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Edexcel igcse biology

Hi how did everyone find the exam, there were a couple harder questions but in general I reckon I did well. Willing to discuss if anyone wants?

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I was wondering what I got for the magnification of ticks one cos I saw sm diff answers? *
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Original post by gonna_fail24
I was wondering what I got for the magnification of ticks one cos I saw sm diff answers? *


I heard from a lot of my friends and they put the same as me it was around 29-30 I think
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it was hard for a bio paper, but it wasn't bad
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Original post by rohxn
it was hard for a bio paper, but it wasn't bad


What did you find hard
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Original post by Twokslayer256
What did you find hard

what substances the tick absorbed. i put glucose and amino acids, wbu?
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I don’t think I did well for that I put lipids and proteins
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Original post by Twokslayer256
I don’t think I did well for that I put lipids and proteins

ahh. also the greenhouse gases graph, selective breeding Q and the flower reproduction I probably messed up on. mostly the first half of the paper but the second half was okay for me
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For greenhouse gases I think you had to talk about how carbon dioxide is released via combustion of fossil fuels and then agriculture releases methane and how transport results in nitrous oxides I think
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Original post by Twokslayer256
For greenhouse gases I think you had to talk about how carbon dioxide is released via combustion of fossil fuels and then agriculture releases methane and how transport results in nitrous oxides I think

yea i didnt revise any of that 😕 but hopefully the second half makes up for it. have you done any other GCSEs as of yet? I've had geography and both my german writing+listening
I was wondering what I got for the magnification of ticks one cos I saw sm diff answers? *
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Original post by gonna_fail24
I was wondering what I got for the magnification of ticks one cos I saw sm diff answers? *


don’t really remember sorry
Original post by gonna_fail24
I was wondering what I got for the magnification of ticks one cos I saw sm diff answers? *

30
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Original post by rohxn
yea i didnt revise any of that 😕 but hopefully the second half makes up for it. have you done any other GCSEs as of yet? I've had geography and both my german writing+listening


Yeah I have I’ve done my Spanish speaking and my English language
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Original post by Twokslayer256
Yeah I have I’ve done my Spanish speaking and my English language


eng lang already?! I wish 😭
My responses and all the questions

I know someone who memorised all the questions. If anyone spots any pontential errors please do give me a shout!

Q1: food web (4 marks; 2MCQs, drawing food chain),

Q2: substances absorbed from the blood by animal what are they and why are they absorbed (4 marks),

glucose - gain energy

urea and excretory gasses - removed from human body?


Q3 transfers pathogens why are pathogens transferred to another person by mosquito (2marks)

blood taken in by mosquito BUT it may take in pathogen/disease causing microorganism

Pathogen inside blood of mosquito or on it

Mosquito moves to the second organism, inserts nose, may inject pathogen in blood stream


Q4 calculating magnification correct (2 marks),

that was correct

Q5: effect of changing light intensity on pondweed's rate of photosynthesis,

increasing light intensity /\ photosynthesis


Q6: fill in the blanks for yoghurt production (7 marks)

think got 1 wrong label possibly


Q7: respirometer what is the equation for aerobic respiration

don’t think I got anything wrong


Q8: greenhouse gases, greenhouse gas effect, calculating percentage of emissions by energy production, commenting on results,

forgot water vapour is green house gas (-1)


Q9: flower, sexual vs asexual reproduction 3 differences, artificial and natural in plants,

ASEXUAL no genetic variation VS sexual

ASEXUAL needs no mate VS sexual

ASEXUAL faster & no need to find mate so more daughter cells


Q10: woman with 4.3 litres of blood calculation (3 marks)

Q11: percentage difference in mass of haemoglobin calculation (WHY MASS HAEMOGGLOBYN INCREASES BUT NUMBER RED BLOOD CELLS DECREASES) (2 marks)

haemoglobin mass /\ for 2nd highest altitude but decreases 3rd highest this is because person takes heavier/deeper breaths where they get in more O2 so mass haemoglobin decreases

mass RBC decreases because less o2 to carry


Q12 comment on results (5 marks)

don’t think I got anything wrong,


Q13 three differences between WBCs and RBCs structure(3 marks)

RBC have no nucleus

RBC have a biconcave shape

RBC has haemoglobin


Q14: cystic fibrosis what happens if it blocks the pancreas and effect on build up in the cervix,

blocking the sperm so no fusion so decreased successful pregnancy

for the pancreas it blocks the [pancreas with secretes PROTEASE, LIPASE AND AMYLASE] hence some material TAKES LONGER TO DIGEST and ALSO IT MEANS LESS IS ABSORBED


Q15: different solutions of mineral ions and why might in an experiment they use full concentration and not dilute it with water

full concentrations ensures that the full effects are visible


q16: designing experiment for the co2 concentration for maximum crop yield

Use differing amounts of soda lime to very CO2 exposure AND maintain different 5 different plants same weight, species, high, age and put them in dark room for 48 hours to reduce photosynthesis rate to 0 and one of them has no soda lime and different amounts of differing concentrations and ensure same exposure to sun light and water and mineral ions in the soil and the same amount of sunlight access and then you measure the thing and you measure change in height or number of leaves or weight and you repeat multiple time, take average, discount anomalous results

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Cant lie there were so many graph and data interpretation questions barely any real content - maybe paper 2 will be more content based
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Original post by Twokslayer256
I don’t think I did well for that I put lipids and proteins

proteins arent present in blood stream, i don't know if they accept lipids, you'd probably need to say glycerool, sfa and amino acids
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Original post by H4XR7
proteins arent present in blood stream, i don't know if they accept lipids, you'd probably need to say glycerool, sfa and amino acids


Proteins are but I’m not sure
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Original post by Twokslayer256
Proteins are but I’m not sure


Because protein synthesis releases proteins into the blood because eg hormones and enzymes in the blood plasma are all examples of proteins

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