2026/2027 AQA GCSE COMBINED SCIENCE: SYNERGY 8465/2H Paper 2 Question Paper + Mark Scheme + Inserts

Two students analysed water from four rivers.
Each student measured the pH of the river water using a different method.
Table 1 shows the results.
Table 1
River
pH of river water
Method A Method B
W 7 7.4
X 6 6.5
Y 8 8.1
Z 7 7.6
0 1 . 1 Suggest what was used to measure the pH in each method.
[2 marks]
Method A ________________________________________________________
Method B ________________________________________________________
0 1 . 2 Why is it not valid to calculate a mean of the two pH values for each river?
[1 mark]
Tick () one box.
A mean cannot be calculated from only two values.
Each method gives values to a different resolution.
The mean should be calculated for each method using all four samples.
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0 1 . 3 Complete the sentence.
Choose the answer from the box.
[1 mark]
accurate repeatable reproducible
Method A and method B gave similar results.
This shows that the results are _________________________________.
0 1 . 4 Which river is most likely to be in an area with a high concentration
of sulfur dioxide in the air?
Use Table 1.
[1 mark]
Tick () one box.