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A-LEVEL EDEXCEL BIOLOGY PAPER 3 June 2024 Mark Scheme (9BN0/03)
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A-LEVEL EDEXCEL BIOLOGY PAPER 3 June 2024 Mark Scheme (9BN0/03)
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Pearson Edexcel A Level GCE
In Biology A Salters Nuffield (9BN0)
Paper 03: General and Practical Applications in
Biology
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Summer 2024
Question Paper Log Number P74458RA
Publications Code 9BN0_03_2406_MS
© Pearson Education Ltd 2024
, Question Answer Additional guidance Mark
number
1(a) An answer that makes reference to the following:
when a species {moves / spreads / grows} into ALLOW to immigrate into a (new) area (1)
a new area (1) ALLOW any term that indicates an area
e.g. environment / habitat
ALLOW other terms in place of species
e.g. plant / animal / organism
ALLOW pioneer species being first to live
in an area
IGNORE dominant species in an area /
species outcompeting other species in an
area
Question Answer Additional guidance Mark
number
1(b) An answer that makes reference to three of the following: ALLOW auxin for IAA
IAA {accumulates on / diffuses / moves to} shaded ALLOW plant for shoot (3)
side (of shoot) (1)
(IAA) regulates the activity of transcription factors (1)
causing cell elongation (1)
bending the shoot towards the light (1) ALLOW causing plant to grow
towards the light
ALLOW other words for bending
e.g. leaning
IGNORE move towards / point
towards
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