OCR Gateway GCSE Combined Science past papers

OCR Gateway GCSE Combined Science June 2022 Paper 8

  • J250/08
  • Higher
  • Biology 2
  • 1 hour 10 minutes
  • 60 marks

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

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

  • Health, lifestyle and cancer
  • Food chains, sampling and material cycles
  • Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations
  • Biodiversity, waste and land use
  • Classifying living organisms
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What it tested

  • Ecology31 marks
  • Organisation21 marks
  • Inheritance, variation and evolution5 marks
  • Infection and response2 marks
  • Cell biology1 marks
  1. Q1Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance1 mark
  2. Q2Microscopy and magnification1 mark
  3. Q3Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations1 mark
  4. Q4Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance1 mark
  5. Q5Pathogens: viral, bacterial and fungal diseasesProtists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics1 mark
  6. Q6Digestion, enzymes, the heart and blood1 mark
  7. Q7Protists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics1 mark
  8. Q8Classifying living organisms1 mark
7 more questions
  1. Q9Higher: full genetic crosses and genetic engineering1 mark
  2. Q10Classifying living organismsVariation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering1 mark
  3. Q11Food chains, sampling and material cyclesCommunities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations12 marks
  4. Q12Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptationsMicroscopy and magnification10 marks
  5. Q13Biodiversity, waste and land useCommunities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations8 marks
  6. Q14Health, lifestyle and cancerProtists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics10 marks
  7. Q15Health, lifestyle and cancerInherited disorders and sex determination10 marks

June 2022 Higher grade boundaries

Marks needed across all six Higher papers, out of 360.

  • 9-9257
  • 9-8243
  • 8-8229
  • 8-7215
  • 7-7201
  • 7-6184
  • 6-6167
  • 6-5151
  • 5-5135
  • 5-4119
  • 4-4103
  • 4-395

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