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AQA triple bio paper 1 2025

unofficial mark scheme or what questions you wrote down for each one

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Reply 1

type of pathogen that causes measles - virus
measles is spread by - coughing
aspirin comes from - willow
symptoms of measles - i put rash
unvaccinated children with severe measles - 108 (0.45x240)
rate of photosynthesis - 0.233 (10/43)
unit - unsure but i said bubbles per second
diameter of RBC - 8.75 micrometres
leaf disease - rose black spot
yellow due to not enough chloroplasts so not enough chlorophyll
find temperatures amylase worked at - test between 10 - 60 degress celsius
Graph:
the graph was a scatter graph
graph had positive correlation
where enzymes were found
Pepsin: stomach
Trypsin: small intestine
Heart pressure table - A, B, C
D - Pulmonary Vein
How monoclonal antibodies are made
A - B lymphocyte
B - tumour cell
C - hybridoma

this is everything i can remember

Reply 2

i put test between 30-90 but i was confused then

Reply 3

if i put diffusion is the movement of particles from area high concentration to low would i get the mark without saying abt concentration gradient

Reply 4

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by danniewithane
type of pathogen that causes measles - virus
measles is spread by - coughing
aspirin comes from - willow
symptoms of measles - i put rash
unvaccinated children with severe measles - 108 (0.45x240)
rate of photosynthesis - 0.233 (10/43)
unit - unsure but i said bubbles per second
diameter of RBC - 8.75 micrometres
leaf disease - rose black spot
yellow due to not enough chloroplasts so not enough chlorophyll
find temperatures amylase worked at - test between 10 - 60 degress celsius
Graph:
the graph was a scatter graph
graph had positive correlation
where enzymes were found
Pepsin: stomach
Trypsin: small intestine
Heart pressure table - A, B, C
D - Pulmonary Vein
How monoclonal antibodies are made
A - B lymphocyte
B - tumour cell
C - hybridoma
this is everything i can remember

obesity can lead to CHD

Reply 5

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by lostybooker
if i put diffusion is the movement of particles from area high concentration to low would i get the mark without saying abt concentration gradient

yeah your fine conc gradient is only needed for At or if u said across the concentration gradient and not the area part it would be good aswell

Reply 6

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by lostybooker
i put test between 30-90 but i was confused then

not possible since we know its denatured by 60 so anything above that is basically useless

Reply 7

what was the one about? Explained the results at 30° and 90° where 30° was brown orange? And 90° was blue black?

I put at 30° the temperature was not optimal so the active site may have changed slightly so it cannot bind to the substrate as well reducing the rate of reaction so cannot break down the starch properly
At 90° the temperature was optimal so the enzyme could work faster and was able to break down starch

Reply 8

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by lostybooker
if i put diffusion is the movement of particles from area high concentration to low would i get the mark without saying abt concentration gradient

think so, i did too, it was only 1 mark so it would be very unfair of them to expect us to include that without maki ng it 2 marks

Reply 9

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by Jhjbg
what was the one about? Explained the results at 30° and 90° where 30° was brown orange? And 90° was blue black?
I put at 30° the temperature was not optimal so the active site may have changed slightly so it cannot bind to the substrate as well reducing the rate of reaction so cannot break down the starch properly
At 90° the temperature was optimal so the enzyme could work faster and was able to break down starch

opposite way round 💔 at 30 the amylase was able to break down the starch quickly enough so it resulted in a negative test for starch
at 90 degrees the amylase had denatured and was no longer able to bind to start to break it down so it resulted in a positive test for starch

Reply 10

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by danniewithane
opposite way round 💔 at 30 the amylase was able to break down the starch quickly enough so it resulted in a negative test for starch
at 90 degrees the amylase had denatured and was no longer able to bind to start to break it down so it resulted in a positive test for starch


Ffs so I didn't even get a mark

Reply 11

For the fish question , did we have to specify that it was lamellae? Or as long as you covered the key points ( one cell thick, good blood supply etc…) and mention the filaments you would get the mark atleast?

Reply 12

Also, my biology teacher said you don’t need to specify b lymphocyte , are they wrong or can you mention lymphocyte/white blood cell

Reply 13

i swear trypsin is the pancreas and also i did 43 x (43/60) and got like 30.8 im so cooked bro 😭

Reply 14

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by 1345hffbg
i swear trypsin is the pancreas and also i did 43 x (43/60) and got like 30.8 im so cooked bro 😭

i mean ur helping the grade boundaries go down???

Reply 15

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by danniewithane
i mean ur helping the grade boundaries go down???

bro im never usually like this all my mock papers i got a 9 my last i got 72/100 😭

Reply 16

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by 1345hffbg
bro im never usually like this all my mock papers i got a 9 my last i got 72/100 😭

its ok we still have paper 2

Reply 17

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by lostybooker
if i put diffusion is the movement of particles from area high concentration to low would i get the mark without saying abt concentration gradient
Yeah the mark scheme for diffusion questions is always that word for word (might’ve had to add ‘net movement’ tho not sure)

Reply 18

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by lostybooker
if i put diffusion is the movement of particles from area high concentration to low would i get the mark without saying abt concentration gradient

Yess if it was a 2 marker then you would have to write about concentration gradient

Reply 19

You know the question where you had to explain 30 and 90 degrees, The amylase one. I think it was a 4 marker. What did u guys write for that? I wrote about denaturing of active site for 90, for 30 I wrote more temp than 10 degrees, more collisions and these are the optimum conditions for the enzyme

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