Summary IGCSE BIOLOGY GCSE EXAM AND REVISION ADVICE

BIOLOGY GCSE ADVICE:
*MATHS IS 10% OF THE 2 EXAM PAPERS IN BIOLOGY*



HOW TO ACE DIFFERENT TYPES OF QUESTIONS -

● MULTIPLE CHOICE
● READ THE QUESTION CAREFULLY (WHAT IT IS AND NOT WHAT YOU WANT IT TO
BE)
● PROCESS OF ELIMINATION BY REFERRING TO EXISTING KNOWLEDGE
● GIVE THE DEFINITION OF…
● LOOK AT FLASHCARDS (MAKE SURE THEY ARE GRADE 9 QUALITY)
● BE SPECIFIC
● LIST… (2 MARKS)
● MEMORIZE AND REFERRING TO PREVIOUS CONTENT
● HIGHER MARKED QUESTIONS - GRAPH QUESTIONS (4-5 MARKS)
● DO NOT LOOSE MARKS ON GRAPH QUESTIONS
● EXPLAIN WHY… (2-6 MARKS)
● NEED TO EXPLAIN IT THE WAY THE MARK SCHEME WANTS YOU TO OR YOU
CAN’T GET MARKS
● BREAK DOWN QUESTION AND FIGURE OUT WHAT IT’S ASKING
● THROUGH EXPLANATION
● USE KEY WORDS




BEST WAY TO UNDERSTAND AND MEMORIZE CONTENT -

● UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPTS BEFORE YOU MEMORIZE IT
● GO THROUGH THE SPECIFICATION AND IDENTIFY WEAK POINTS
● WATCH VIDEOS
(https://youtube.com/@Freesciencelessons//https://www.my-gcsescience.com/my-accou
nt/)
● BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN IT SIMPLY
● USE YOUR FLASHCARDS EFFECTIVELY (TURN SPECIFICATION POINTS INTO
QUESTIONS