OCR Gateway GCSE Combined Science past papers
OCR Gateway GCSE Combined Science June 2025 Paper 8
- J250/08
- Higher
- 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, 26 minutes, marked as you go. Free, no account.
- Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering
- Respiration, exercise and metabolism
- Protists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics
- Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance
- Health, lifestyle and cancer
What it tested
- Inheritance, variation and evolution22 marks
- Bioenergetics14 marks
- Infection and response14 marks
- Organisation5 marks
- Ecology3 marks
- Cell biology1 marks
- Q1Inherited disorders and sex determination1 mark
- Q2Respiration, exercise and metabolism1 mark
- Q3Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations1 mark
- Q4Food chains, sampling and material cyclesPlant tissues and transport1 mark
- Q5Discovering and testing drugs1 mark
- Q6Digestion, enzymes, the heart and blood1 mark
- Q7Chromosomes, mitosis and stem cells1 mark
- Q8Food chains, sampling and material cycles1 mark
8 more questions
- Q9Pathogens: viral, bacterial and fungal diseases1 mark
- Q10Not in our course1 mark
- Q11Protists, defences, vaccination and antibioticsFossils, extinction and resistant bacteria12 marks
- Q12Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineeringInherited disorders and sex determination6 marks
- Q13Health, lifestyle and cancerReproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance4 marks
- Q14Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering9 marks
- Q15Respiration, exercise and metabolismDigestion, enzymes, the heart and blood13 marks
- Q16Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritanceProtists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics6 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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