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Biology 2015 unti 1, major topics which did not come up in the test

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What did you think of the Biology AQA test 2015 AS?

Yes I am ranting. Why? Because I spent the last year reavising and learning a whole lot of monoclonal enzyme poop which did not even come.
I am including major topics which only recieved 2 or 3 marks of recgnistion:


Heart disease... they didn't do as much on it
Heart Structure... only a little bit came up
Immunity/
Vaccinations, -
B/T Cells
Phagocytosis
(I refuse to count the monoclonal antibodies as vaccinations)
Proteins and its Structure
Cardiac Cycle
Lung- Lungs disease (that one mark question on asthma doesn't count)
Exchange of gases in the lungs
Mechanism of breathing (In 99% of PP there is always a contraction diaphragm Q
Cholera
Diffusion
Oral rehydration therapy
Defence mechanisms
Prokryotic cells vs Eukroyatic Cells
Enzyme Action and factors affecting it

They missed at all these major topics mostly!!! That I dont think is fair at alll
Reply 1
Original post by Coffee&Doughnuts
Yes I am ranting. Why? Because I spent the last year reavising and learning a whole lot of monoclonal enzyme poop which did not even come.
I am including major topics which only recieved 2 or 3 marks of recgnistion:


Heart disease... they didn't do as much on it
Heart Structure... only a little bit came up
Immunity/
Vaccinations, -
B/T Cells
Phagocytosis
(I refuse to count the monoclonal antibodies as vaccinations)
Proteins and its Structure
Cardiac Cycle
Lung- Lungs disease (that one mark question on asthma doesn't count)
Exchange of gases in the lungs
Mechanism of breathing (In 99% of PP there is always a contraction diaphragm Q
Cholera
Diffusion
Oral rehydration therapy
Defence mechanisms
Prokryotic cells vs Eukroyatic Cells
Enzyme Action and factors affecting it

They missed at all these major topics mostly!!! That I dont think is fair at alll

Dont worry i feel your pain too. That paper was a slap in the face
Reply 2
I don't do your board, but what did come up???

That sounds like almost a whole unit's worth of stuff you've just listed. :smile:
What did you all get for the TEM question
Also whay about the magnification calculation?
Reply 5
Original post by kat.loss17
Also whay about the magnification calculation?


i got 2000 for magnification

for TEM you had to say how it works- so something along the lines of electrons being fired at specimen, absorbs the electrons. some areas may appear darker due to absorbing more electrons.

limitations- vacuum, non living, specimen needs to be thin, expensive (?), artefacts when staining, no colour image produced
Original post by Jakz007
i got 2000 for magnification

for TEM you had to say how it works- so something along the lines of electrons being fired at specimen, absorbs the electrons. some areas may appear darker due to absorbing more electrons.

limitations- vacuum, non living, specimen needs to be thin, expensive (?), artefacts when staining, no colour image produced

Okay thank you 😀
how are people getting 2000 for magnification? i measured the distance which was either 62 or 67 mm, then x1000 to convert to microns and divided the measurement by 5 microns to get something like 12400?
Seriously, there was minimal actual biology in the paper :angry: :angry: :angry:
Reply 9
Original post by dis0rder
how are people getting 2000 for magnification? i measured the distance which was either 62 or 67 mm, then x1000 to convert to microns and divided the measurement by 5 microns to get something like 12400?


10mm (you had to measure bar given) divided by 5 micrometers then times by 1000
Original post by Jakz007
10mm (you had to measure bar given) divided by 5 micrometers then times by 1000


ooooooh **** thats another two marks, i took the bar as a reference
Reply 11
Original post by lerjj
I don't do your board, but what did come up???

That sounds like almost a whole unit's worth of stuff you've just listed. :smile:


A lot of application and interpreting data! :smile: we had enzymes, applied heart disease/ LDLs and vaccinations, with microscopes and cell fractionation
Could you post a Unofficial AQA GCSE B1 Markcheme please
Original post by dis0rder
ooooooh **** thats another two marks, i took the bar as a reference


Thing is, I calculated it the correct way (and got 2000x) then at the end I double checked by doing it the way by measuring the cell and I still got 2000x. I think you just did it wrong, unfortunately.
Original post by AshcaanH
Thing is, I calculated it the correct way (and got 2000x) then at the end I double checked by doing it the way by measuring the cell and I still got 2000x. I think you just did it wrong, unfortunately.


i'm hoping i'll get some marks for the working out at least. ugh that exam went so terribly bad
Original post by dis0rder
i'm hoping i'll get some marks for the working out at least. ugh that exam went so terribly bad


Eh, don't worry about it.

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