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Prediction on what the GCSE biology exams 2015 holds.

The title is self-explanatory for this thread. Does anyone have any predictions on what the GCSE biology exams questions are?


Hopefully, this will help others prepare better for the exams.:smile:
Do the last 5-10 years worth of past papers and you will notice the trends in questions. Use the specification as well since this is basically a list of possible exam questions for example for edexcel igcse biology the specification point for effects of smoking is:

2.47 Understand the biological consequences of smoking in relation to the lungs and the circulatory system, including coronary heart disease.

One past paper question ive seen worth 6 marks is:

Describe the biological consequences of cigarette smoking on the human lungs.

As you can see they are almost identical.

I will give you another example regarding micropropagation

Specification reference:
5.18 Understand how micropropagation can be used to produce commercial quantities of identical plants (clones) with desirable characteristics

Past paper question ive seen, again worth 6 marks
Describe how micropropagation (tissue culture) can be used to produce large quantities of identical plants

Again- almost identical- simply reworded

If you want exposure to the questions that will come up, read the specification and do all the past papers. Other than that there is no way to predict exact questions unless you have an inside man working for the exam board who will hack into their files, retrieve the paper ahead of time, send it to you and leave no trace behind.
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Thanks, I have already read the specification, however, there are too many possible six mark questions that could come up. What would be more helpful, was if anybody had come across any favourite questions that the examiners repeat over the years.

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