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OCR Gateway GCSE Combined Science June 2025 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, 34 minutes, marked as you go. Free, no account.

  • Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations
  • Protists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics
  • Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance
  • Discovering and testing drugs
  • Food chains, sampling and material cycles
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What it tested

  • Infection and response22 marks
  • Ecology22 marks
  • Inheritance, variation and evolution13 marks
  • Organisation2 marks
  • Bioenergetics1 marks
  1. Q1Classifying living organisms1 mark
  2. Q2Pathogens: viral, bacterial and fungal diseases1 mark
  3. Q3Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering1 mark
  4. Q4Digestion, enzymes, the heart and blood1 mark
  5. Q5Classifying living organisms1 mark
  6. Q6Protists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics1 mark
  7. Q7Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritanceInherited disorders and sex determination1 mark
  8. Q8Health, lifestyle and cancer1 mark
8 more questions
  1. Q9Inherited disorders and sex determination1 mark
  2. Q10Respiration, exercise and metabolism1 mark
  3. Q11Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptationsFood chains, sampling and material cycles6 marks
  4. Q12Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritanceVariation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering8 marks
  5. Q13Food chains, sampling and material cyclesBiodiversity, waste and land use8 marks
  6. Q14Discovering and testing drugsHealth, lifestyle and cancer8 marks
  7. Q15Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations8 marks
  8. Q16Protists, defences, vaccination and antibioticsFossils, extinction and resistant bacteria12 marks

June 2025 Foundation grade boundaries

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

  • 5-5212
  • 5-4194
  • 4-4176
  • 4-3155
  • 3-3134
  • 3-2113
  • 2-292
  • 2-171
  • 1-150

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