iGCSE Edexcel Biology 10th May

Original post by aqmeraamirr

how was the exam ?

pretty decent. Nearly missed the natural selection on the back page though.

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ayoush1

How was the Igcse Edexcel Bio paper?

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Nikos Mermigkas

Original post by KoalBears

Good. Wby? Got physics at 3.00pm

felt like a geography exam. so many topics were left out. exam was so annoying

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ceoiku

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Original post by Nikos Mermigkas

felt like a geography exam. so many topics were left out. exam was so annoying

That’s exactly what I thought.

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harry_maguire4

q1: food web (4 marks; 2MCQs, drawing food chain), substances absorbed from the blood (4 marks), transfers pathogens (2marks), calculating magnification (2 marks), q2: effect of changing light intensity on pondweed's rate of photosynthesis, q3: fill in the blanks for yoghurt production, q4: respirometer, q5: greenhouse gases, greenhouse gas effect, calculatingpercentage of emissions by energy production, commenting on results, q6: flower, sexual vs asexual reproduction, artificial andnatural in plants, q7: woman with 4.3 litres of blood calculation (3 marks), percentage difference inmass of haemoglobin calculation (2 marks), comment on results (5 marks), three differences between WBCs and RBCs structure(3 marks), , q8: cystic fibrosis, q9: different solutions of mineral ions, q10: designing experiment for the co2concentration for maximum crop yield

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toothless-luxury

Original post by Nikos Mermigkas

felt like a geography exam. so many topics were left out. exam was so annoying

I ran out of time because my hand literally cramped up from all those 5 markers!!! I found the calculation questions hard but other than that I'm quite happy

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Original post by harry_maguire4

q1: food web (4 marks; 2MCQs, drawing food chain), substances absorbed from the blood (4 marks), transfers pathogens (2marks), calculating magnification (2 marks), q2: effect of changing light intensity on pondweed's rate of photosynthesis, q3: fill in the blanks for yoghurt production, q4: respirometer, q5: greenhouse gases, greenhouse gas effect, calculatingpercentage of emissions by energy production, commenting on results, q6: flower, sexual vs asexual reproduction, artificial andnatural in plants, q7: woman with 4.3 litres of blood calculation (3 marks), percentage difference inmass of haemoglobin calculation (2 marks), comment on results (5 marks), three differences between WBCs and RBCs structure(3 marks), , q8: cystic fibrosis, q9: different solutions of mineral ions, q10: designing experiment for the co2concentration for maximum crop yield

what did you write for the haemoglobin and red blood cell question with altitude 😭

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sn0w_desert

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Original post by Zacogilvy

pretty decent. Nearly missed the natural selection on the back page though.

I don’t remember there was any natural selection 😟 or you are doing 1br?

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Original post by sn0w_desert

I don’t remember there was any natural selection 😟 or you are doing 1br?

no natural selection on mine - i do igcse edexcel - they probs do gcse

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ceoiku

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Original post by sn0w_desert

I don’t remember there was any natural selection 😟 or you are doing 1br?

The last questions was a cormmss practical I checked with my friends.

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Original post by aqmeraamirr

how was the exam ?

i made really stupid mistakes which is defo gonna cost me marks

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saffronarora

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what did you guys put for the red and white flower question

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Original post by saffronarora

what did you guys put for the red and white flower question

selective breeding - breed them - then breed offspirng - repeat over many generations

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harry_maguire4