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OCR Gateway GCSE Combined Science June 2023 Paper 9

  • J250/09
  • Higher
  • Chemistry 1
  • 1 hour 10 minutes
  • 60 marks

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

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  • Higher: redox, strong and weak acids, electrode half equations
  • Ionic and covalent bonding
  • Purity, formulations and chromatography
  • Diamond, graphite, graphene and fullerenes
  • Electrolysis
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What it tested

  • Bonding and structure21 marks
  • Chemical changes19 marks
  • Chemical analysis9 marks
  • Energy changes6 marks
  • Quantitative chemistry3 marks
  • Atomic structure and the periodic table2 marks
  1. Q1Purity, formulations and chromatography1 mark
  2. Q2Conservation of mass and relative formula mass1 mark
  3. Q3Tests for gases1 mark
  4. Q4Acids, salts and pH1 mark
  5. Q5States of matter and properties of substancesPolymers, giant structures, metals and alloys1 mark
  6. Q6Atoms, compounds, mixtures and the atomic model1 mark
  7. Q7Atoms, compounds, mixtures and the atomic model1 mark
  8. Q8Conservation of mass and relative formula mass1 mark
8 more questions
  1. Q9Higher: moles and balancing with molesAtomic size, relative mass and electron structure1 mark
  2. Q10Higher: limits of the particle model1 mark
  3. Q11Ionic and covalent bondingAtoms, compounds, mixtures and the atomic model12 marks
  4. Q12Purity, formulations and chromatography7 marks
  5. Q13Diamond, graphite, graphene and fullerenes7 marks
  6. Q14Electrolysis6 marks
  7. Q15Higher: redox, strong and weak acids, electrode half equationsConcentration of solutions12 marks
  8. Q16Higher: bond energy calculationsExothermic and endothermic reactions, reaction profiles6 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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