5-mark practice questions — Edexcel A-Level Biology A: Salters-Nuffield (9BN0)
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How to answer
5-mark questions typically award marks for structured argument: two ideas + linked because + specific example + conclusion.
Sample questions
- A student eats a large meal containing a lot of sugar. Explain how the body detects the change in blood glucose concentr…
- Explain how the sliding filament model accounts for muscle contraction, including the roles of actin, myosin and ATP in …
- A patient is diagnosed with HIV. Over several years, the number of white blood cells in the patient's body decreases sig…
- A student investigates the effect of light intensity on the rate of photosynthesis in pond weed. As light intensity incr…
- A person is infected with a new strain of influenza (flu) virus for the first time. Explain how the immune system respon…
- A coral reef ecosystem contains the following food chain: phytoplankton → zooplankton → small reef fish → reef sharks. S…
- Tuberculosis (TB) is a communicable disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is spread when an inf…
- A patient visits their doctor and is told they have high blood cholesterol levels and high blood pressure. The doctor ex…