EDEXCEL Biology Unit 2 6BIO2 21st May 2012

Do they ever bring questions about things that are not included in the specification on the exam??????/

Reply 161

fifty_six

Original post by godknows

hello guys.. could you PLEASE tell me the dates of all the past papers available to practice for this exam.. so I can make sure I havn't missed out on any of them ..PLEASE

jan 2009
june 2009
jan 2010
june 2010
jan 2011
june 2011
jan 2012

Reply 162

godknows

Original post by demdil

i think there are;
two 2009
two 2010
two 2011
1 2012
1 specimen

Original post by fifty_six

jan 2009
june 2009
jan 2010
june 2010
jan 2011
june 2011
jan 2012

THANKS A LOT GUYS :biggrin:

much appreciated.

Reply 163

abbas1994

OP

How would you describe independant assortment and crossing over?

Reply 164

Gosh the jan 12 boundaries were high :s-smilie:

Reply 165

Aimanos

Original post by This Honest

Gosh the jan 12 boundaries were high :s-smilie:

what were they??

Reply 166

MarshmallowBob

Is anyone using the CGP bio study guide?

Reply 167

Original post by thegreenchildren

Can anyone explain the whole blastocyst stem cell thing?
I know what a blastocyst is but i cant remember much else.

Thanks in advance :biggrin:

fertilised egg allowed to grow for a dew days
forms a blastocyst
cells in inner cell mass are pluripotent
extract cells
spare embroyo is a source of fertilised egg after IVF

Reply 168

Original post by Aimanos

what were they??

To get an A: 64/80
To get an E: 51/80

http://www.edexcel.com/iwantto/I%20want%20to%20%20Tasks/1201%20GCE%20Units%20Grade%20Boundaries%20(Home%20Int).pdf

(edited 11 years ago)

going to fail

Original post by This Honest

To get an A: 64/80
To get an E: 51/80

http://www.edexcel.com/iwantto/I%20want%20to%20%20Tasks/1201%20GCE%20Units%20Grade%20Boundaries%20(Home%20Int).pdf

you can imagine what i felt like when i saw this before the result came out......with any other year, my raw mark could have meant i was near 90%+ but cos it went up so fuking much, i only just got the 80%

Reply 171

Original post by arnab

you can imagine what i felt like when i saw this before the result came out......with any other year, my raw mark could have meant i was near 90%+ but cos it went up so fuking much, i only just got the 80%

I only just missed the 80% :colonhash:

I sent u a pm btw about some chem questions :smile:

Reply 172

Original post by dench_crepz

Whaaaa? i thought we had to learn it??? i just asked on here and someone said we had to know it o_O

Nope ... just understand it though and the differences between them

and understand that the Casparian strip is waterproof and forces water to go into the endordermis' cytoplasm (TEMPORARILY) ..

Damning Casparian strip >.<

Reply 173

Original post by MarshmallowBob

Is anyone using the CGP bio study guide?

Yep but don't rely on it too heavily
Refer back to the main book

Reply 174

Original post by This Honest

Gosh the jan 12 boundaries were high :s-smilie:

Where they?? for unit 2 or unit 1? or both?

Reply 175

Original post by 007Shella

Where they?? for unit 2 or unit 1? or both?

click on the link

64 A
51 E

Reply 176

Original post by This Honest

click on the link

64 A
51 E

WHAT THE FUDGE???? 64 FOR UNIT 2?

and it's 59 for unit 1... no wonder I got an A O.O

Reply 177

katu_mcd

Original post by This Honest

Gosh the jan 12 boundaries were high :s-smilie:

Yeah I know - huge increase over the years from 52 marks for an A in 2009 (65%) to 64 in Jan 2012 (80%) o_O

Anyone know why? Don't think they've got easier, though haven't done 2012 paper yet...

This was posted from The Student Room's iPhone/iPad App

Reply 178

Aimanos

Original post by katu_mcd

Yeah I know - huge increase over the years from 52 marks for an A in 2009 (65%) to 64 in Jan 2012 (80%) o_O

Anyone know why? Don't think they've got easier, though haven't done 2012 paper yet...

This was posted from The Student Room's iPhone/iPad App

i think its because people who did the exams in 09/10 didn't have many past papers to practice from.. Still though that shouldnt account for a 15% increase -_-

Reply 179