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Edexcel IGCSE Biology 9-1 | PAPER 1

Here's a very useful video for those taking the Edexcel IGCSE Biology paper 1 exam:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REDhrBFnQ_M&list=PLwhU4dGC-zFEbUhrp0BwrV9M8O-F0uP2B&index=6

Good luck :u:

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Reply 1

j3ssica jon3s

Original post by Light of Truth

Here's a very useful video for those taking the Edexcel IGCSE Biology paper 1 exam:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REDhrBFnQ_M&list=PLwhU4dGC-zFEbUhrp0BwrV9M8O-F0uP2B&index=6

Good luck :u:

hey did u do this years paper?

Reply 2

Pwca

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Edexcel IGCSE Biology Paper 1 | 16th May 2023 [Exam Chat]

Welcome to the exam discussion thread for this exam. Introduce yourself! Let others know what you're aiming for in your exams, what you are struggling with in your revision or anything else.
Wishing you all the best of luck.

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Date/Time: 16th May 2023 AM
Length: 1h 45m

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Reply 3

Light of Truth

Original post by j3ssica jon3s

hey did u do this years paper?

Yes. It went quite well. Did you?

Reply 4

j3ssica jon3s

Original post by Light of Truth

Yes. It went quite well. Did you?

other than the comment and discuss qs, it was good

did u sit 1b

Just fine IMO. Did anyone get the plant virus question?

Reply 7

yolandatsui

i put tobacco mosaic virus

Original post by pmallin9283

Just fine IMO. Did anyone get the plant virus question?

Reply 8

yzads

Original post by pmallin9283

Just fine IMO. Did anyone get the plant virus question?

Got that was the worst paper ever. I swear there were so many 5, 4, 6 markers. I didnt get that one :/. ngl i j hope that the grade boundaries arent too bad, and that paper 2 saves me

Reply 9

ifeoluwaoyedeji

Original post by yolandatsui

Any thoughts guys?
what did you get for the medicine question?

I put that it slows the neurotransmitters, affects CNS and limits capabilities of sensory neurones to carry impulses

Reply 10

alisakondi

Original post by ifeoluwaoyedeji

I put that it slows the neurotransmitters, affects CNS and limits capabilities of sensory neurones to carry impulses

Yes same. What did u put for the question where it asks why the original ratio is not right or the answer is different or something

Reply 11

alisakondi

How did poeple find it?? Thoughts on hardest questions

Reply 12

PaintNdraw

To me it was okay! :smile:

I was worring for this exam because I struggle at it but it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would.

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Reply 13

zsenates5

How was the igcse biology edexcel paper 1?

Reply 14

PaintNdraw

i did tobacco mosaic

Original post by pmallin9283

Just fine IMO. Did anyone get the plant virus question?

Reply 15

MuniraIbra

Did you guys do the iGCSE Edexcel Biology paper?

Reply 16

PaintNdraw

it was fine :u:

, what was your opinion on it?

Reply 17

j3ssica jon3s

Original post by MuniraIbra

Did you guys do the iGCSE Edexcel Biology paper?

yea i did the regional one

Reply 18

ifeoluwaoyedeji

Original post by alisakondi

Yes same. What did u put for the question where it asks why the original ratio is not right or the answer is different or something

I think I put that fertilisation causes random variation, so even with genetic prediction, you can’t know what allele the organism will have

Reply 19

PaintNdraw

Original post by yzads

Got that was the worst paper ever. I swear there were so many 5, 4, 6 markers. I didnt get that one :/. ngl i j hope that the grade boundaries arent too bad, and that paper 2 saves me