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OCR Gateway GCSE Combined Science November 2021 Paper 8

  • J250/08
  • Higher
  • Biology 2
  • 1 hour 10 minutes
  • 60 marks

Question paper, Mark scheme: on the OCR website.

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  • Food chains, sampling and material cycles
  • Higher: full genetic crosses and genetic engineering
  • Protists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics
  • Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance
  • Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations
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What it tested

  • Ecology23 marks
  • Inheritance, variation and evolution22 marks
  • Infection and response13 marks
  • Organisation2 marks
  1. Q1Protists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics1 mark
  2. Q2Health, lifestyle and cancer1 mark
  3. Q3Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations1 mark
  4. Q4Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering1 mark
  5. Q5Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance1 mark
  6. Q6Biodiversity, waste and land use1 mark
  7. Q7Classifying living organisms1 mark
  8. Q8Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations1 mark
7 more questions
  1. Q9Digestion, enzymes, the heart and blood1 mark
  2. Q10Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance1 mark
  3. Q11Food chains, sampling and material cyclesCommunities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations12 marks
  4. Q12Food chains, sampling and material cyclesHigher: limiting factors and oxygen debt8 marks
  5. Q13Protists, defences, vaccination and antibioticsMicroscopy and magnification12 marks
  6. Q14Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritanceInherited disorders and sex determination5 marks
  7. Q15Higher: full genetic crosses and genetic engineeringThe nervous system and reflexes13 marks

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