5-mark practice questions — Eduqas A-Level Biology
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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
- Adrenaline is a hormone released during the 'fight-or-flight' response. Explain how adrenaline reaches its target organs…
- Meiosis and mitosis are both types of cell division. Compare meiosis and mitosis in terms of the number of daughter cell…
- Malaria is a communicable disease caused by a protist spread by mosquitoes. Describe how malaria is transmitted and expl…
- Describe how the nervous system carries out a reflex arc when a person touches a sharp object with their finger. Include…
- During the cell cycle, DNA replication occurs in the nucleus before a cell can divide. Explain how DNA replication produ…
- Explain how the hormone insulin helps to restore blood glucose concentration back to its optimum level after a meal high…
- Describe how the human immune system responds when a pathogen enters the body for the first time, and explain why the re…
- Phloem and xylem are the two main transport vessels in plants. Explain how the structure of phloem vessels is adapted to…