Official AQA GCSE Biology Unit 2 22nd Janurary NEW SPEC

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Reply 60

Efemena15

Original post by lolface32

Nice, the highest in my school was 43 and that was me, I screwed up and got 14 on section 1 =(

'School champion'. What a title! Haha well done :colondollar:

Reply 61

syhash

Original post by BI0

I think maybe a B, or a low A. You can retake it though (:

Oh okay, thank you! Yeah I'll probably be retaking, I think the next biology ISA is on osmosis? Should be interesting.. :wink:

Reply 62

Efemena15

Original post by syhash

Wow, 49's super impressive! I got 41, which was the boundary for an A* last year I think, so hoping to get a few more marks in the next one! :smile:

Well done! I'm sure you can improve :cool:

Reply 63

lolface32

Original post by Efemena15

Well done! I'm sure you can improve :cool:

39 was an A*, so you did not do to bad!

Reply 64

syhash

Original post by Efemena15

Well done! I'm sure you can improve :cool:

Original post by lolface32

39 was an A*, so you did not do to bad!

Thank you! Oh okay, so I wasn't too far off! Hopefully I'll do okay on B2 tomorrow, should pull my grade up a little :wink:

Reply 65

lolface32

Original post by Efemena15

'School champion'. What a title! Haha well done :colondollar:

Yep, I just really cannot be bothered to do another 2 :mad:

Reply 66

lolface32

Original post by syhash

Thank you! Oh okay, so I wasn't too far off! Hopefully I'll do okay on B2 tomorrow, should pull my grade up a little :wink:

I'm sure you will do fine as long as you know how to regurgitate what it says on the book :tongue:

Reply 67

Hilton184

In terms of photosynthesis, what is the definition of a limiting factor?

Something which prevents the rate of photosynthesis from happening any faster?

Can someone give me a better definition than this? Or will this get the marks if the question asks what does the term limiting factor mean?

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Reply 68

BI0

Original post by Hilton184

It's fine. I'd write: A limiting factor is something that limits the rate of photosynthesis from happening at a faster rate.

Reply 69

Ammy97

How is everyone feeling about the exam then? :smile:

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Reply 70

Efemena15

Just about to do specimen, ON A HYPE!!!!

Reply 71

sakbo

Is it just me or are specimen mark schemes just ridiculous?

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Reply 72

sakbo

Okay so can anyone tell me what the likely 6 mark questions will be? Please :smile:

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Reply 73

syhash

Original post by sakbo

Is it just me or are specimen mark schemes just ridiculous?

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I think they do make the specimen slightly harder than the real thing, hopefully we'll all be pleasantly surprised tomorrow! :wink:

For the 6 mark questions, ideas people have had are:
- speciation
- advantages/disadvantages of embryo screening or use of stem cells
- distribution or organisms - using quadrats and line transects
- possibly enzymes, but I doubt there's enough to say for a 6 mark question

but just to be safe, it's worth going over the whole spec before tomorrow, no one can know for certain what the questions'll be on!

good luck! :smile:

Reply 74

TelephoneBox

Good luck everyone tomorrow! I have prepared so much for this exam but like someone else said in this thread, think I'll just panic. Going to do some last minute revision but only for about an hour later and get a clear mind ready for the exam.

Speak to you all in a couple of days. :biggrin:

Reply 75

Baking goddess

I am really happy that it snowed today I didnt have to go to school ,I got a lot of biology revision done so yay. I wish everyone the best of luck for the exam . :smile:

im scared. help me.

Original post by sakbo

Quick question : if the exam question asks for one reason can you just list many reasons that you know to be safe? Or do they just take the first one?

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Yes you can actually mention more than one..
But it is best to just mention one in case the second point is wrong..
If the second answers wrong you lose the mark :frown:

Good luck for tomorrow!

Reply 78

Mrkingpenguin

Original post by ThatGirlx

Yes you can actually mention more than one..
But it is best to just mention one in case the second point is wrong..
If the second answers wrong you lose the mark :frown:

Good luck for tomorrow!

it's to stop people who dont really know the answer writing lots of things that they think maybe right and hedging their bets. If you write something correct, you will get the mark, no need to go OTT

Reply 79

shezz4

Aaah I'm nervous for tomorrow. I really don't understand the distribution of living organisms - quadrat and transect :/
Can someone suggest a link for this to help me revise? :smile:

Good luck to everyone!