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Biology Past Papers

7 exam sessions — 2018 to 2024

Exam Tips for Biology

1Paper 1B: Cells, Transport, Nutrition, Respiration — diagram labelling is frequent.
2Paper 2B: Reproduction, Ecology, Disease — includes fieldwork-style questions.
3Photosynthesis and respiration equations must be memorised, balanced, with state symbols.
4Ecology: food chains, pyramids of biomass, carbon and nitrogen cycles all examinable.
5Genetics: practise Punnett squares for monohybrid and dihybrid crosses.

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