LIFE SCIENCES

GRADE 12
STRUCTURE OF ASSESSMENTS
2024
LIFE SCIENCES ASSESSMENT
 Term 1
 1 SBA task – DNA extraction (31 Jan)
 Control Test 1
 Term 2
 1 SBA task – Genetics (8 May)
 June Exam – 150 marks
 Term 3
 1 SBA task – Endocrine, homeostasis and plant
hormones (24 July)
 Preliminary Exam – Paper 1 and Paper 2
 Term 4
 End of year Exam – Paper 1 and Paper 2
END OF YEAR EXAM

Your exam is made up of 2 papers.
 Each paper carries 150 Marks and is 2 ½ hours
long.
 Each paper is divided into 3 questions, which
carries 50 marks each.
 Question 1 contains multiple choice questions,
biological terms, match column A and B, and
short questions.
 Questions 2 and 3 consists of longer type and
data response questions.
PAPER 1
 The following topics are in paper 1…
Reproduction in vertebrates- 8
Human reproduction – 41
Responding to the environment
(humans) – 54
Responding to the environment
(plants) – 13
Endocrine and homeostasis - 34
 PAPER 2
The following topics are in paper 2
 DNA: Code of Life – 27
 Meiosis – 21
 Genetics and Inheritance – 48
 Evolution - 54