Mark Scheme
(Results)
Summer 2024
Pearson Edexcel GCSE
In Biology (1BI0)
Paper 2H
,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
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
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
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.
, Question Answer Mark
Number
1(a)(i) (1)
The only correct answer is D pancreas AO1 1
A is incorrect because the liver is the target
organ for insulin it does not produce it
B is incorrect because the heart does not
produce insulin
C in not correct because the kidneys do not
produce insulin
Question Answer Mark
Number
1(a)(ii) (1)
The only correct answer is B dissolved in blood AO1 1
plasma
A is incorrect because hormones do not
travel along neurones
C is incorrect because insulin does not
attach to red blood cells
D is not correct because hormones do not
move by osmosis or in white blood cells
Question Answer Additional Mark
Number Guidance
1(b) A description including: (3)
AO1 2
• (take a sample of urine and) accept solution for
add Benedict’s reagent (1) reagent
• heat the solution (in a water
bath) (1)
• observe the colour change to accept other
(brick) red (1) colours yellow,
green, orange,
brown
(Results)
Summer 2024
Pearson Edexcel GCSE
In Biology (1BI0)
Paper 2H
,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
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
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
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.
, Question Answer Mark
Number
1(a)(i) (1)
The only correct answer is D pancreas AO1 1
A is incorrect because the liver is the target
organ for insulin it does not produce it
B is incorrect because the heart does not
produce insulin
C in not correct because the kidneys do not
produce insulin
Question Answer Mark
Number
1(a)(ii) (1)
The only correct answer is B dissolved in blood AO1 1
plasma
A is incorrect because hormones do not
travel along neurones
C is incorrect because insulin does not
attach to red blood cells
D is not correct because hormones do not
move by osmosis or in white blood cells
Question Answer Additional Mark
Number Guidance
1(b) A description including: (3)
AO1 2
• (take a sample of urine and) accept solution for
add Benedict’s reagent (1) reagent
• heat the solution (in a water
bath) (1)
• observe the colour change to accept other
(brick) red (1) colours yellow,
green, orange,
brown
