June 12 2012 aqa biology gcse???

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  1. Dalek1099's Avatar
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    Re: June 12 2012 aqa biology gcse???
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    Guys what did you write for 1b? It was about the variables that should be controlled?


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    The type of pain and age I wrote.
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    I wrote the type of pain and the part of the body the pain is.
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    Re: June 12 2012 aqa biology gcse???
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    I seem to be the only person who on the Pharmacist drug question put that I agreed that taking both drugs would work. Originally I was going to say no because of the side effects but looking at the graph Drug A and B combined were so similar to that of X it almost felt that was exactly what they were trying to make you do. Especially as the decrease in pain % was the same for A after 2 hours as X as was B after 7 hours. They seemed to line up quite nicely.

    I was also caught out by the question about pain, put 25%. Doh!
    For the pharmacist question I did the exact same as you - about Drugs A and B being so similar to Drug X. Also, about Drug A after 2 hours and Drug B 7 hours. We may still get the marks! Lol.

    I was fooled by the question on pain and put 25% too.
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    Re: June 12 2012 aqa biology gcse???
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    I wrote the type of pain and the part of the body the pain is.
    That should only get one mark I think because they are the same thing I think like Headache and Head.
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    Re: June 12 2012 aqa biology gcse???
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    The type of pain and age I wrote.
    I wrote age and gender. I don't think pain would affect it since it was Mean Decrease of pain.
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    Re: June 12 2012 aqa biology gcse???
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    I wrote age and gender. I don't think pain would affect it since it was Mean Decrease of pain.
    Not all drugs cure all pains though,not every drugs cures the pain of all aches and could cure the pain more for different pains,percentage wise.
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    Re: June 12 2012 aqa biology gcse???
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    That should only get one mark I think because they are the same thing I think like Headache and Head.
    On the actual paper I put that the severity of the pain could be rated on a scale of 1-10 with 1 being little pain and 10 being a lot of pain. Then, I also put the location of pain.

    Sorry - on my previous post about this I don't think I was being very clear

    Do you think I'll get the two marks?
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    Re: June 12 2012 aqa biology gcse???
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    On the actual paper I put that the severity of the pain could be rated on a scale of 1-10 with 1 being little pain and 10 being a lot of pain. Then, I also put the location of pain.

    Sorry - on my previous post about this I don't think I was being very clear

    Do you think I'll get the two marks?
    You might get 2 marks-depends on the mark scheme.
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    Re: June 12 2012 aqa biology gcse???
    My teacher read the paper, she said on the adaptations questions it was ok to only talk about either only plants or animals, which is good for me, as I only wrote about animals!
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    (Original post by MajorRisk)
    I wrote age and gender. I don't think pain would affect it since it was Mean Decrease of pain.
    I put exactly the same as you! Hopefully it's right!


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    Re: June 12 2012 aqa biology gcse???
    This foundation or higher? :-S some of these questions I've not heard of. I did higher.
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    Re: June 12 2012 aqa biology gcse???
    (Original post by ma1996leb)
    the grade boundaries prediction:

    46/60 a*
    35/60 a
    25/60 b
    20/60 c
    Sorry to sound a bit clueless but how do you know the grade boundaries prediction?
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    Re: June 12 2012 aqa biology gcse???
    (Original post by KatCox)
    This foundation or higher? :-S some of these questions I've not heard of. I did higher.
    Higher
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    Re: June 12 2012 aqa biology gcse???
    (Original post by Dalek1099)
    The type of pain and age I wrote.

    I put gender and age ??? Is that wrong ???
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    (Original post by Crystallouise99)
    I put gender and age ??? Is that wrong ???
    That's exactly what I put and hopefully we're not wrong :s


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    Re: June 12 2012 aqa biology gcse???
    I did aqa higher and had none of these questions! Ahh?!
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    Re: June 12 2012 aqa biology gcse???
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    I did aqa higher and had none of these questions! Ahh?!
    you probably did the old spec.
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    Re: June 12 2012 aqa biology gcse???
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    I did aqa higher and had none of these questions! Ahh?!
    Was yours 45 minutes?
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    Re: June 12 2012 aqa biology gcse???
    (Original post by e16)
    That's exactly what I put and hopefully we're not wrong :s


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    your not wrong gender and age are always control variables when people are involved ...i put them 2 aswell
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    Re: June 12 2012 aqa biology gcse???
    (Original post by 08rbut)
    My teacher read the paper, she said on the adaptations questions it was ok to only talk about either only plants or animals, which is good for me, as I only wrote about animals!
    my techer said u must do 1 of each but they must be all be prey ..as i suspect many people would have done predators ii know like over 50% did at my school :L :L :L,,,,, i did a rabbit , chamealeon and a dandelion
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