IB Command Terms

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Across
  1. 3. Give a brief account or summary
  2. 4. Give a detailed account
  3. 6. Represent by means of pencil lines (always label unless told not to do so)
  4. 7. Represent by means of a diagram
  5. 12. Assess the implication and limitations
  6. 13. Find a numerical answer showing the relevant stages in the working (unless instructed not to do so)
  7. 15. Give sequence of names or other brief answers with no explanation
  8. 17. Find an approximate value for an unknown quantity
  9. 18. Give a specific name, value or other brief answer without explanation or calculation
  10. 19. Give the precise meaning of the word, phrase or physical quality
  11. 21. Give and account of similarities and differences between two (or more) items, referring to both (all) of them throughout
  12. 23. Add brief notes to the diagram or graph
  13. 25. Propose a solution, hypothesis, or other possible answer
Down
  1. 1. Interpret data to reach conclusions
  2. 2. Represent or develop in graphical form
  3. 5. Add labels to a diagram
  4. 8. Give a detailed account of causes, reasons or mechanisms
  5. 9. Find the only possible answer
  6. 10. Find a value for a quantity
  7. 11. Find an answer from a given number of possibilities
  8. 14. Give a judgment based on a given statement or result of a calculation
  9. 16. Produce a plan, simulation or model
  10. 19. Give the differences between two or more different terms
  11. 20. Reach a conclusion from the information given
  12. 22. Give an expected result
  13. 24. Give an account including, where possible, a range of arguments for and against the relative importance of various factors, or comparisons of alternative hypotheses