GCSE Biology Edexcel Past Papers

Edexcel – GCSE Biology June grade boundaries 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.