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BIOLOGY
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Information to Examiners
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1. General
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BIOLOGY
8461/1F
Paper 1 Foundation Tier
R R R
Mark scheme
R
June 2022
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Version:R1.0RFinalRMarkRScheme
*226G 4611F/MS* R
, MARKR SCHEMER –R GCSER BIOLOGYR –R 8461/1FR –RJUNER 2022
MarkRschemesRareRpreparedRbyRtheRLeadRAssessmentRWriterRandRconsidered,RtogetherRwithRtheRreleva
ntRquestions,RbyRaRpanelRofRsubjectRteachers.RThisRmarkRschemeRincludesRanyRamendmentsRmadeRatRth
eRstandardisationReventsRwhichRallRassociatesRparticipateRinRandRisRtheRschemeRwhichRwasRusedRbyRthe
mRinRthisRexamination.RTheRstandardisationRprocessRensuresRthatRtheRmarkRschemeRcoversRtheRstudents
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wersRnotRalreadyRcoveredRbyRtheRmarkRschemeRareRdiscussedRandRlegislatedRfor.RIf,RafterRtheRstandardisati
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schemesRonRtheRbasisRofRoneRyear’sRdocumentRshouldRbeRavoided;RwhilstRtheRguidingRprinciplesRofRass
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aper.
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RtheirRownRinternalRuse,RwithRtheRfollowingRimportantRexception:RAQARcannotRgiveRpermissionRtoRschools/collegesRtoRphotocopyRanyRmaterialRthatRisRa
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CopyrightR©R2022RAQARandRitsRlicensors.R AllRrightsRreserved.
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, MARKR SCHEMER –R GCSER BIOLOGYR –R 8461/1FR –RJUNER 2022
Information to Examiners
R R
1. General
TheRmarkRschemeRforReachRquestionRshows:
theRmarksRavailableRforReachRpartRofRtheRquestion
theRtotalRmarksRavailableRforRtheRquestion
theRtypicalRanswerRorRanswersRwhichRareRexpected
extraRinformationRtoRhelpRtheRexaminerRmakeRtheirRjudgement
theRAssessmentRObjectivesRandRspecificationRcontentRthatReachRquestionRisRintendedRtoRcover.
TheRextraRinformationRisRalignedRtoRtheRappropriateRanswerRinRtheRleft-
handRpartRofRtheRmarkRschemeRandRshouldRonlyRbeRappliedRtoRthatRitemRinRtheRmarkRscheme.
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2.3 AlternativeRanswersRacceptableRforRaRmarkRareRindicatedRbyRtheRuseRofRor.
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