Mark Scheme (Results)
Summer 2024
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Pearson Edexcel GCE
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In Biology Spec B (8BN0)
Paper 01: Lifestyle, Transport, Genes and Health
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,Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications
Edexcel and BTEC qualifications come from Pearson, the world’s leading learning company. We provide a wide range of
qualifications including academic, vocational, occupational and specific programmes for employers. For further information visit
our qualifications websites at www.edexcel.com or www.btec.co.uk for our BTEC qualifications.
Alternatively, you can get in touch with us using the details on our contact us page at www.edexcel.com/contactus.
If you have any subject specific questions about this specification that require the help of a subject specialist, you can speak
directly to the subject team at Pearson.
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Their contact details can be found on this link: www.edexcel.com/teachingservices.
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You can also use our online Ask the Expert service at www.edexcel.com/ask. You will need an Edexcel username and password to
access this service.
Pearson: helping people progress, everywhere
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Our aim is to help everyone progress in their lives through education. We believe in every kind of learning, for all kinds of people,
wherever they are in the world. We’ve been involved in education for over 150 years, and by working across 70 countries, in 100
languages, we have built an international reputation for our commitment to high standards and raising achievement through
innovation in education. Find out more about how we can help you and your students at: www.pearson.com/uk
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, General Marking Guidance
• All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners must mark the first candidate in exactly the same
way as they mark the last.
• Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must be rewarded for what they have shown they can
do rather than penalised for omissions.
• Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not according to their perception of where the grade
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boundaries may lie.
• There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark scheme should be used appropriately.
• All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded. Examiners should always award full marks if
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deserved, i.e. if the answer matches the mark scheme. Examiners should also be prepared to award zero marks
if the candidate’s response is not worthy of credit according to the mark scheme.
• Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will provide the principles by which marks will be awarded
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and exemplification may be limited.
• When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the mark scheme to a candidate’s response, the team
leader must be consulted.
• Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate has replaced it with an alternative response.
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Summer 2024
C
LE
Pearson Edexcel GCE
ST
In Biology Spec B (8BN0)
Paper 01: Lifestyle, Transport, Genes and Health
BE
,Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications
Edexcel and BTEC qualifications come from Pearson, the world’s leading learning company. We provide a wide range of
qualifications including academic, vocational, occupational and specific programmes for employers. For further information visit
our qualifications websites at www.edexcel.com or www.btec.co.uk for our BTEC qualifications.
Alternatively, you can get in touch with us using the details on our contact us page at www.edexcel.com/contactus.
If you have any subject specific questions about this specification that require the help of a subject specialist, you can speak
directly to the subject team at Pearson.
C
Their contact details can be found on this link: www.edexcel.com/teachingservices.
LE
You can also use our online Ask the Expert service at www.edexcel.com/ask. You will need an Edexcel username and password to
access this service.
Pearson: helping people progress, everywhere
ST
Our aim is to help everyone progress in their lives through education. We believe in every kind of learning, for all kinds of people,
wherever they are in the world. We’ve been involved in education for over 150 years, and by working across 70 countries, in 100
languages, we have built an international reputation for our commitment to high standards and raising achievement through
innovation in education. Find out more about how we can help you and your students at: www.pearson.com/uk
BE
, General Marking Guidance
• All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners must mark the first candidate in exactly the same
way as they mark the last.
• Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must be rewarded for what they have shown they can
do rather than penalised for omissions.
• Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not according to their perception of where the grade
C
boundaries may lie.
• There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark scheme should be used appropriately.
• All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded. Examiners should always award full marks if
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deserved, i.e. if the answer matches the mark scheme. Examiners should also be prepared to award zero marks
if the candidate’s response is not worthy of credit according to the mark scheme.
• Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will provide the principles by which marks will be awarded
ST
and exemplification may be limited.
• When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the mark scheme to a candidate’s response, the team
leader must be consulted.
• Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate has replaced it with an alternative response.
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