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OCR Gateway GCSE Chemistry June 2025 Paper 4

  • J248/04
  • Higher
  • Topics C4 to C6
  • 1 hour 45 minutes
  • 90 marks

Question paper, Mark scheme, Examiner report: on the OCR website.

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5 new exam questions, 29 minutes, marked as you go. Free, no account.

  • Rates of reaction, collisions and catalysts
  • Group 1 and Group 7
  • Higher: phytomining and bioleaching
  • Acids, salts and pH
  • Life cycle assessment and recycling
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What it tested

  • Using resources22 marks
  • Rates and equilibrium20 marks
  • Atomic structure and the periodic table14 marks
  • Chemical changes12 marks
  • Bonding and structure9 marks
  • The atmosphere6 marks
  • Organic chemistry2 marks
  • Quantitative chemistry2 marks
  1. Q1The atmosphere, then and now1 mark
  2. Q2Reactivity, extraction and reductionConservation of mass and relative formula mass1 mark
  3. Q3Crude oil, alkanes, cracking and alkenes1 mark
  4. Q4Group 1 and Group 7The periodic table, metals and noble gases1 mark
  5. Q5Not in our course1 mark
  6. Q6Ionic and covalent bonding1 mark
  7. Q7Concentration of solutions1 mark
  8. Q8Not in our course1 mark
15 more questions
  1. Q9Higher: moles and balancing with moles1 mark
  2. Q10Crude oil, alkanes, cracking and alkenes1 mark
  3. Q11Group 1 and Group 7Atomic size, relative mass and electron structure1 mark
  4. Q12Not in our course1 mark
  5. Q13Reversible reactions and equilibrium1 mark
  6. Q14Higher: redox, strong and weak acids, electrode half equationsReactivity, extraction and reduction1 mark
  7. Q15Higher: equilibrium and pressureHigher: equilibrium, concentration and temperature1 mark
  8. Q16Rates of reaction, collisions and catalysts10 marks
  9. Q17Rates of reaction, collisions and catalystsReversible reactions and equilibrium8 marks
  10. Q18Life cycle assessment and recyclingPolymers, giant structures, metals and alloys10 marks
  11. Q19Polymers, giant structures, metals and alloys8 marks
  12. Q20Acids, salts and pHHigher: explaining concentration10 marks
  13. Q21Group 1 and Group 712 marks
  14. Q22Higher: phytomining and bioleachingReactivity, extraction and reduction12 marks
  15. Q23Greenhouse gases, climate change and carbon footprintsHigher: moles and balancing with moles5 marks

June 2025 Higher grade boundaries

Marks needed across both Higher papers, out of 180.

  • Grade 9158
  • Grade 8145
  • Grade 7132
  • Grade 6112
  • Grade 592
  • Grade 473
  • Grade 363

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