AQA AS Human Biology Unit 2- May 21st
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I'm sure youve done fine(Original post by godzilla-roar)
i found it really hard !!!!
i didn't like the way the missed out all the usual easy questions about DNA and RNA :-((
If theyve left the easy markers out, it just means grade boundaries are going to be MEGA low 
Growth Phase, that's pretty random. Considering almost, every past paper has been on I.P.M.A.T(Original post by cuckoo99)
that was a beasty exam
failed first question because teacher only taught us I.P.M.A.T and didnt teach us growth phase
I'm sure grade boundaries will be low then
Not many people expect a sudden change in exams and do a lot worse! So grade boundaries should also be lower 
Bet you get an A(Original post by Kelz)
I think if you're not used to how AQA words the Unit 2 questions then it will be difficult however some was relatively simple. Hoping for a C or a B.
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Re: AQA AS Human Biology Unit 2- May 21stpotassium argon dating ! was soo happy when i saw that question(Original post by Kelz)
I doubt that. I couldn't remember another way of dating things. XD I just write loads and hope for the best. XD -
Re: AQA AS Human Biology Unit 2- May 21stI knew it began with p. I should get a mark for that. :P(Original post by cuckoo99)
potassium argon dating ! was soo happy when i saw that question
I was happy when I saw the gene mutation thing for cancer. The single cell organism question threw me a little at first. I thought they were trying to trick me with the taxonomic hierarchy at first and we were meant to know of a clever name for that organism but then I put genus so I hope that is right. XD
I hate that not as many people do human biology. Less people to discuss with. D: -
Re: AQA AS Human Biology Unit 2- May 21stI just listed as much as I knew about what the spindles do in mitosis. So they pull the chromosomes to either pole of the cell. I think it will be one of those questions where you write half a statement, get a mark then write the other half and you get a mark.(Original post by Shivani Kotecha)
How did you find the question about the role of spindle fibres in mitosis, the question threw me a bit as it was worth 5 marks!
AQA mark schemes are daft sometimes, you can say like one word and get a mark. XD -
Re: AQA AS Human Biology Unit 2- May 21stsame i put genus ;p and ye its annoying. ya know only 82 people in the country do human biology lol ? for the spindle one i talked about anaphase but then thought maybe it had suffen to do with telophase aswell so i added a bit in at the end about it helping with cytokenises, dunno if i can lose marks for puting that though(Original post by Kelz)
I knew it began with p. I should get a mark for that. :P
I was happy when I saw the gene mutation thing for cancer. The single cell organism question threw me a little at first. I thought they were trying to trick me with the taxonomic hierarchy at first and we were meant to know of a clever name for that organism but then I put genus so I hope that is right. XD
I hate that not as many people do human biology. Less people to discuss with. D: -
Re: AQA AS Human Biology Unit 2- May 21stYou won't lose marks. AQA does positive marking.(Original post by cuckoo99)
same i put genus ;p and ye its annoying. ya know only 82 people in the country do human biology lol ? for the spindle one i talked about anaphase but then thought maybe it had suffen to do with telophase aswell so i added a bit in at the end about it helping with cytokenises, dunno if i can lose marks for puting that though
So will just pick out the right things.
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Re: AQA AS Human Biology Unit 2- May 21stIt said other things besides carbon dating which bugged me because Carbon dating was the only one that stuck in my mind. XD(Original post by STALKER0098)
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Re: AQA AS Human Biology Unit 2- May 21stprob cuz others are doing there HBIO5(Original post by Doctor.)
I've been told there are 7 people entered for HBIO4...
I have no one to talk to
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Re: AQA AS Human Biology Unit 2- May 21st
Wasn't that bad paper. Hoping to get at least B, barely scrape. Teacher said I did good on the coursework, so... Just hanging tight atm. Pretty anxiou to find out results.
Need to focus on my GCSEs and C2 now. Oh God, I have additional Science chemistry tomorrow and Core 2 maths.... -
Re: AQA AS Human Biology Unit 2- May 21stThis is an AS Level thread ....... not GCSE(Original post by Fusion9)
Wasn't that bad paper. Hoping to get at least B, barely scrape. Teacher said I did good on the coursework, so... Just hanging tight atm. Pretty anxiou to find out results.
Need to focus on my GCSEs and C2 now. Oh God, I have additional Science chemistry tomorrow and Core 2 maths....
If theyve left the easy markers out, it just means grade boundaries are going to be MEGA low 