Core Practical 8: Determining the Tensile Strength of Plant Fibres

Core Practical 8: Determining the Tensile Strength of Plant Fibres is an Edexcel International AS Level Biology 2 (IAL) (WBI12) topic. It has been examined in 6 past papers between 2020 and 2025, and the question bank holds 16 questions on it.

Questions in the bank: 16
Past papers it appears in: 6
Years examined: 2020–2025

Exam sessions with a question on Core Practical 8: Determining the Tensile Strength of Plant Fibres: November 2025, January 2025, June 2023, January 2022, January 2020.

Past-paper questions on Core Practical 8: Determining the Tensile Strength of Plant Fibres

Paper 1 January 2025 Q1b(i)

State what is meant by the term tensile strength.

Paper 1 June 2023 Q1b(iii)

Give two reasons why fibre diameter was measured.

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Past papers that test Core Practical 8: Determining the Tensile Strength of Plant Fibres

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