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Specimen MS - Paper 1and paper 2 AQA Biology A-Level

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A-level BIOLOGY (7402/2) Paper 2 Mark scheme MARK SCHEME – A-LEVEL BIOLOGY PAPER 2 – 7402/2 – SPECIMEN V1.1 2 Mark schemes are prepared by the Lead Assessment Writer and considered, toget... her with the relevant questions, by a panel of subject teachers. This mark scheme includes any amendments made at the standardisation events which all associates participate in and is the scheme which was used by them in this examination. The standardisation process ensures that the mark scheme covers the students’ responses to questions and that every associate understands and applies it in the same correct way. As preparation for standardisation each associate analyses a number of students’ scripts. Alternative answers not already covered by the mark scheme are discussed and legislated for. If, after the standardisation process, associates encounter unusual answers which have not been raised they are required to refer these to the Lead Assessment Writer. It must be stressed that a mark scheme is a working document, in many cases further developed and expanded on the basis of students’ reactions to a particular paper. Assumptions about future mark schemes on the basis of one year’s document should be avoided; whilst the guiding principles of assessment remain constant, details will change, depending on the content of a particular examination paper. Further copies of this mark scheme are available from aqa.org.uk MARK SCHEME – A-LEVEL BIOLOGY PAPER 2 – 7402/2 – SPECIMEN V1.1 3 Mark scheme instructions to examiners 1. General The mark scheme for each question shows: • the marks available for each part of the question • the total marks available for the question • the typical answer or answers which are expected • extra information to help the examiner make his or her judgement and help to delineate what is acceptable or not worthy of credit or, in discursive answers, to give an overview of the area in which a mark or marks may be awarded. The extra information in the ‘Comments’ column is aligned to the appropriate answer in the lefthand part of the mark scheme and should only be applied to that item in the mark scheme. At the beginning of a part of a question a reminder may be given, for example: where consequential marking needs to be considered in a calculation; or the answer may be on the diagram or at a different place on the script. MARK SCHEME – A-LEVEL BIOLOGY PAPER 2 – 7402/2 – SPECIMEN V1.1 6 Question Marking Guidance Mark Comments 02.1 1. Calcium ions diffuse into myofibrils from (sarcoplasmic) reticulum; 2. (Calcium ions) cause movement of tropomyosin (on actin); 3. (This movement causes) exposure of the binding sites on the actin; 4. Myosin heads attach to binding sites on actin; 5. Hydrolysis of ATP (on myosin heads) causes myosin heads to bend; 6. (Bending) pulling actin molecules; 7. Attachment of a new ATP molecule t [Show More]

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