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OCR Gateway GCSE Combined Science June 2025 Paper 7

  • J250/07
  • Higher
  • Biology 1
  • 1 hour 10 minutes
  • 60 marks

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

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  • Digestion, enzymes, the heart and blood
  • Plant tissues and transport
  • Higher: infertility treatment and negative feedback
  • Diffusion, osmosis and active transport
  • Photosynthesis and its rate
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What it tested

  • Organisation26 marks
  • Homeostasis and response13 marks
  • Cell biology13 marks
  • Bioenergetics7 marks
  • Inheritance, variation and evolution1 marks
  1. Q1Hormones, blood glucose and contraception1 mark
  2. Q2Photosynthesis and its rate1 mark
  3. Q3Microscopy and magnification1 mark
  4. Q4Respiration, exercise and metabolismPhotosynthesis and its rate1 mark
  5. Q5Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance1 mark
  6. Q6Cells: structure, types and specialisation1 mark
  7. Q7Digestion, enzymes, the heart and blood1 mark
  8. Q8Microscopy and magnification1 mark
9 more questions
  1. Q9Higher: glucagon and the menstrual cycle hormones1 mark
  2. Q10Cells: structure, types and specialisation1 mark
  3. Q11Plant tissues and transport12 marks
  4. Q12Microscopy and magnificationCells: structure, types and specialisation3 marks
  5. Q13Photosynthesis and its rateHigher: limiting factors and oxygen debt5 marks
  6. Q14Digestion, enzymes, the heart and blood8 marks
  7. Q15Digestion, enzymes, the heart and bloodDiffusion, osmosis and active transport5 marks
  8. Q16Higher: infertility treatment and negative feedbackThe nervous system and reflexes11 marks
  9. Q17Diffusion, osmosis and active transport6 marks

June 2025 Higher grade boundaries

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

  • 9-9280
  • 9-8266
  • 8-8252
  • 8-7239
  • 7-7226
  • 7-6209
  • 6-6192
  • 6-5175
  • 5-5158
  • 5-4142
  • 4-4126
  • 4-3118

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