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AQA GCSE Biology June 2025 Paper 2H

  • 8461/2H
  • Higher
  • Topics 5 to 7
  • 1 hour 45 minutes
  • 100 marks

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  • Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance
  • Hormones, blood glucose and contraception
  • The nervous system and reflexes
  • Food chains, sampling and material cycles
  • Biodiversity, waste and land use
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What it tested

  • Inheritance, variation and evolution46 marks
  • Homeostasis and response35 marks
  • Ecology19 marks
  1. Q1Fossils, extinction and resistant bacteriaClassifying living organisms9 marks
  2. Q2Food chains, sampling and material cyclesCommunities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations10 marks
  3. Q3Hormones, blood glucose and contraceptionPhotosynthesis and its rate13 marks
  4. Q4Higher: full genetic crosses and genetic engineeringHormones, blood glucose and contraception8 marks
  5. Q5Biodiversity, waste and land useGlobal warming and protecting biodiversity9 marks
  6. Q6Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritanceChromosomes, mitosis and stem cells12 marks
  7. Q7The nervous system and reflexes13 marks
  8. Q8Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritanceHigher: full genetic crosses and genetic engineering17 marks
1 more questions
  1. Q9Hormones, blood glucose and contraceptionDiscovering and testing drugs9 marks

June 2025 Higher grade boundaries

Marks needed across both Higher papers, out of 200.

  • Grade 9141
  • Grade 8127
  • Grade 7113
  • Grade 694
  • Grade 575
  • Grade 456
  • Grade 346

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