AQA GCSE Biology Unit 1 Exam (5th June) [OFFICIAL THREAD]

The January papers were all modular ones - I've got them with Mark schemes. I'll upload them but someone will have to tell me how to do it as I sat B1 last year.

At a guess I'd be revising plant hormones for B1. In all honesty I'd be expecting a very hard B1 paper with a low grade boundary, as last years B1 was so easy we came out laughing. C1 was very hard and people were crying, so that'll probably be easy this year, with the rocks and ores section of the spec being heavily featured. P1 was mediocre and probably will be again this year - I'd be revising red shift and Doppler which never came up at all last year. Generating electricity by wave and tidal is a good 6 marker and a point to revise - these have only ever came up for a 1 mark question (i.e. Name a way of generating renewable energy) since the new spec began. Anyway, that's just assuming you're doing all 3, and I don't KNOW what will be on so can only guess.

Yeah, it's a great shame that they stopped the modular papers. I obtained January 2014s last May, and I found some of the questions on C1 were repeated in June's exam, as was the case for this years P2 'plum pudding' questions, which were on January 2014s modular.

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Could anyone explain to me about decay please?

Could anyone explain to me about decay please?

The January papers were all modular ones - I've got them with Mark schemes. I'll upload them but someone will have to tell me how to do it as I sat B1 last year.

At a guess I'd be revising plant hormones for B1. In all honesty I'd be expecting a very hard B1 paper with a low grade boundary, as last years B1 was so easy we came out laughing. C1 was very hard and people were crying, so that'll probably be easy this year, with the rocks and ores section of the spec being heavily featured. P1 was mediocre and probably will be again this year - I'd be revising red shift and Doppler which never came up at all last year. Generating electricity by wave and tidal is a good 6 marker and a point to revise - these have only ever came up for a 1 mark question (i.e. Name a way of generating renewable energy) since the new spec began. Anyway, that's just assuming you're doing all 3, and I don't KNOW what will be on so can only guess.

Yeah, it's a great shame that they stopped the modular papers. I obtained January 2014s last May, and I found some of the questions on C1 were repeated in June's exam, as was the case for this years P2 'plum pudding' questions, which were on January 2014s modular.

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What about indicator species guys? Likely or unlikely to come up? I think likely as haven't seen a lot on this in previous years....

I don't understand the cloning part that much , Any one know how the different types work ?


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Got any predictions for 6 marker this year? (last years was adaptations) I hope its about the White Blood Cells.

B4 will have something to do with cuttings from plants or something on the lines of that.

B5 will have a 6marker based on DNA and Cell division and B6 will have an animal and youve gotta talk about the reflex system. this depends if youre studying OCR 21st Century Science

No only the june ones! but im pretty sure they released the january ones !!

The hormones in the menstrual cycle i know include FSH (from pituitary gland) Oestrogen (from the ovaries) and LH (also pituitary gland) but how can i explain what their roles are and do i need to involve the use of progesterone?

Yes, Progesterone - Inhibits release of FSH and LH and maintains the thickness of the uterus lining and produced in the ovaries (folicle)

As for their roles

1. FSH - causes eggs to mature and oestrogen to be produced
2. Oestrogen - Inhibits release of FSH and stimulates release of LH and causes uterus lining to thicken
3. LH - Cause release of mature egg (ovulation)