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Biology OCR A Level Paper 2 Questions and Answers 2025/ 2026 – Complete Revision Guide, Exam Practice Workbook, 100% Verified with Correct Questions and Answers

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Improve your understanding of key biological concepts with this comprehensive Biology OCR A Level Paper 2 revision resource. Designed to support effective exam preparation, this guide includes structured practice questions, detailed explanations, and step-by-step answers covering exchange and transport, biodiversity, disease, communication and homeostasis, genetics, evolution, and energy transfer. Fully aligned with the latest 2025/ 2026 specification, this resource helps students strengthen analytical skills, improve exam technique, and build confidence through targeted practice with solution

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Examples of bacteria - ANS-Tuberculosis, Ring rot, bacterial meningitis

Examples of viruses - ANS-HIV/AIDS, Tobacco mosaic virus (plants), influenza

Examples of protoctista - ANS-Malaria, potato/tomato late blight

Examples of fungi - ANS-Ringworm (cattle), athletes foot, black sigatoka (bananas)

Spores - ANS-The cells that some organisms use to reproduce asexually, including
some protocista and all fungi

What does mucus contain - ANS-Antimicrobial enzymes

Thromboplastin - ANS-The enzyme that triggers cascade of reactions to form a clot

Role of serotonin in blood clotting - ANS-Makes smooth muscle in walls of blood
vessels contract, reduce blood supply to that area

Role of histamines in inflammation - ANS-Make blood vessels dilate --> heat, redness,
prevents pathogens reproducing. Make vessel walls more leaky so blood plasma is
forced out --> swelling, pain

Role of cytokines during inflammation - ANS-Attract phagocytes to the site then
phagocytosis and increase temp, act as cell signalling molecules

Structure of neutrophil - ANS-Nucleus looks like 3 interconnected blobs -multilobed.
Cytoplasm is grainy

Structure of lymphocyte - ANS-Smaller than neutrophil. Nucleus takes up most of the
cell

Structure of a monocyte - ANS-Biggest white blood cell, type of phagocyte . Kidney
bean shaped nucleus and a non-grainy cytoplasm.

Variable region - ANS-antigen binding site, specific to antigen




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Constant region - ANS-for binding to receptors on cells/phagocytes

Opsonin - ANS-An antibody or other substance which binds to foreign microorganisms
or cells making them more susceptible to phagocytosis

Agglutination - ANS-An antibody can bind to 2 pathogens at the same time - pathogens
clump together. Easier for macrophages

Neutralisation - ANS-Antibodies called antitoxins can bind to the toxins. Then the
toxin-antibody complex is phagocytosed

Interleukin - ANS-a type of cytokine produced by T helper cells

Natural active immunity - ANS-becoming immune after catching a disease, produces
memory cells

Artificial active immunity - ANS-vaccination, immune system stimulated to produce
antibodies

Natural passive immunity - ANS-New born can't make antibodies in first 2 months.
Some cross placenta while in uterus, colostrum

Colostrum - ANS-Milk high in antibodies, pass into blood without being digested

Artificial passive - ANS-Antibodies are formed in an individual (animal), extracted and
injected into blood of another animal

Active immunity - ANS-Immune system makes own antibodies

Passive immunity - ANS-Being given antibodies made by a different organism

Vaccinations - ANS-The administration of antigens

Immunisation - ANS-The process by which you develop immunity

Personalised medicines/pharmocogenetics - ANS-Medicines tailored to an individuals
DNA, produce more effective drugs

Synthetic biology - ANS-Using technology to design and make things like




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