OCR Gateway GCSE Combined Science past papers
OCR Gateway GCSE Combined Science June 2023 Paper 8
- J250/08
- Higher
- Biology 2
- 1 hour 10 minutes
- 60 marks
Question paper, Mark scheme, Examiner report: on the OCR website.
Practise this paper's topics
5 new exam questions, 25 minutes, marked as you go. Free, no account.
- Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance
- Food chains, sampling and material cycles
- Pathogens: viral, bacterial and fungal diseases
- Protists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics
- Digestion, enzymes, the heart and blood
What it tested
- Inheritance, variation and evolution20 marks
- Infection and response19 marks
- Ecology13 marks
- Organisation7 marks
- Cell biology1 marks
- Q1Classifying living organisms1 mark
- Q2Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations1 mark
- Q3Food chains, sampling and material cycles1 mark
- Q4Global warming and protecting biodiversity1 mark
- Q5Higher: full genetic crosses and genetic engineering1 mark
- Q6Chromosomes, mitosis and stem cells1 mark
- Q7Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations1 mark
- Q8Higher: full genetic crosses and genetic engineering1 mark
8 more questions
- Q9Digestion, enzymes, the heart and bloodHealth, lifestyle and cancer1 mark
- Q10Higher: full genetic crosses and genetic engineering1 mark
- Q11Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritanceVariation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering12 marks
- Q12Pathogens: viral, bacterial and fungal diseasesDigestion, enzymes, the heart and blood10 marks
- Q13Digestion, enzymes, the heart and bloodCommunities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations6 marks
- Q14Food chains, sampling and material cycles9 marks
- Q15Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineeringCommunities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations4 marks
- Q16Protists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics9 marks
June 2023 Higher grade boundaries
Marks needed across all six Higher papers, out of 360.
- 9-9281
- 9-8268
- 8-8255
- 8-7242
- 7-7229
- 7-6211
- 6-6193
- 6-5176
- 5-5159
- 5-4142
- 4-4125
- 4-3117
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