AQA GCSE Biology Paper 1 (Foundation Combined) 8464/1F - 10th May 2024 [Exam Chat]

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Morning everyone! How did the exam go for you?

Hi all! Private tutor here. Could you all give me a rundown of what the questions were please?
Thanks
Mandy

from what i remember
there were questions like whats the glucose formula and then there was one where u had to put the correct words in to complete the formula for photosynthesis, there was also the test for sugar and protein where u had to tell what to do to test and the colour it would turn at the end. there was a q at the start where u had to label an animal cell they like gave different options and u had to write the correct three that they were asking for.

Hi all! Private tutor here. Could you all give me a rundown of what the questions were please?
Thanks
Mandy

Hi all! Private tutor here. Could you all give me a rundown of what the questions were please?
Thanks
Mandy

Hey Mandy, I'm in the same boat. DM me if you get a topic list?

from what i remember
there were questions like whats the glucose formula and then there was one where u had to put the correct words in to complete the formula for photosynthesis, there was also the test for sugar and protein where u had to tell what to do to test and the colour it would turn at the end. there was a q at the start where u had to label an animal cell they like gave different options and u had to write the correct three that they were asking for.

first question was a label animal cell
second was function of the nucleus
there was a 6 marker on how proteins and fats are digested
section about donating blood and the advantages and disadvantages
a practical of a leaf being blown by a fan and it loosing its mass
question about why fructose is used by drink companies instead of glucose without referring to sweetness
that’s all i remember to be honest

first question contained an image of an animal cell, asked to label the parts (eg. nucleus, cell wall ect.) word bank was provided. it also asked for the function of the nucleus and mitochondria (multi choice)
second question was about magnification. you needed to measure a cell and do an equation related to image size vs real size.
there was another question relating to a microscope and how to use one.
there was also mention of osmosis, you had to do a multi choice and short response questions related to an experiment where they put a tube full of an unknown concentration of salt, in a glass of different salt concentrations.
there was a few questions about blood and the cardiovascular system. one was about the advantages and disadvantages about both donating and receiving blood. one was about what causes blood to clot. one was about what blood contains. one was about why we take blood from a vein rather than an artery. there was also a question about plaques building up in the coronary artery and what causes that to happen.
there were a few questions about gonorrhoea and what symptoms it causes.
there was a question about loss of mass after blowing a leaf at different fan speeds.
there was a 6 marker about digesting proteins and fats.

What did everyone put for the percentage question (the second last percentage one) where we had to divided then x100? I got 6.1%

Morning everyone! How did the exam go for you?

Great!
Just wondering if you are doing foundation paper because I sat foundation and for the magnification question I wrote image size in micrometers divided by real size in micro meters so I did 36000 dividied by 40 to get 900.

Hey Mandy, I'm in the same boat. DM me if you get a topic list?