The Student Room Group

Edexcel IGCSE Biology 9-1 | PAPER 1

Scroll to see replies

Original post by rabiiii379
The insulin one was acc my favourite

What was the answer?
Original post by pmallin9283
Did you learn that in the syllabus? Last time I didn’t see it in the spec


literally in 1.4 unde rthe nature and variety of living organisms
Reply 82
Oh ok that makes sense then yeah i did the same
Original post by MuniraIbra
No the 6 mark question where we had to design an investigation for the production of seeds in axial and terminal flowers
Can we talk about all the maths in the paper though?? Didn’t know I was resitting a maths paper
Original post by fsd129387
literally in 1.4 unde rthe nature and variety of living organisms

Wait so was I right
Reply 85
Original post by MuniraIbra
Can we talk about all the maths in the paper though?? Didn’t know I was resitting a maths paper


how did u do the ratio one
For the GM one i put restriction enzymes, ligase, recombinant DNA, reproduces to make lots of insulin
how did u do the ratio one


I can’t remember my working out but one of my answers was 36:1
(Original post by Redri)U prob can use a small a thats what me and my friends did. But apparently it’s AA and aa with this method. I used Aa and aa tho.

yeah I did it like that
Reply 89
Guys for the one where it was like. Why do those with diabetes melitus need to monitor exercise what was the answer
Original post by Redri
Guys for the one where it was like. Why do those with diabetes melitus need to monitor exercise what was the answer


I put that exercise raises heart rate and blood sugar levels but could be wrong
Reply 91
I think thats correct. I prob lose the 2 marks there
Original post by MuniraIbra
I put that exercise raises heart rate and blood sugar levels but could be wrong
Reply 92
Original post by MuniraIbra
I put that exercise raises heart rate and blood sugar levels but could be wrong


i swr its cos when u exercise u use glucose for respiration which is good bc diabetes is caused by high glucose levels
will the boundaries acc go up? cuz it wasn’t necessarily easy and it wasn’t like other papers
Can anyone remember what they got for the surface area to volume ratio of a cell question. Also what was the name for the reflex arc?
for one ratio q i got 2:1
what did u guys put for the q that said what happens when u put red blood cell in distilled water
Original post by rabiiii379
BRUH that exam was so bad i thought id get an 8 but after this i think I’ll mostly get a 6 the axile vs terminal plant i did not get like the genetic diagram i wanna cry and cry cry


I didnt get that either, i found it all so confusing
Original post by siocrystal
for one ratio q i got 2:1


I got 4.8:1 for one I think? I wanna cry idk if that was good or bad
Original post by an0nym0us.user
I got 4.8:1 for one I think? I wanna cry idk if that was good or bad

i did some rounding thingy. aaahh well just gonna hope paper 2 comes to my rescue

Quick Reply