OCR Gateway GCSE Biology past papers
OCR Gateway GCSE Biology June 2025 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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- Inherited disorders and sex determination
- Food chains, sampling and material cycles
- Higher: full genetic crosses and genetic engineering
- Pathogens: viral, bacterial and fungal diseases
- Fossils, extinction and resistant bacteria
What it tested
- Inheritance, variation and evolution46 marks
- Ecology22 marks
- Infection and response21 marks
- Cell biology1 marks
- Q1Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering1 mark
- Q2Protists, defences, vaccination and antibioticsHealth, lifestyle and cancer1 mark
- Q3Cells: structure, types and specialisationProtists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics1 mark
- Q4Biodiversity, waste and land use1 mark
- Q5Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance1 mark
- Q6Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance1 mark
- Q7Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance1 mark
- Q8Pathogens: viral, bacterial and fungal diseases1 mark
15 more questions
- Q9Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance1 mark
- Q10Food chains, sampling and material cyclesRespiration, exercise and metabolism1 mark
- Q11Inherited disorders and sex determination1 mark
- Q12Food chains, sampling and material cycles1 mark
- Q13Discovering and testing drugs1 mark
- Q14Protists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics1 mark
- Q15Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritanceVariation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering1 mark
- Q16Protists, defences, vaccination and antibioticsPathogens: viral, bacterial and fungal diseases7 marks
- Q17Food chains, sampling and material cyclesCommunities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations11 marks
- Q18Biodiversity, waste and land useCommunities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations8 marks
- Q19Inherited disorders and sex determinationProtists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics11 marks
- Q20Higher: full genetic crosses and genetic engineeringFood chains, sampling and material cycles13 marks
- Q21Inherited disorders and sex determinationHealth, lifestyle and cancer5 marks
- Q22Fossils, extinction and resistant bacteriaProtists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics10 marks
- Q23Pathogens: viral, bacterial and fungal diseasesPlant tissues and transport10 marks
June 2025 Higher grade boundaries
Marks needed across both Higher papers, out of 180.
- Grade 9139
- Grade 8128
- Grade 7117
- Grade 6100
- Grade 583
- Grade 466
- Grade 357
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