Topic Test

Summer 2022
Pearson Edexcel GCSE Combined Science
Biology Higher Tier
Topic 9: Ecosystems & material cycles

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and unpublished (those currently under padlock to our centres) presented in a different format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)
Combined Science Biology 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 1-12
Topic 2: Cells and control 13-19
Topic 3: Genetics 20-28
Topic 4: Natural selection and genetic modification 29-35
Topic 5: Health, disease and the development of 36-49
medicines
Topic 6: Plant structures and their functions 50-57
Topic 7: Animal coordination, control and homeostasis 58-65
Topic 8: Exchange and transport in animals 66-75
Topic 9: Ecosystems and material cycles 76-86
 
Content on other pages may also be useful, including for synoptic questions which bring together
learning from across the specification. 

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