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Edexcel · International GCSE · Biology

May/June 2023 — Paper 1 · Variant BR.

9 multiple-choice questions · 42 structured questions · 110 marks

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Topics covered

  • Transport
  • Reproduction
  • Nutrition
  • Cycles within ecosystems
  • Genetic modification (genetic engineering)
  • Respiration
  • Cell structure
  • Food production
  • Inheritance
  • The organism in the environment
  • 2(j) Co-ordination and response
  • Human influences on the environment
  • Movement of substances into and out of cells
  • Feeding relationships

Questions in this paper

  • Q1a(ii)Cell structureMCQ
  • Q1a(i)Cell structureMCQ
  • Q1bFood production3 marks
  • Q1a(iii)Movement of substances into and out of cells3 marks
  • Q2b(iii)Nutrition2 marks
  • Q2b(ii)Nutrition2 marks
  • Q2b(iv)Nutrition3 marks
  • Q2aNutrition2 marks
  • Q2b(i)Nutrition1 marks
  • Q3a(iii)Feeding relationships3 marks
  • Q3b(iii)The organism in the environment3 marksincludes a figure
  • Q3a(i)Feeding relationshipsMCQ
  • Q3a(ii)The organism in the environmentMCQ
  • Q3b(i)The organism in the environment1 marks
  • Q3b(ii)The organism in the environment2 marks
  • Q4b(ii)Respiration2 marks
  • Q4a(i)Cell structureMCQ
  • Q4b(i)Respiration1 marks
  • Q4b(iii)Respiration2 marks
  • Q4b(iv)Respiration2 marks
  • Q4b(v)Respiration3 marks
  • Q4b(vi)Respiration2 marks
  • Q4a(ii)RespirationMCQ
  • Q5b(ii)Transport5 marks
  • Q5b(i)Transport2 marks
  • Q5b(iii)Transport4 marks
  • Q5a(i)TransportMCQ
  • Q5a(ii)Transport2 marks
  • Q6cNutrition6 marks
  • Q6aNutrition2 marks
  • Q6b(i)Nutrition1 marks
  • Q6b(ii)Nutrition2 marksincludes a figure
  • Q7b(ii)Reproduction5 marks
  • Q7a(ii)Reproduction2 marks
  • Q7b(i)Reproduction2 marks
  • Q7a(i)ReproductionMCQ
  • Q8a(i)Cycles within ecosystemsMCQ
  • Q8a(ii)Cycles within ecosystems1 marks
  • Q8b(i)Human influences on the environment1 marks
  • Q8b(ii)Human influences on the environment5 marks
  • Q9b(i)Inheritance1 marks
  • Q9a(ii)Genetic modification (genetic engineering)2 marks
  • Q9b(ii)Inheritance3 marks
  • Q9b(iii)Inheritance1 marks
  • Q9b(iv)Inheritance4 marks
  • Q9b(v)Inheritance2 marks
  • Q9a(i)Genetic modification (genetic engineering)1 marks
  • Q10b(ii)2(j) Co-ordination and response4 marks
  • Q10b(i)2(j) Co-ordination and response2 marks
  • Q10a(i)2(j) Co-ordination and response1 marks
  • Q10a(ii)2(j) Co-ordination and response3 marks

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