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Paper 6 Alternative to Practical February/March 2025
MARK SCHEME
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This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates, to indicate the requirements of the
examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate the
details of the discussions that took place at an Examiners’ meeting before marking began, which would have
considered the acceptability of alternative answers.

Mark schemes should be read in conjunction with the question paper and the Principal Examiner Report f or
Teachers.

Cambridge International will not enter into discussions about these mark schemes.

Cambridge International is publishing the mark schemes f or the February/March 2025 series f or most
Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge International A and AS Level components, and some Cambridge O Level
components.

This document consists of 7 printed pages.

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Generic Marking Principles

These general marking principles must be applied by all examiners when marking candidate answers. They should be applied alon gside the
specific content of the mark scheme or generic level descriptions for a question. Each question paper and mark scheme will also comply with these
marking principles.

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 1:

Marks must be awarded in line with:

• the specific content of the mark scheme or the generic level descriptors for the question
• the specific skills defined in the mark scheme or in the generic level descriptors for the question
• the standard of response required by a candidate as exemplified by the standardisation scripts.

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 2:

Marks awarded are always whole marks (not half marks, or other fractions).

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 3:

Marks must be awarded positively:

• marks are awarded for correct/valid answers, as defined in the mark scheme. However, credit is given for valid answers which go beyond
the scope of the syllabus and mark scheme, referring to your Team Leader as appropriate
• marks are awarded when candidates clearly demonstrate what they know and can do
• marks are not deducted for errors
• marks are not deducted for omissions
• answers should only be judged on the quality of spelling, punctuation and grammar when these features are specifically assess ed by the
question as indicated by the mark scheme. The meaning, however, should be unambiguous.

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 4:

Rules must be applied consistently, e.g. in situations where candidates have not followed instructions or in the application of generic level
descriptors.

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GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 5:

Marks should be awarded using the full range of marks defined in the mark scheme for the question (however; the use of the fu ll mark range may
be limited according to the quality of the candidate responses seen).

GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 6:

Marks awarded are based solely on the requirements as defined in the mark scheme. Marks should not be awarded with grade thresholds or
grade descriptors in mind.

Science-Specific Marking Principles

1 Examiners should consider the context and scientific use of any keywords when awarding marks. Although keywords may be presen t, marks
should not be awarded if the keywords are used incorrectly.

2 The examiner should not choose between contradictory statements given in the same question part, and credit should not be awarded for
any correct statement that is contradicted within the same question part. Wrong science that is irrelevant to the questi on should be ignored.

3 Although spellings do not have to be correct, spellings of syllabus terms must allow for clear and unambiguous separation fro m other
syllabus terms with which they may be confused (e.g. ethane / ethene, glucagon / glycogen, refraction / reflection).

4 The error carried forward (ecf) principle should be applied, where appropriate. If an incorrect answer is subsequently used i n a scientifically
correct way, the candidate should be awarded these subsequent marking points. Further guidance will be include d in the mark scheme
where necessary and any exceptions to this general principle will be noted.

5 ‘List rule’ guidance

For questions that require n responses (e.g. State two reasons …):

• The response should be read as continuous prose, even when numbered answer spaces are provided.
• Any response marked ignore in the mark scheme should not count towards n.
• Incorrect responses should not be awarded credit but will still count towards n.
• Read the entire response to check for any responses that contradict those that would otherwise be credited. Credit should not be
awarded for any responses that are contradicted within the rest of the response. Where two responses contradict one another, this
should be treated as a single incorrect response.
• Non-contradictory responses after the first n responses may be ignored even if they include incorrect science.

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6 Calculation specific guidance

Correct answers to calculations should be given full credit even if there is no working or incorrect working, unless the question states ‘show
your working’.

For questions in which the number of significant figures required is not stated, credit should be awarded for correct answers when rounded
by the examiner to the number of significant figures given in the mark scheme. This may not apply to measured values.

For answers given in standard form (e.g. a  10n) in which the convention of restricting the value of the coefficient ( a) to a value between 1
and 10 is not followed, credit may still be awarded if the answer can be converted to the answer given in the mark scheme.

Unless a separate mark is given for a unit, a missing or incorrect unit will normally mean that the final calculation mark is not awarded.
Exceptions to this general principle will be noted in the mark scheme.

7 Guidance for chemical equations

Multiples / fractions of coefficients used in chemical equations are acceptable unless stated otherwise in the mark scheme.

State symbols given in an equation should be ignored unless asked for in the question or stated otherwise in the mark scheme.

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Question Answer Marks

1(a) M1 ink spots should be on baseline 1

M2 water should reach the paper / water should be between bottom of paper and ink spots 1

1(b) pencil / graphite 1

1(c)(i) yellow OR blue 1

1(c)(ii) orange 1

1(c)(iii) yellow 1

Question Answer Marks

2(a) M1 all 7 temperatures correct for experiment 1 (33.5, 38.0, 41.5, 43.0, 44.0, 43.0, 42.0) 1

M2 all 7 temperatures correct for experiment 2 (24.0, 25.5, 27.0, 28.0, 28.5, 29.0, 29.0) 1

M3 all temperature changes correct 1

(9.5, 14.0, 17.5, 19.0, 20.0, 19.0, 18.0)
(2.0, 3.5, 5.0, 6.0, 6.5, 7.0, 7.0)

M4 all temperatures and temperature changes are recorded to 1 dp 1

2(b) M1 suitable scale for y-axis 1

M2 M3 plotting – all 14 correct scores 2, 13 correct scores 1 2

M4 best fit curve for experiment 2 1

M5 correct labels 1

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Question Answer Marks

2(c) M1 extrapolation shown on graph, this must be a sensible continuation of line for experiment 1 1

M2 correct reading from 240 for their extrapolation on graph 1

M3 °C 1

2(d) experiment 1 / zinc 1

and
greater temperature change / increase

2(e) 24(.0) 1

2(f) copper is a good conductor (of heat) 1

2(g) changes may be either way round 1

M1 change 1: use a polystyrene cup / insulation / lid

M2 explanation 1: reduce / less heat lost 1

M3 change 2: use a burette (for the aqueous copper( II) sulfate) 1

M4 explanation 2: (more) accurate (than a measuring cylinder) 1

Question Answer Marks

3(a) M1 green precipitate 1

M2 dissolves / forms a (green) solution 1

3(b) no change 1

3(c) white precipitate 1

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Question Answer Marks

3(d) M1 description of using a non-luminous / blue / roaring (Bunsen) flame 1

M2 description of how the substance is put into the flame – on a wire / on a splint / spray a solution 1

3(e) ammonium / NH4+ 1

3(f) M1 lithium / Li+ 1

M2 sulfate / SO42- 1

Question Answer Marks

4 any 6 from 6

MP1 find mass of spoon

MP2 silver nitrate dissolved in water

MP3 diagram showing complete circuit with electrodes in silver nitrate (solution) / electrolyte and a power supply

MP4 spoon / object to be plated as negative electrode / cathode in electrolysis

MP5 silver used as one of the electrodes in electrolysis

After electrolysis
MP6 wash and dry spoon

MP7 find mass of spoon again (after electrolysis) and

mass of silver = new mass – original mass

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