AQA GCSE Biology Past Papers (9-1) (NEW SPEC)
June 2018
Foundation
Higher
Specimen Paper
Foundation
Higher
AQA GCSE Biology Higher (Old Specification)
June 17
June 16
June 15
June 14
AQA GCSE Biology Foundation (Old Specification)
June 17
June 16
June 15
June 14
AQA GCSE Biology past paper grade boundaries June 2018
AQA GCSE Biology Spec at a Glance
The AQA GCSE Biology specification is challenging with each topic covered in much more depth than the combined Science. The following are the key topics covered.
1. Cell biology
2. Organisation
3. Infection and response
4. Bioenergetics
5. Homeostasis and response
6. Inheritance, variation and evolution
7. Ecology
8. Key ideas
AQA GCSE Biology Assessment Detail
Paper 1 – Cell biology; Organisation; Infection and response; and Bioenergetics.
·Written exam: 1 hour 45 minutes
·Foundation and Higher Tiers offered
·100 marks
·50% of GCSE Biology
Paper 2 – Homeostasis and response; Inheritance, variation and evolution; and Ecology.
·Written exam: 1 hour 45 minutes
·Foundation and Higher Tier
·100 marks
·50% of GCSE
Both papers allow a calculator. They are composed of many types of question from multiple choice to long answered questions that are worth many marks. There are factual recall and applied questions in both GCSE Biology papers.
