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Btec applied science unit 3 2024 exam

Hi guys, what do you think the topic will be for the unit 3 exam the 19th of January 2024?

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Reply 1
Original post by Precious05
Hi guys, what do you think the topic will be for the unit 3 exam the 19th of January 2024?

I think it’s gonna be bio and physics maybe enzymes and circuits bc diffusion and circuits came up June 2023
Original post by dhjssj
I think it’s gonna be bio and physics maybe enzymes and circuits bc diffusion and circuits came up June 2023

I am really wanting quadrats to come up
Original post by ilikefoodxox
I am really wanting quadrats to come up

does anyone have any predictions for the topics coming up on the applied exam- May 3rd 2024?
Reply 4
Original post by jasminej0075
does anyone have any predictions for the topics coming up on the applied exam- May 3rd 2024?

I’m not entirely sure. Circuits have come up for several previous years in a row now - will they continue the trend or give us something fresh? I got no idea.

I feel like it could be plants or enzymes with something else maybe. What do you think? Good luck btw 🤞
Original post by trustland
I’m not entirely sure. Circuits have come up for several previous years in a row now - will they continue the trend or give us something fresh? I got no idea. I feel like it could be plants or enzymes with something else maybe. What do you think? Good luck btw 🤞
My teacher thinks quadrats may come up this year apparently 😭
Diffusion and plants came up, wtf was that 12marker on plants!?!?.
Original post by S2activeWsc1ence
Diffusion and plants came up, wtf was that 12marker on plants!?!?.

I hated thatttt
Reply 8
Original post by S2activeWsc1ence
Diffusion and plants came up, wtf was that 12marker on plants!?!?.


I loved it! Don’t know if I did it right tho XD

Does anyone remember what they got for the SD question?!
Original post by emeliaw
I loved it! Don’t know if I did it right tho XD
Does anyone remember what they got for the SD question?!

i got 5.2
Reply 10
Original post by -toothfairy
i got 5.2


Cool! I got 5.15 so the same
Original post by emeliaw
I loved it! Don’t know if I did it right tho XD
Does anyone remember what they got for the SD question?!

What did you write for the 12 marker? About the two different plant seeds
Reply 12
Original post by jasminej0075
What did you write for the 12 marker? About the two different plant seeds


I did a similar structure to the mung bean practical but did it with 1st seed, 2nd seed individually in a beaker and both 1st and 2nd seed in a beaker to see if the roots would be longer when in a competitive environment. My teacher didn’t really cover section 2 in a great depth though so I’m not sure if that’s right. There were so many ways of doing it
Original post by emeliaw
I did a similar structure to the mung bean practical but did it with 1st seed, 2nd seed individually in a beaker and both 1st and 2nd seed in a beaker to see if the roots would be longer when in a competitive environment. My teacher didn’t really cover section 2 in a great depth though so I’m not sure if that’s right. There were so many ways of doing it

I wrote about using a quadrat but counting the number of plant leaves and measuring the length of the plant, do you think that would be right? 😭😭
Reply 14
Original post by -toothfairy
I wrote about using a quadrat but counting the number of plant leaves and measuring the length of the plant, do you think that would be right? 😭😭


My friend did that so most likely, to be honest I’m kinda thinking now I didn’t read the question right 🤣 but idk, oh wellll
Original post by emeliaw
My friend did that so most likely, to be honest I’m kinda thinking now I didn’t read the question right 🤣 but idk, oh wellll

your one sounds correct too because its about interspecific competition and not population size. But so many people did a quadrat so i dont know. Also, for the line graph, did you draw a straight line of best fit or curved?
Reply 16
Original post by -toothfairy
your one sounds correct too because its about interspecific competition and not population size. But so many people did a quadrat so i dont know. Also, for the line graph, did you draw a straight line of best fit or curved?

That’s what I was thinking but idk, I did a curved line but thinking now I do remember it saying line of best fit 🤦*♀️
Original post by emeliaw
That’s what I was thinking but idk, I did a curved line but thinking now I do remember it saying line of best fit 🤦*♀️

i did curved too but then the question after it made me confused
Reply 18
Original post by -toothfairy
i did curved too but then the question after it made me confused


Yes! I just said for the question after that it had a steep gradient at the start. It was annoying bcs id already drawn the line prior to reading that question
Original post by emeliaw
Yes! I just said for the question after that it had a steep gradient at the start. It was annoying bcs id already drawn the line prior to reading that question

Exactly! and i literally had no time to go back to it as well. For that question i said it was inversely proportional/ has a negative correlation

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