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OCR Gateway GCSE Biology June 2023 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, 27 minutes, marked as you go. Free, no account.

  • Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations
  • Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering
  • Protists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics
  • Food chains, sampling and material cycles
  • Inherited disorders and sex determination
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What it tested

  • Ecology33 marks
  • Inheritance, variation and evolution33 marks
  • Infection and response14 marks
  • Bioenergetics10 marks
  1. Q1Food chains, sampling and material cycles1 mark
  2. Q2Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations1 mark
  3. Q3Inherited disorders and sex determination1 mark
  4. Q4Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance1 mark
  5. Q5Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance1 mark
  6. Q6Protists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics1 mark
  7. Q7Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance1 mark
  8. Q8Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineeringReproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance1 mark
15 more questions
  1. Q9Global warming and protecting biodiversity1 mark
  2. Q10Discovering and testing drugs1 mark
  3. Q11Pathogens: viral, bacterial and fungal diseases1 mark
  4. Q12Protists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics1 mark
  5. Q13Global warming and protecting biodiversity1 mark
  6. Q14Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations1 mark
  7. Q15Food chains, sampling and material cycles1 mark
  8. Q16Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineeringFood chains, sampling and material cycles10 marks
  9. Q17Respiration, exercise and metabolismHealth, lifestyle and cancer10 marks
  10. Q18Protists, defences, vaccination and antibioticsPathogens: viral, bacterial and fungal diseases10 marks
  11. Q19Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptationsFood chains, sampling and material cycles9 marks
  12. Q20Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptationsPhotosynthesis and its rate9 marks
  13. Q21Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineeringBiodiversity, waste and land use9 marks
  14. Q22Food chains, sampling and material cycles9 marks
  15. Q23Inherited disorders and sex determinationThe nervous system and reflexes9 marks

June 2023 Foundation grade boundaries

Marks needed across both Foundation papers, out of 180.

  • Grade 5105
  • Grade 490
  • Grade 366
  • Grade 243
  • Grade 120

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