Edexcel · International GCSE · Biology

January 2020 — Paper 1 · Variant B.

9 multiple-choice questions · 41 structured questions · 110 marks

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Topics covered

The organism in the environment
Gas exchange
Biological molecules
Food production
Nutrition
Reproduction
Co-ordination and response
Transport
Variety of living organisms
Inheritance
Respiration
Level of organisation
Feeding relationships

Questions in this paper

Q1b(ii)The organism in the environment2 marks
Q1b(i)Co-ordination and response1 marks
Q1a(i)Feeding relationshipsMCQincludes a figure
Q1a(ii)Feeding relationshipsMCQincludes a figure
Q1cRespiration2 marks
Q2bVariety of living organisms2 marks
Q2aVariety of living organisms3 marks
Q3b(iii)Nutrition2 marks
Q3cThe organism in the environment5 marksincludes a figure
Q3b(i)Nutrition2 marks
Q3aBiological molecules3 marksincludes a figure
Q3b(ii)Nutrition2 marks
Q4a(i)Biological molecules1 marks
Q4a(ii)Biological molecules1 marks
Q4b(ii)Biological molecules3 marks
Q4b(iv)Biological molecules2 marks
Q4b(v)Biological molecules1 marks
Q4b(iii)Biological molecules1 marks
Q4b(i)Biological molecules5 marks
Q5a(ii)Food production2 marks
Q5b(i)Food production2 marks
Q5a(i)Food production2 marks
Q5b(ii)Food production5 marks
Q6aNutrition4 marks
Q6c(i)Nutrition3 marks
Q6c(ii)Nutrition2 marks
Q6bTransportMCQ
Q7aInheritanceMCQincludes a figure
Q7b(i)Inheritance2 marks
Q7cThe organism in the environment6 marks
Q7b(ii)Inheritance2 marks
Q8a(iii)TransportMCQincludes a figure
Q8a(ii)NutritionMCQincludes a figure
Q8a(iv)Gas exchangeMCQincludes a figure
Q8dGas exchange2 marksincludes a figure
Q8cLevel of organisation2 marksincludes a figure
Q8bNutrition4 marksincludes a figure
Q8a(i)TransportMCQincludes a figure
Q9bTransport3 marks
Q9c(ii)Transport1 marks
Q9c(iv)Transport4 marks
Q9c(i)TransportMCQincludes a figure
Q9c(iii)Transport2 marks
Q9aTransport3 marks
Q10b(i)Reproduction2 marks
Q10b(iii)Reproduction1 marks
Q10a(i)Reproduction3 marksincludes a figure
Q10b(ii)Reproduction2 marks
Q10a(ii)Reproduction2 marksincludes a figure
Q10a(iii)Reproduction2 marks

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