CAIE 9700 Biology Paper 23 May/June 2023 Past Paper (v3)

9700/23/M/J/23 · May/June 2023 · Paper 2 AS Level Structured Questions

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Exam board: Cambridge International (CAIE) AS & A Level
Subject: 9700 Biology
Paper: Paper 2 AS Level Structured Questions
Paper code: 9700/23/M/J/23（9700_s23_qp_23）
Series: May/June 2023
Variant: v3
Total marks: 60
Questions: 6 (25 parts)
Duration: 75 min
Type: Written
Parts with figures: 9

Topic coverage

5 The mitotic cell cycle12 marks · 19%

10 Infectious diseases9 marks · 14%

2 Biological molecules8 marks · 13%

7 Transport in plants8 marks · 13%

1 Cell structure7 marks · 11%

8 Transport in mammals6 marks · 10%

11 Immunity4 marks · 6%

9 Gas exchange4 marks · 6%

3 Enzymes2 marks · 3%

4 Cell membranes and transport2 marks · 3%

6 Nucleic acids and protein synthesis1 marks · 2%

Question overview (marks and main topic)

Q	Marks	Main topic
Q1	12	The mitotic cell cycle
Q2	13	Infectious diseases
Q3	10	Transport in mammals
Q4	10	Immunity
Q5	10	Transport in plants
Q6	8	Cell structure

Grade thresholds for this paper

Grade	A	B	C	D	E
Min marks / 60	41	36	31	25	19
Percent	68%	60%	52%	42%	32%

Grade thresholds are the minimum raw marks published by the exam board for each series and variant. A single paper has grades A–E (A–G for IGCSE); A* is awarded only on the whole-subject total.

Adjacent series

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