essential to use sentences to answer

[lacoste]

Is it necessary to use structured 'english' sentences in the chem exam.

For example.
Why did blahblah move the fastest through the column?

Do you need to say: 'because' blahblah has the lowest molar mass.  OR just write it has the lowest molar mass. OR blah blah has the lowese molar mass.


can you omit "because", and such or words.


is it safe to dot point answers???


thanks

[cns1511]

Dot points are fine. They also reduce the chances of walking in circles (so to speak) and risk losing marks if you contradict yourself.

[Mao]

examiners who stay up till 3 in the morning with large jugs of very strong black coffee prefer reading dot point answers, they are a LOT easier to read than paragraph answers

[linny]

so what happens in a question where its worth 2 marks, and you say the 2 correct answers but you add in something that is wrong; do you get the 2 marks or will you get only 1 mark?

[/0]

I think the general rule is +1 for every right answer and -1 for every wrong answer. So in your example you would get 1/2.