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OCR Gateway GCSE Biology November 2020 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
  • Digestion, enzymes, the heart and blood
  • Fossils, extinction and resistant bacteria
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What it tested

  • Inheritance, variation and evolution33 marks
  • Ecology31 marks
  • Infection and response15 marks
  • Organisation11 marks
  1. Q1Biodiversity, waste and land use1 mark
  2. Q2Food chains, sampling and material cycles1 mark
  3. Q3Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations1 mark
  4. Q4Food chains, sampling and material cyclesCommunities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations1 mark
  5. Q5Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance1 mark
  6. Q6Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering1 mark
  7. Q7Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance1 mark
  8. Q8Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering1 mark
13 more questions
  1. Q9Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering1 mark
  2. Q10Pathogens: viral, bacterial and fungal diseases1 mark
  3. Q11Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance1 mark
  4. Q12Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance1 mark
  5. Q13Protists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics1 mark
  6. Q14Food chains, sampling and material cycles1 mark
  7. Q15Classifying living organismsVariation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering1 mark
  8. Q16Fossils, extinction and resistant bacteriaFood chains, sampling and material cycles10 marks
  9. Q17Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptationsVariation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering8 marks
  10. Q18Food chains, sampling and material cyclesRespiration, exercise and metabolism18 marks
  11. Q19Digestion, enzymes, the heart and bloodInherited disorders and sex determination11 marks
  12. Q20Protists, defences, vaccination and antibioticsHigher: full genetic crosses and genetic engineering13 marks
  13. Q21Inherited disorders and sex determinationDigestion, enzymes, the heart and blood15 marks

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