Topic Test

Summer 2022
Pearson Edexcel GCSE Higher Tier
Biology
Topic 2: Cells and control
Contents
General guidance to Topic Tests..................................................................................
Revise Revision Guide content coverage....................................................................
Questions........................................................................................................................
Mark Scheme................................................................................................................
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General guidance to Topic Tests
Context
 Topic Tests have come from past papers both published (those materials available publicly)
and unpublished (those currently under padlock to our centres) presented in a different format
to allow teachers to adapt them for use with candidates.

Purpose
 The purpose of this resource is to provide qualification-specific sets/groups of questions
covering the knowledge, skills and understanding relevant to this Pearson qualification.
 This document should be used in conjunction with the advance information for the subject as
well as general marking guidance for the qualification (available in published mark schemes).

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Revise Revision Guide content coverage
The questions in this topic test have been taken from past papers, and have been selected as they
cover the same topics as the GCSE advance information for summer 2022. 
The focus of content in this topic test can be found in the Pearson Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Biology
Higher Revision Guide.
Free access to this Revise Guide is available for front of class use, to support your students’ revision. 

 
Topic  Revision Guide page reference 
Topic 1: Key concepts in Biology 1-14
Topic 2: Cells and control 15-25
Topic 3: Genetics 26-38
Topic 4: Natural selection and genetic modification 39-48
Topic 5: Health, disease and the development of 49-67
medicines
Topic 6: Plant structures and their functions 68-79
Topic 7: Animal coordination, control and homeostasis 80-92
Topic 8: Exchange and transport in animals 93-103
Topic 9: Ecosystems and material cycles 104-118

Content on other pages may also be useful, including for synoptic questions which bring together
learning from across the specification. 

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