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OCR Gateway GCSE Biology November 2021 Paper 4

  • J247/04
  • Higher
  • Topics B4 to B6
  • 1 hour 45 minutes
  • 90 marks

Question paper, Mark scheme: on the OCR website.

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5 new exam questions, 28 minutes, marked as you go. Free, no account.

  • Food chains, sampling and material cycles
  • Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering
  • Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations
  • Health, lifestyle and cancer
  • Inherited disorders and sex determination
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What it tested

  • Ecology33 marks
  • Inheritance, variation and evolution29 marks
  • Infection and response12 marks
  • Organisation10 marks
  • Bioenergetics6 marks
  1. Q1Food chains, sampling and material cycles1 mark
  2. Q2Food chains, sampling and material cycles1 mark
  3. Q3Food chains, sampling and material cycles1 mark
  4. Q4Food chains, sampling and material cycles1 mark
  5. Q5Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance1 mark
  6. Q6Pathogens: viral, bacterial and fungal diseases1 mark
  7. Q7Protists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics1 mark
  8. Q8Protists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics1 mark
15 more questions
  1. Q9Discovering and testing drugs1 mark
  2. Q10Higher: full genetic crosses and genetic engineering1 mark
  3. Q11Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritanceInherited disorders and sex determination1 mark
  4. Q12Health, lifestyle and cancer1 mark
  5. Q13Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance1 mark
  6. Q14Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance1 mark
  7. Q15Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance1 mark
  8. Q16Food chains, sampling and material cyclesBiodiversity, waste and land use12 marks
  9. Q17Photosynthesis and its rateDigestion, enzymes, the heart and blood6 marks
  10. Q18Pathogens: viral, bacterial and fungal diseases8 marks
  11. Q19Health, lifestyle and cancerThe nervous system and reflexes9 marks
  12. Q20Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptationsProtists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics10 marks
  13. Q21Inherited disorders and sex determinationProtists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics9 marks
  14. Q22Global warming and protecting biodiversityVariation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering7 marks
  15. Q23Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineeringRespiration, exercise and metabolism14 marks

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