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GCSE BIOLOGY Mock Help

I have my GCSE mocks starting next week. I've predicted that they're gonna give us the GCSE Exam for 2024 students (Year 11- who are done with it) as the paper has not been released yet and they probably wouldn't want to give us a past paper as they know we practice those. So I would really appreciate if someone could help me out with which topics came in the BIOLOGY mock this year and which ones didn't - if there were any past paper questions? It would really really help me out.

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alzi5

Original post by HappyUnicorn16

ignore the mark thing, i wrote it tryna calculate how many marks i might lose 💀
they're for igcse edexcel idk what urs is tho

paper 1 :
2 plants with desired characteristics
- greenhouse effect (2 definition)
- respirometer
- differences between structure of rbc & wbc
- flowers & pollination (wind vs insect)
- yoghurt production (fill in blanks)
- CO2 concentration on crop maximization (investigation)
- differences between sexual and asexual reproduction
- micropropagation maybe
- pedigree/genetic diagram Tt
- damaged pancreas/role of pancreatic enzymes
- 2 minerals/nutrients w function
paper 2 :
- similar structure of fungus & animal cell (1 mark mcq)
- why is the body cell kept in salt & sugar solution by cryopreservation instead of water (3 marks)
- harmful effect of Sulfur dioxide
- effect of increased dust particles
- cloning
- how evolution of large predatory toothed whales (known as orca today) caused extinction of megalodon sharks (3 marks)
- transpiration bubble potometer in diff light intensities
- order of stages of protein synthesis ( 1 mark mcq)
- how many codons represent the same amino acid (1 mark)
- effect of substitution mutation on phenotype (3 marks)
- positive & negative effects of cloning mammoths (3 marks)
- evaluate gm & non-gm tilapia (5 marks)
- lipid test for fish ( 2 marks)
- which gland produces LH (1 mark mcq)
- role of LH in menstrual cycle (2 marks)
- role of amniotic fluid & placenta (3 marks)
- comment on effect of supplements & smoking on babies’ mass (5 marks)
- describe use of bubble potometer apparatus + the dependent variable
- explain colour of urine for athletes w 3 drinks (3+2marks)
- suggest the difference in feed intake index between GM & non-gm fish (3 marks)
- evaluate how GM tilapia causes less pollution than non-gm (5 marks)