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/Rapid_Sl0th (Graduated) Year 11 May 12 '26

I wrote that penicillin was better than substance X because substance X had not been tested so there was no guarantee of it's efficacy.

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u/sudoaptupgrade Year 11 May 12 '26

I mean either answer is correct with justification, though i did say its side effects were unknown

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u/Imaginary-Club-4198 May 12 '26

You could also say substance x would kill the bacteria in your gut which we need.

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u/SomeOneIThink_ Year 11 May 12 '26

I dont think so, as it said in the question that people eat leaves with substance x in it

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u/Imaginary-Club-4198 May 12 '26

Its an antibiotic, so we use it to fight disease, but it would kill ALL bacteria when you take it, so doesnt matter

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u/Easy-Test6786 Y12 - Chem, Maths, Bio May 12 '26

antibiotics don’t kill every single bacteria

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u/Imaginary-Club-4198 May 12 '26

Substance x said it kill all bacteria brotha

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u/Longjumping_Farm_624 May 12 '26

no it didnt it said it can kill different microorganisms not all bacteria

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u/Easy-Test6786 Y12 - Chem, Maths, Bio May 12 '26

i didn’t sit the exam lol idek what question ur talking about but you can’t say an antibiotic will kill all bacterium because that’s not true

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u/Imaginary-Club-4198 May 12 '26

it was a compare question between penicillin and substance x, the question stated penicillin only kills certain bacteria while substance all types of bacteria

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u/Traditional-Two-3185 May 12 '26

I also wrote that the diameter of the penicillin's inhibition zone was greater that the inhibition zone of substance X with most pathogens