Stressed Brit teenagers left baffled by bizarre GCSE questions they say are just impossible to study for
STUMPED students have hit out at tricky new GCSE questions which they believe are just impossible to prepare for.
The stressed-out teens say the "left field" subject matters - including one about Charles Darwin as a monkey - have left many going ape.
Many GCSE students have now taken to social media to vent their frustrations - and it is fair to say most deserve an A for their online efforts.
And #AQAbiology was soon trending on Twitter.
Many youngsters were baffled by a question on a biology exam that read: "Explain why Darwin is drawn as a monkey."
James Hansford, 16, of Bath, Somerset, said: "It just appeared out of nowhere - how were we supposed to know the answer?"
Another posted: "I spent 2 years of my life learning triple science biology to be asked why Charles Darwin was drawn as a monkey??"
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The question, supplied by exam body Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (AQA), stressed the pictures emerged after Darwin's book the Origins of Species had been published.
But that didn't help the tens of thousands of teens who had revised heavily on subjects such as photosynthesis and menstrual cycles.
One student tweeted: "It's nice to see AQA are ruining this years GCSEs and not just last years #AQABiology".
However, on social media, Terence-Hale posted: "I find this a quite logical question. Darwin as the origin of the evolution theory has had its day and is not in consensus with modern evolution theory.
"The picture of Darwin as a monkey just illustrates the simplification of his theory."
In other subjects, geography students were left confused by a question asking: "What is a nuée ardente?"
The answer is "an incandescent cloud of gas, ash, and lava fragments ejected from a volcano."
Another geography question that confounded pupils was: "How is a storm surge formed?"
An AQA Spokesperson said: “It’s completely normal for students to tweet about their exams.
"We only ever ask questions about things that are covered in the syllabus - but we can’t ask questions about everything on the syllabus, so students will always end up revising topics that don’t come up.”
In 2016 students were left fuming over the GCSE biology exam that contained questions about drunk rats and boozy teens.