SharpkopReproduction in vertebrates
8 marks in our Paper 1 questions. 5 questions from 2024.
This topic covers reproduction in vertebrates, with birds as the main example: how eggs are laid and incubated, and the difference between altricial and precocial young. The 5 questions here are worth 8 marks in the November 2024 Paper 1 set. Of the 8 marks, 6 are for recalling facts and terms and 2 for explaining. Many questions give a short passage to read first.
The 2024 Diagnostic Report says candidates mixed up altricial and precocial development. They did not link the amount of yolk to how developed the chick is at hatching, and so to the length of incubation. And when the question said to quote from the passage, some wrote a definition of oviparous instead of a reason taken from the text. Underline the part of the passage you are quoting, and keep the two types of development apart in your head.
Where marks are lost: in our words, from Department of Basic Education, NSC 2024 Diagnostic Report, Part 1 (Book 1).
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