These pages collect real Eduqas A level Biology past-paper questions by topic, so you can practise one topic at a time instead of working through a whole paper. Every question comes with its mark scheme, a tip from the examiners' report where there is one, and a list of the mistakes that cost students marks, with the wording that gained credit. AS questions are included and marked AS.
There are 9 pages and 161 questions so far, including every topic in the three Component 3 options. More topic pages are on the way. Each page also has a printable PDF pack with the mark schemes at the end.
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Component 2: Continuity of Life
Classification and Biodiversity (2.1) · 19 questions
Nineteen questions on classification, the three domains, naming species, evidence for relatedness and measuring biodiversity.
Option A: Immunology and Disease
Options are in Component 3; you answer one option.
Infectious Disease (Option A1) · 14 questions
Fourteen questions on key disease terms, vectors and reservoirs, preventing transmission and why viruses are hard to treat.
Antibiotics (Option A2) · 15 questions
Fifteen questions on bactericidal and bacteriostatic antibiotics, how penicillin and tetracycline work, Gram negative cell walls and antibiotic resistance.
Immune Response (Option A3) · 19 questions
Nineteen questions on natural barriers, T and B cells, antibodies, active and passive immunity and vaccination.
Option B: Human Musculoskeletal Anatomy
Options are in Component 3; you answer one option.
Skeletal Tissues (Option B1) · 20 questions
Twenty questions on cartilage, compact bone, bone cells and disorders, the sliding filament theory, muscle fibre types and energy for contraction.
Skeleton and Joints (Option B2 and B3) · 20 questions
Twenty questions on the skeleton, fractures and postural deformities, joint types, arthritis, levers and antagonistic muscles.
Option C: Neurobiology and Behaviour
Options are in Component 3; you answer one option.
The Brain (Option C1) · 19 questions
Nineteen questions on brain structure, the autonomic nervous system, the hypothalamus, cortex areas, homunculi and language.
Neuroscience (Option C2) · 15 questions
Fifteen questions on brain scanning, critical periods, neuroplasticity and how childhood stress affects mental health.
Behaviour (Option C3) · 20 questions
Twenty questions on taxes and kineses, learned behaviour, primate learning, social insects, dominance hierarchies and sexual selection.
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