This achievement standard involves demonstrating understanding of the structure, properties, production, uses, importance and effects of carbon and its chemistry.
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Demonstrate understanding of aspects of carbon chemistry. |
Demonstrate in-depth understanding of aspects of carbon chemistry. |
Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of aspects of carbon chemistry. |
Demonstrate understanding typically involves describing, identifying, naming, drawing, giving an account of, or defining, aspects of carbon chemistry. This may require the use of chemistry vocabulary, symbols and conventions (including names and formulae), and completing word equations. |
Demonstrate in-depth understanding typically involves explaining aspects of carbon chemistry. This may require the use of chemistry vocabulary, symbols and conventions (including names and formulae), and writing word equations or completing given symbol equations. |
Demonstrate comprehensive understanding typically involves linking aspects of carbon chemistry when explaining, elaborating, justifying, relating, evaluating, comparing and contrasting, or analysing. This may require the use of chemistry vocabulary, symbols and conventions (including names and formulae) and writing balanced symbol equations. |