"Describe" questions — Edexcel A-Level Biology A: Salters-Nuffield (9BN0)

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How to answer

Say WHAT happens, in order. No reasoning. Structure: 1. First X. 2. Then Y. 3. Then Z. Assessment Objective: AO1. Every "describe" answer on this spec is marked against exactly this pattern.

Sample questions

  1. A student is culturing bacteria on an agar plate in a school laboratory. Describe the aseptic techniques the student sho…
  2. During a 400-metre race, a runner's muscles require a rapid increase in glucose and oxygen. Describe how the body respon…
  3. Describe how sexual reproduction in flowering plants produces a seed. Include in your answer the roles of the male and f…
  4. A population of Arctic foxes living in a snowy environment includes individuals with white fur and individuals with brow…
  5. Describe how a reflex arc works to produce a rapid response when a person touches a very hot object, naming each compone…
  6. A population of lizards lives on a large island. Over thousands of years, a mountain range forms across the middle of th…
  7. Describe how the products of photosynthesis are used by a plant, and explain why photosynthesis is essential for the pla…
  8. A scientist studied a section of DNA and found that it contained 120 bases. The scientist then observed the process of t…

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