OCR Gateway GCSE Biology past papers

OCR Gateway GCSE Biology June 2019 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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5 new exam questions, 18 minutes, marked as you go. Free, no account.

  • Food chains, sampling and material cycles
  • Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering
  • Protists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics
  • Discovering and testing drugs
  • Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations
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What it tested

  • Ecology40 marks
  • Inheritance, variation and evolution31 marks
  • Infection and response15 marks
  • Cell biology2 marks
  • Organisation2 marks
  1. Q1Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations1 mark
  2. Q2Food chains, sampling and material cycles1 mark
  3. Q3Inherited disorders and sex determination1 mark
  4. Q4Chromosomes, mitosis and stem cells1 mark
  5. Q5Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations1 mark
  6. Q6Food chains, sampling and material cycles1 mark
  7. Q7Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering1 mark
  8. Q8Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations1 mark
15 more questions
  1. Q9Health, lifestyle and cancer1 mark
  2. Q10Health, lifestyle and cancer1 mark
  3. Q11Inherited disorders and sex determination1 mark
  4. Q12Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance1 mark
  5. Q13Protists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics1 mark
  6. Q14Food chains, sampling and material cycles1 mark
  7. Q15Microscopy and magnification1 mark
  8. Q16Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering9 marks
  9. Q17Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering7 marks
  10. Q18Discovering and testing drugsProtists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics7 marks
  11. Q19Food chains, sampling and material cyclesBiodiversity, waste and land use16 marks
  12. Q20Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineeringReproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance11 marks
  13. Q21Protists, defences, vaccination and antibioticsPathogens: viral, bacterial and fungal diseases7 marks
  14. Q22Food chains, sampling and material cyclesCommunities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations12 marks
  15. Q23Food chains, sampling and material cyclesPhotosynthesis and its rate6 marks

June 2019 Foundation grade boundaries

Marks needed across both Foundation papers, out of 180.

  • Grade 596
  • Grade 481
  • Grade 360
  • Grade 239
  • Grade 118

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