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OCR Gateway GCSE Combined Science June 2023 Paper 2

  • J250/02
  • Foundation
  • 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, 26 minutes, marked as you go. Free, no account.

  • Food chains, sampling and material cycles
  • Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance
  • Digestion, enzymes, the heart and blood
  • Health, lifestyle and cancer
  • Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering
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What it tested

  • Ecology22 marks
  • Inheritance, variation and evolution20 marks
  • Organisation15 marks
  • Infection and response3 marks
  1. Q1Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance1 mark
  2. Q2Biodiversity, waste and land use1 mark
  3. Q3Protists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics1 mark
  4. Q4Pathogens: viral, bacterial and fungal diseases1 mark
  5. Q5Protists, defences, vaccination and antibioticsPathogens: viral, bacterial and fungal diseases1 mark
  6. Q6Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations1 mark
  7. Q7Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering1 mark
  8. Q8Health, lifestyle and cancerPathogens: viral, bacterial and fungal diseases1 mark
8 more questions
  1. Q9Classifying living organisms1 mark
  2. Q10Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations1 mark
  3. Q11Digestion, enzymes, the heart and bloodChromosomes, mitosis and stem cells8 marks
  4. Q12Food chains, sampling and material cyclesPlant tissues and transport11 marks
  5. Q13Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineeringCommunities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations5 marks
  6. Q14Food chains, sampling and material cycles8 marks
  7. Q15Health, lifestyle and cancer6 marks
  8. Q16Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritanceVariation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering12 marks

June 2023 Foundation grade boundaries

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

  • 5-5210
  • 5-4192
  • 4-4175
  • 4-3153
  • 3-3131
  • 3-2109
  • 2-288
  • 2-167
  • 1-146

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