Mark Scheme (Results) - Edexcel

Mark Scheme (Results)

Summer 2017

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE in Biology (4BI0) Paper 2BR

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General Marking Guidance

All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners must mark the first candidate in exactly the same way as they mark the last.

Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must be rewarded for what they have shown they can do rather than penalised for omissions.

Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not according to their perception of where the grade boundaries may lie.

There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark scheme should be used appropriately.

All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded. Examiners should always award full marks if deserved, i.e. if the answer matches the mark scheme. Examiners should also be prepared to award zero marks if the candidate's response is not worthy of credit according to the mark scheme.

Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will provide the principles by which marks will be awarded and exemplification may be limited.

When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the mark scheme to a candidate's response, the team leader must be consulted.

Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate has replaced it with an alternative response.

Question number

1 (a)

Answer 1505 / 1504.7 / 1504.68;;

(b) 1. haemoglobin; 2. oxygen;

3. (aerobic) respiration ;

4. energy / ATP; 5. (less) anaerobic respiration /

(less) lactic acid / less oxygen debt;

Notes

Allow one mark for 0.12 / 12 ? 100 in working

Marks 2

5. Ignore cramp

max 4

(c) 1. less oxygen;

2. cold / low temperature;

3. microorganisms / pathogens / infection / aseptic / eq;

4. reduce enzyme action / (kinetic) energy / collisions / reactions / eq;

3. Ignore disease 3. Allow sterile

max 3

(d) iron / Fe;

(e) 1. (prevent) rejection / (prevent) immune response / (prevent) coagulation;

2. same antigens / same blood group / same blood type;

3. less chance of infection / disease / named disease / eq;

(f) 1. less water in blood / eq;

2. increases conc. of rbcs / increases concentration of blood / blood more viscous / blood thickens / rbcs stick together / eq;

3. increases blood pressure / heart works harder / eq;

1. Ignore clotting

(g) 1. less blood to lungs;

2. less gas exchange / less oxygen in blood / high carbon dioxide in blood;

1. Allow no blood to lungs

(h) blood / plasma;

1 max 2

max 2 max 2

1

Total 17 marks

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