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WJEC A-level Biology

Specification

AS

Units 1–2 First sat 2016 · fullUMS = raw mark needed to reach the maximum UMS for that paper

Unit 1 Basic Biochemistry & Cell Organisation7 papers · 7 packs

2024
fullUMS64 A48 B40 C32 D25 E18 /80
2023
fullUMS56 A42 B35 C28 D22 E16 /80
2022
fullUMS47 A35 B29 C23 D17 E11 /80
2019
fullUMS54 A42 B36 C30 D24 E19 /80
2018
fullUMS56 A44 B38 C32 D26 E20 /80
2017
fullUMS52 A40 B34 C28 D22 E17 /80
2016
fullUMS52 A42 B37 C32 D27 E22 /80

Topic question packs

NEW

Every legacy BY1 question (2008-spec WJEC modular Biology, 2011–2017), hand-sorted into seven narrow single-topic packs matched to the 2015 Unit 1 sub-topics — cover, spec recap, crib sheet, whole questions with full marks preserved. BY1 didn’t test protein synthesis (that lived in BY2/BY4), so Topic 6 covers DNA structure & replication only; a protein-synthesis pack will follow once those papers are added.

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Unit 2 Biodiversity & Physiology of Body Systems4 papers · 11 packs

2024
fullUMS53 A41 B35 C29 D23 E17 /80
2023
fullUMS47 A35 B29 C23 D18 E13 /80
2022
fullUMS43 A31 B25 C20 D15 E10 /80
2019
fullUMS53 A41 B35 C30 D25 E20 /80
2018
fullUMS57 A45 B39 C33 D27 E22 /80
2017
fullUMS56 A42 B35 C29 D23 E17 /80
2016
fullUMS52 A40 B34 C29 D24 E19 /80

Topic question packs

NEW

Every legacy BY2 question (2008-spec WJEC modular Biology, 2011–2017), hand-sorted onto the 2015 Unit 2 topics and re-laid-out as eleven narrow single-topic packs — cover, spec recap, crib sheet, whole questions with full marks preserved. Topics: classification, biodiversity, adaptations for nutrition, gas exchange, and transport in animals and plants. (Three legacy questions on asexual / sexual reproduction were dropped — that content sits in A2 Unit 4, not Unit 2.)

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A2

Units 3–5 First sat 2017 · A* = raw mark for 90% UMS (per-unit A* contribution)

Unit 3 Energy, Homeostasis & the Environment3 papers · 14 packs

2024
A*67 A58 B49 C41 D33 E25 /90
2023
A*59 A49 B41 C33 D25 E18 /90
2022
A*56 A41 B34 C27 D20 E14 /90
2019
A*58 A51 B44 C37 D31 E25 /90
2018
A*56 A49 B43 C37 D31 E25 /90
2017
A*54 A46 B40 C34 D28 E23 /90

Topic question packs

NEW

Every legacy BY4 question (2008-spec WJEC modular Biology, 2011–2017) plus the relevant population, ecosystem and human-impact questions from BY5, hand-sorted onto the 2015 Unit 3 topics and re-laid-out as fourteen narrow single-topic packs — cover, spec recap, crib sheet, whole questions with full marks preserved. Topics: ATP, photosynthesis, respiration, microbiology (split across bacterial growth, the nitrogen cycle, and microbial disease & biocontrol), kidney homeostasis, the nervous system, populations, ecosystems and human impact. (Fifteen open-choice essays were dropped because they cut across narrow topics; two off-spec photoperiodism / plant-hormone questions and the BY5 genetics / reproduction questions were dropped because they sit in A2 Unit 4, not Unit 3.)

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Unit 4 Variation, Inheritance & Options3 papers · 8 packs

2024
A*57 A49 B42 C35 D28 E22 /90
2023
A*56 A46 B39 C32 D25 E18 /90
2022
A*40 A32 B26 C21 D16 E11 /70
2019
A*56 A47 B40 C34 D28 E22 /90
2018
A*57 A49 B43 C37 D32 E27 /90
2017
A*52 A45 B39 C34 D29 E24 /90

Topic question packs

NEW

Every legacy BY5 question (2008-spec WJEC modular Biology, 2011–2017) mapping to the 2015 Unit 4 spec, hand-sorted into eight narrow single-topic packs — cover, spec recap, crib sheet, whole questions with full marks preserved. Topics: human reproduction, plant reproduction, monohybrid & sex-linked inheritance, dihybrid / linkage / epistasis with chi-squared, meiosis & mutation, DNA replication & protein synthesis, Hardy–Weinberg & speciation, and recombinant DNA / biotech. (The three optional A2 topics — Immunology & disease, Human musculoskeletal anatomy, Neurobiology & behaviour — are not represented because the 2008 modular spec did not assess them in the 1075 module; for those use the 2015 SQP and specimen materials. Two off-spec photoperiodism questions, one off-spec succession question, and three open-choice essays were dropped.)

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Unit 5 Practical assessment6 papers

2019
A*35 A32 B29 C26 D23 E21 /50
2018
A*39 A32 B29 C26 D23 E20 /50
2017
A*38 A32 B29 C26 D23 E20 /50
2019
A*35 A32 B29 C26 D23 E21 /50
2018
A*39 A32 B29 C26 D23 E20 /50
2017
A*38 A32 B29 C26 D23 E20 /50

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