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OCR Gateway GCSE Combined Science June 2024 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, 21 minutes, marked as you go. Free, no account.

  • Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations
  • Food chains, sampling and material cycles
  • Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance
  • Pathogens: viral, bacterial and fungal diseases
  • Digestion, enzymes, the heart and blood
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What it tested

  • Ecology32 marks
  • Inheritance, variation and evolution12 marks
  • Infection and response10 marks
  • Organisation5 marks
  • Cell biology1 marks
  1. Q1Protists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics1 mark
  2. Q2Food chains, sampling and material cycles1 mark
  3. Q3Discovering and testing drugs1 mark
  4. Q4Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations1 mark
  5. Q5Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering1 mark
  6. Q6Food chains, sampling and material cycles1 mark
  7. Q7Chromosomes, mitosis and stem cells1 mark
  8. Q8Classifying living organisms1 mark
8 more questions
  1. Q9Biodiversity, waste and land use1 mark
  2. Q10Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritanceChromosomes, mitosis and stem cells1 mark
  3. Q11Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance9 marks
  4. Q12Pathogens: viral, bacterial and fungal diseasesVariation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering8 marks
  5. Q13Digestion, enzymes, the heart and bloodHealth, lifestyle and cancer5 marks
  6. Q14Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptationsPlant tissues and transport10 marks
  7. Q15Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptationsFood chains, sampling and material cycles6 marks
  8. Q16Food chains, sampling and material cyclesBiodiversity, waste and land use12 marks

June 2024 Foundation grade boundaries

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

  • 5-5220
  • 5-4207
  • 4-4194
  • 4-3170
  • 3-3147
  • 3-2124
  • 2-2101
  • 2-178
  • 1-155

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