Edexcel AS Biology Unit 2 6BI02 - 2nd June 2014

I put ethanoic acid to soften tissue.. Is that wrong?

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Btw, I wrote in bullet point fashion for the asterisk questions, I'm gonna lose marks right? :frown:

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meowool

Original post by firaskhan

Btw, I wrote in bullet point fashion for the asterisk questions, I'm gonna lose marks right? :frown:

Only mark is for QWC and if you didnt actually write bullet points then you might still get that QWC mark.

Reply 644

nats927

Original post by firaskhan

I put ethanoic acid to soften tissue.. Is that wrong?

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No that's right!

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Original post by meowool

Only mark is for QWC and if you didnt actually write bullet points then you might still get that QWC mark.

Repeat that please I don't get it?

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tealover96

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Original post by firaskhan

Btw, I wrote in bullet point fashion for the asterisk questions, I'm gonna lose marks right? :frown:

We've been told in school that it's best to write in bullet points and also if you look at examiner reports they love bullet points because it's gets the points across more effectively so nothing to worry about! :smile:

Reply 647

meowool

Original post by firaskhan

Repeat that please I don't get it?

QWC = Quality of written communication.
You can write the points down separately like you can in an 'non-asterisk' question but if you don't physically write the little dot that is a bullet point. like...

blah
blahblah
blahblahblah

instead of
#blah
#blahblah
#blahblahblah

Then you could still get the mark.

Reply 648

meowool

Original post by tealover96

We've been told in school that it's best to write in bullet points and also if you look at examiner reports they love bullet points because it's gets the points across more effectively so nothing to worry about! :smile:

Not for the asterisk questions, as there's one mark for your written English with those.

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tealover96

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Original post by meowool

Not for the asterisk questions, as there's one mark for your written English with those.

If you want check out this examiner report

Just control F: bullet
http://www.edexcel.com/migrationdocuments/QP%20GCE%20Curriculum%202000/January%202012%20-%20ER/6BI02_01_pef_20120307.pdf

It clearly says that you can still get full marks in QWC q's when writing in bullet points
Yes it is may be more difficult to get the full marks when writing in bullet points but doesn't mean you can't

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You saved me :tongue:

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Miladrises

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what do you guys think would be an A for both unit 1 and unit 2

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exotic tramp

probably around 60. possibly lower for unit 1, as it was the harder paper.

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nnemo

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Hi
Can someone post the unit 1 june 2014 exam pls
Thx

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Oiseaux

OP

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Is anyone doing the exam this year? Sorry to revive my old thread but I don't want to make a new one :smile:

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sllinares

Original post by Oiseaux

Is anyone doing the exam this year? Sorry to revive my old thread but I don't want to make a new one :smile:

I am!! Do you know if someone has made any other thread for this year yet??

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Oiseaux

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Original post by sllinares

I am!! Do you know if someone has made any other thread for this year yet??

Nope, I couldn't find one. How prepared do you feel for the exam?

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sllinares

Original post by Oiseaux

Nope, I couldn't find one. How prepared do you feel for the exam?

I'm actually feeling quite confident towards it, however a bit worried for if they put something weird that stops me from getting an A also kind of practicing loads of graph style qs because I always loose silly marks there.. How are you feeling? :smile:

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Oiseaux

OP

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Original post by sllinares

I'm actually feeling quite confident towards it, however a bit worried for if they put something weird that stops me from getting an A also kind of practicing loads of graph style qs because I always loose silly marks there.. How are you feeling? :smile:

Graph questions are the worst! To be honest I haven't been focusing on this exam much because I have 2 A2 exams a few days after it. But I'm not feeling too badly tbh :smile:

. Just need to learn the core practicals by heart.

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sllinares