AQA GCSE BIOLOGY (FOUNDATION TIER) |
COMBINED PAPERS & MARK SCHEMES
ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ What is homeostasis ?.
Answer: keeping conditions inside your body.
◍ What does the control system ?.
Answer: keeps the conditions in your body steady.
◍ What happens in the blood glucose level is too high ?.
Answer: the control system decreases the level.
◍ What happens in the blood glucose level is too low ?.
Answer: the control system increases the level.
◍ What does the nervous system mean ?.
Answer: that humans react to their surroundings and coordinate their
behaviour.
◍ What does the Central Nervous System (CNS) consist of ?.
Answer: brain and spinal cord.
◍ What is the CNS connected to ?.
Answer: the body by sensory neurones and motor neutrons.
◍ What is are Sensory Neurones ?.
Answer: These carry information as electrical impulses from the receptor to
the CNS.
◍ What are Motor Neutrons ?.
Answer: These carry electrical impulses from the CNS to effectors.
, ◍ What are Receptors ?.
Answer: Cells that detect stimuli.
◍ Examples of Receptors ?.
Answer: Receptor in the ear detect sound.
◍ What does Effectors responded to ?.
Answer: Electrical impulses and bring about to a change.
◍ Examples of Effectors ?.
Answer: Muscles and glands.
◍ What is the process of CNS ?.
Answer: Stimulus - Receptor - Sensory Neurone - CNS - Motor Neurone -
Effector - Response.
◍ What is a Synapses ?.
Answer: Is where two neurones join together.
◍ What are Reflexes ?.
Answer: an automatic responses to prevent injury.
◍ What are hormones ?.
Answer: Are chemical messengers sent in the blood.
◍ What is another name for the Pituitary Gland.
Answer: Master Gland.
◍ What does the Pituitary Gland produce ?.
Answer: many hormones that regulate body conditions.
◍ What do Ovaries produce ?.
Answer: oestrogen.
◍ What is oestrogen involved in ?.
Answer: Menstrual cycle.
◍ What do Testes produce ?.
Answer: testosterone.
COMBINED PAPERS & MARK SCHEMES
ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ What is homeostasis ?.
Answer: keeping conditions inside your body.
◍ What does the control system ?.
Answer: keeps the conditions in your body steady.
◍ What happens in the blood glucose level is too high ?.
Answer: the control system decreases the level.
◍ What happens in the blood glucose level is too low ?.
Answer: the control system increases the level.
◍ What does the nervous system mean ?.
Answer: that humans react to their surroundings and coordinate their
behaviour.
◍ What does the Central Nervous System (CNS) consist of ?.
Answer: brain and spinal cord.
◍ What is the CNS connected to ?.
Answer: the body by sensory neurones and motor neutrons.
◍ What is are Sensory Neurones ?.
Answer: These carry information as electrical impulses from the receptor to
the CNS.
◍ What are Motor Neutrons ?.
Answer: These carry electrical impulses from the CNS to effectors.
, ◍ What are Receptors ?.
Answer: Cells that detect stimuli.
◍ Examples of Receptors ?.
Answer: Receptor in the ear detect sound.
◍ What does Effectors responded to ?.
Answer: Electrical impulses and bring about to a change.
◍ Examples of Effectors ?.
Answer: Muscles and glands.
◍ What is the process of CNS ?.
Answer: Stimulus - Receptor - Sensory Neurone - CNS - Motor Neurone -
Effector - Response.
◍ What is a Synapses ?.
Answer: Is where two neurones join together.
◍ What are Reflexes ?.
Answer: an automatic responses to prevent injury.
◍ What are hormones ?.
Answer: Are chemical messengers sent in the blood.
◍ What is another name for the Pituitary Gland.
Answer: Master Gland.
◍ What does the Pituitary Gland produce ?.
Answer: many hormones that regulate body conditions.
◍ What do Ovaries produce ?.
Answer: oestrogen.
◍ What is oestrogen involved in ?.
Answer: Menstrual cycle.
◍ What do Testes produce ?.
Answer: testosterone.
