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Question 19M.3.sl.TZ2.10a

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Date May 2019 Marks available [Maximum mark: 2] Reference code 19M.3.sl.TZ2.10a
Level sl Paper 3 Time zone TZ2
Command term Compare and contrast Question number a Adapted from N/A
a.
[Maximum mark: 2]
19M.3.sl.TZ2.10a

This question is about fuel for engines.

(a)

Crude oil can be converted into fuels by fractional distillation and cracking.

Contrast these two processes.

[2]

Markscheme

Note: Award [1] max for any two correct answers from one column OR one from each column.

Award [2] for any two correct from each column; eg: fractional distillation – any two correct award [1 max] AND cracking – any two correct award [1 max].

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This question was not well answered. Many candidates didn’t answer the question as asked. Candidates needed two correct statements, either about fractional distillation or cracking as a process for 1 mark.

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