developing correct
intensity – Energy transferred per 3 marks – three
second. correct
SETI – The search for extra-terrestrial 2 marks – two
intelligence. correct
magnify – To make something appear 1 mark – one
bigger. correct
habitable zone – Region where a
planet has the conditions for life.
2a signal 3 Level 3 Amplitude or
amplitude Developing frequency in
either order in
frequency
2nd and 3rd
modulated spaces in b i

2b (1) 4 Level 4 1 before 5 = 1

5 Developing mark
3 5 before 3 = 1
mark
2
3 before 2 = 1
4
mark
2 before 4 = 1
mark
3 Work out position from the time of a 2 Level 3 2 marks – all
signal to a satellite – Global Developing correct
Positioning System (GPS) 1 mark – one
Work out position from the changing correct
position of stars – parallax
Works out position from a reflected
radio wave - radar
4a radio 2 Level 4
visible Developing
4b image 1 Level 4
Developing
5 B 1 Level 4
Developing
6ai D 1 Level 4
Developing
6 a ii C 1 Level 4

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Developing
6b To make sure your data is more 1 Level 4 Not precise
accurate. Developing
OR
To check for outliers.
6c Keep the distance from the ball to the 2 Level 4
lamp the same. Developing
Keep the distance from the lamp to
the solar cell the same.
6d Do not touch the hot lamp. 1 Level 4
Developing
7a A line spectrum/black lines in the 1 Level 5
spectrum. Secure
7b It tells the elements that are present 1 Level 5
in the atmosphere. Secure

7c Shows if there is oxygen 1 Level 5

which would make alien life more Secure
likely. 1
7d Either: 2 Level 6
Use telescope like HST Secure
To see them directly
or
Use the drop in light intensity
As an exoplanet moves in front of a
star
8a 2 Level 6 2 marks – all
Secure labels correct
1 mark – one
label correct

8b Any 6 marks from: 6 Level 6 Students should

(QWC) be marked on
 Refracting telescopes use lenses to Secure
the use of good
refract light. English,
 Reflecting telescope use mirrors to organisation of
reflect light. information,
spelling and

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 Refracting telescopes do not grammar, and

produce clear images as different correct use of
colours of light are refracted by scientific terms.
different amounts.
 Reflecting telescopes produce
better images as light is focused
by the curved mirror.
 The HST is a reflecting telescope.
It focusses faint light from distant
exoplanets using a large mirror.
 A large lens would be too heavy to
send to space
 So space based telescopes use
mirrors
 Ground based telescopes use
lenses or mirrors
9 a 3 points from: 3 Level 6
GPS uses 24 satellites around the Secure
Earth. The satellites transmit radio
waves.
GPS calculates distance from a
measure of time.
A GPS receives signals from three
satellites and calculates the distance
to each one.
The point at which the three radii
intersect is the position of the GPS
receiver (triangulation).
9 b A signal can travel in a straight line 1 Level 6
from the satellite. Secure
9c Diagram showing waves diffracting Level 6 One mark for
around a hill. 2 Secure waves above hill
You do not need line of site because carrying straight
on
the waves bend/are diffracted as they
One mark for
go past hills. 1
curved waves at
the bottom
10 Any three of: 3 Level 6
Inside a particle accelerator is a very Secure
strong electric field.
Protons and electrons are charged
particles so they accelerate in an
electric field.
Particles can be accelerated to speeds
close to the speed of light.

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Particles are smashed together.

New particles are produced.
A semiconductor detects properties of
a particle (such as its mass and its
charge).

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