GCSE Biology AQA Past Papers
If you are searching for AQA GCSE Biology past papers and mark schemes then you are in the right place. Past papers are a great way to revise and prepare for your exams. Through Maths Made Easy you can access all of the AQA GCSE Biology past papers.
AQA GCSE Biology Past Papers (9-1) (NEW SPEC)
June 2019
Foundation
Higher
June 2018
Foundation
Higher
Specimen Paper
Foundation
Specimen Paper 1
Specimen Paper 2
Higher
AQA GCSE Biology Higher (Old Specification)
June 2017
June 2016
June 2015
June 2014
AQA GCSE Biology Foundation (Old Specification)
June 2017
June 2016
June 2015
June 2014
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.