AQA GCSE Biology Unit 1 Exam, June 12th 2012

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  1. maxtate's Avatar
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    Re: AQA GCSE Biology Unit 1 Exam, June 12th 2012
    (Original post by ClarkyC...)
    It was 800 and Sumet but I can't remember
    Yh think it was 860, and for malnutrition I messed it :/ put anorexia and irregular periods or soming lol, that was too difficult a test for me did well in b2 and b3 so mehh
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    Re: AQA GCSE Biology Unit 1 Exam, June 12th 2012
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    thats what i initally wrote, but then crossedd it out and wrote South Africa for some reason
    what do you guys think the grade boundaries will be like ? :/

    I think it be low maybe 31 for an A* and 36 for 100 UMS

    Since the wordings was difficult
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    Re: AQA GCSE Biology Unit 1 Exam, June 12th 2012
    I'm not entirely sure I don't want to tell you the wrong answer, but at least it's only one mark. I know there were really badly worded questions though. I mean that title about justification, it was a bit weird
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    Re: AQA GCSE Biology Unit 1 Exam, June 12th 2012
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    Yh think it was 860, and for malnutrition I messed it :/ put anorexia and irregular periods or soming lol, that was too difficult a test for me did well in b2 and b3 so mehh
    Malnurrition i just wrote - They eat too much food and have bad diet
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    Re: AQA GCSE Biology Unit 1 Exam, June 12th 2012
    Malnutrition = thin, weak immune system
    Health problems = anorexia, diarrhoea
    That's what I put
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    Re: AQA GCSE Biology Unit 1 Exam, June 12th 2012
    (Original post by ClarkyC...)
    I'm not entirely sure I don't want to tell you the wrong answer, but at least it's only one mark. I know there were really badly worded questions though. I mean that title about justification, it was a bit weird
    OOh, i got that one , The tested on mice so they not similer to humans, they cave caffiene in water to half the mice for a day , so they and different amounts to others and the the amount of mice is too little
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    Re: AQA GCSE Biology Unit 1 Exam, June 12th 2012
    Did anyone understand the first page - The orders of drugs????????????
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    Re: AQA GCSE Biology Unit 1 Exam, June 12th 2012
    (Original post by ClarkyC...)
    Not sure may have been, I can't really remember what I put Its all rather confusing lol
    Defo Zambia cuz it asked for proportion
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    Re: AQA GCSE Biology Unit 1 Exam, June 12th 2012
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    OOh, i got that one , The tested on mice so they not similer to humans, they cave caffiene in water to half the mice for a day , so they and different amounts to others and the the amount of mice is too little
    I wrote not similar to humans, the amount of caffeine was unrealistic (six cups), and then something else but I can't remember
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    Re: AQA GCSE Biology Unit 1 Exam, June 12th 2012
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    Defo Zambia cuz it asked for proportion
    Yeh I thought so
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    Re: AQA GCSE Biology Unit 1 Exam, June 12th 2012
    I did four lines for first question and I'm not sure if your only meant to do three


    For last question I put, deforestation decreases photosynthesis so co2 take up less, burn the tress so co2 released, burn fuel from palm tree so co2 released, fossil fuels produced which are non renewable and contribute to global warming and then some other stuff
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    Re: AQA GCSE Biology Unit 1 Exam, June 12th 2012
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    For last question I put, deforestation decreases photosynthesis so co2 take up less, burn the tress so co2 released, burn fuel from palm tree so co2 released, fossil fuels produced which are non renewable and contribute to global warming and then some other stuff

    I wrote trees take in carbon dioxide and release o2 which goes to the atomosphere and when clearing the forsits the carbon dixiode in the trees is released which damages the Atomophere, hence heat is radiated back to earth which damages the envioment. Plus some other waffles
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    Re: AQA GCSE Biology Unit 1 Exam, June 12th 2012
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    Aw man, so let me sum up my total ..

    1 mark losed for graph
    2 possibly for the effects on health issues for lack in food ( I wrote Cystic fibrosis and Virus infection )
    3 lossed for the Natural selection
    5 for the last question
    4 for the mean and pecentage
    3 for the drugs table?

    I failed :L
    Hey, I'm not the AQA mark scheme, I could be wrong
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    Re: AQA GCSE Biology Unit 1 Exam, June 12th 2012
    860 for all those wondering
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    Re: AQA GCSE Biology Unit 1 Exam, June 12th 2012
    Anybody getting a mark scheme up ?
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    Re: AQA GCSE Biology Unit 1 Exam, June 12th 2012
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    Hey, I'm not the AQA mark scheme, I could be wrong
    Lol, but it's talking to my mates as well but thanks for the couragement
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    Re: AQA GCSE Biology Unit 1 Exam, June 12th 2012
    to be quite honest i just want to curl up in a ball and cry. i didnt expect those sort of questions especially when i get A* in all the past papers.
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    Some answers i remember i put down. Mozambique, 18% increase, mean was 3980, i put malnourishment is when you eat too little and theres not enough food in the body?


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    Re: AQA GCSE Biology Unit 1 Exam, June 12th 2012
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    Some answers i remember i put down. Mozambique, 18% increase, mean was 3980, i put malnourishment is when you eat too little and theres not enough food in the body?


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    Mozambique <3 !!!!!! You did the same as me , you got the mark for malnourishment though not sure about mean though, i tottaly got that wrong
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    Re: AQA GCSE Biology Unit 1 Exam, June 12th 2012
    Zambia was the country.

    For two health problem, I wrote Irregular period(women) and low bone density.
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