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OCR Gateway GCSE Biology June 2018 Paper 2

  • J247/02
  • Foundation
  • Topics B4 to B6
  • 1 hour 45 minutes
  • 90 marks

Question paper, Mark scheme, Examiner report: on the OCR website.

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  • Food chains, sampling and material cycles
  • Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering
  • Inherited disorders and sex determination
  • Digestion, enzymes, the heart and blood
  • Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance
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What it tested

  • Inheritance, variation and evolution47 marks
  • Ecology28 marks
  • Organisation12 marks
  • Infection and response3 marks
  1. Q1Food chains, sampling and material cyclesPhotosynthesis and its rate1 mark
  2. Q2Food chains, sampling and material cycles1 mark
  3. Q3Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance1 mark
  4. Q4Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance1 mark
  5. Q5Protists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics1 mark
  6. Q6Protists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics1 mark
  7. Q7Food chains, sampling and material cycles1 mark
  8. Q8Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations1 mark
16 more questions
  1. Q9Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering1 mark
  2. Q10Food chains, sampling and material cycles1 mark
  3. Q11Fossils, extinction and resistant bacteriaVariation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering1 mark
  4. Q12Biodiversity, waste and land use1 mark
  5. Q13Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance1 mark
  6. Q14Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance1 mark
  7. Q15Protists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics1 mark
  8. Q16Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritanceVariation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering5 marks
  9. Q17Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations6 marks
  10. Q18Inherited disorders and sex determination6 marks
  11. Q19Food chains, sampling and material cyclesRespiration, exercise and metabolism7 marks
  12. Q20Inherited disorders and sex determinationChromosomes, mitosis and stem cells11 marks
  13. Q21Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineeringFood chains, sampling and material cycles10 marks
  14. Q22Digestion, enzymes, the heart and bloodHealth, lifestyle and cancer12 marks
  15. Q23Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineeringFood chains, sampling and material cycles9 marks
  16. Q24Food chains, sampling and material cyclesCommunities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations9 marks

June 2018 Foundation grade boundaries

Marks needed across both Foundation papers, out of 180.

  • Grade 590
  • Grade 479
  • Grade 357
  • Grade 236
  • Grade 115

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