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OCR Gateway GCSE Biology June 2018 Paper 4

  • J247/04
  • Higher
  • 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
  • Inherited disorders and sex determination
  • Protists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics
  • Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering
  • Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations
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What it tested

  • Ecology45 marks
  • Inheritance, variation and evolution32 marks
  • Infection and response12 marks
  • Organisation1 marks
  1. Q1Protists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics1 mark
  2. Q2Pathogens: viral, bacterial and fungal diseases1 mark
  3. Q3Health, lifestyle and cancerDigestion, enzymes, the heart and blood1 mark
  4. Q4Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritanceVariation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering1 mark
  5. Q5Protists, defences, vaccination and antibioticsCells: structure, types and specialisation1 mark
  6. Q6Biodiversity, waste and land use1 mark
  7. Q7Food chains, sampling and material cycles1 mark
  8. Q8Higher: full genetic crosses and genetic engineering1 mark
15 more questions
  1. Q9Biodiversity, waste and land use1 mark
  2. Q10Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance1 mark
  3. Q11Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance1 mark
  4. Q12Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance1 mark
  5. Q13Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering1 mark
  6. Q14Protists, defences, vaccination and antibioticsHealth, lifestyle and cancer1 mark
  7. Q15Classifying living organisms1 mark
  8. Q16Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineeringFood chains, sampling and material cycles9 marks
  9. Q17Food chains, sampling and material cyclesCommunities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations9 marks
  10. Q18Inherited disorders and sex determinationChromosomes, mitosis and stem cells11 marks
  11. Q19Inherited disorders and sex determination5 marks
  12. Q20Food chains, sampling and material cycles8 marks
  13. Q21Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations9 marks
  14. Q22Protists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics8 marks
  15. Q23Food chains, sampling and material cyclesPhotosynthesis and its rate16 marks

June 2018 Higher grade boundaries

Marks needed across both Higher papers, out of 180.

  • Grade 9118
  • Grade 8106
  • Grade 795
  • Grade 681
  • Grade 567
  • Grade 454
  • Grade 341

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