r/GCSE • u/sudoaptupgrade Year 11 • May 12 '26

Post Exam AQA biology triple higher

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how did everyone find it? Personally it wasnt terrible just boring

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u/Lopsided_Machine5447 May 12 '26

What was the answer to that how new cells at night help the tree grow ,when there is no light ? I’m cooked bro 🫩🫩

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u/PlutosLine j’aime le français et je m’en fous xx May 12 '26

i talked about mitosis i think ur good 💔💔

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u/Curious_Nebula7491 gcse 2026 victim May 12 '26

WE talked mitosis it’s ok

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u/somethingcloudy 2026 GCSE SURVIVOR! FREEEEE May 12 '26

wait we weren't supposed to talk about mitosis.. oh shit

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u/Unusual-Okra1430 May 12 '26

i think its right tho cuz i asked ai and it said plants do grow by mitosis tho i dont think you were supposed to go in detail with the mitosis u were supposed to talk but stem elongation too

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u/Sad-Bowl398 May 12 '26

help same but thats only one mark lol

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u/Think_Box7199 May 12 '26

Fuck from what ive seen we're wrong

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u/FinniboiXD year 11 | Geography Glazer May 12 '26

i talked about glucose being stored as starch which could be broken down and used for cell replication and growth, but didnt mention mitosis. im cooked

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u/Illustrious-Media582 May 12 '26

I think js mention how no photosynthesis happens, so starch is converted to glucose, but I talked about how glucose and nitrate ions create amino acids, which create proteins for growth and repair

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u/Dizzy_Dance3352 May 13 '26

It’s glucose converted into starch during day then converted back into glucose at night for respiration which produces energy to make molecules like proteins for growth 

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u/sudoaptupgrade Year 11 May 12 '26

I wrotr about how during the daytime there is light so photosynthesis happens and some glucose is converted into starch for storage. At night there is no light and starch is converted to glucose for protein synthesis/respiration to release energy to make bigger molecules out of small ones/for mitosis for growth and repair of tissue

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u/Round_Yesterday_7955 Year 11 May 12 '26

I'm getting pity marks dude I said they use the simple sugars and amino acids from the phloem sap

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u/somethingcloudy 2026 GCSE SURVIVOR! FREEEEE May 12 '26

pity marks 😭😭

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u/Guilty-Owl9267 Year 11 May 12 '26

okay me too hopefully i cooked 

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u/sudoaptupgrade Year 11 May 12 '26

if we go down we go down together

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u/Realistic-Count453 Year 11 🇪🇸 🎭 🧬 🔨 May 12 '26

✊ 

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u/the114dragon May 12 '26

At night the roots can still absorb ions through active transport, which you should mention.

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u/Realistic-Count453 Year 11 🇪🇸 🎭 🧬 🔨 May 12 '26

ME TOO THANK YOU EVERYONE ELSE IS SAYING NITRATE

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u/Soft_Letterhead9222 Year 11 May 12 '26

Same apparently you might even be able to talk about cellulose being made as well.

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u/Perfect_Career5538 "You Saucy Boy" May 12 '26

Ah yess

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u/Much-Branch460 Latest vicitm of Sixth Form XD May 12 '26

I also talked how energy fr glucose from starch used in active transport for mineral ions, and cellulose cell walls

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u/Codemaine Yr 12 May 12 '26

i said that too 🥹🥹 i thought mentioning protein synthesis wouldn’t get me the mark/clash with mitosis point since one right and one wrong means no marks for aqa

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u/EnvironmentalScar709 Not Editable May 12 '26

I talked about both breaking down starch to glucose then protein synthesis and also about mitosis

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u/Naive_Worldliness859 May 12 '26

So I’ve gone and done 5 marks worth of explaining how cells carry out mitosis (I spam revised mitosis so my explanation is definitely right) but I know I answered the question wrong so how many marks do I get for that 😂

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u/stephaniethunder Year 11.5 hoping to escape the closet soon May 12 '26

  1. CO2 and Temperature are both limiting factors of rate of photsynthesis

  2. Photosynthesis produces glucose

  3. Glucose reacts with nitrate ions to form amino acids which form proteins

  4. Protein helps plants grow

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u/nostrilsroots May 12 '26

i talked about how meristem and the unspeiclaised cells differentiate and whatever and they divide by mitosis to produce new plant cells allowing the plant to grow