Leaving Cert Biology 2016

The 2016 Leaving Cert Biology exam paper and official marking scheme, free below as direct PDF links from the State Examinations Commission archive.

Higher Level

Exam PaperMarking Scheme
What's in the 2016 Higher Level paper?
  • Q1 ecology, symbiosis, competition, terminology · 20 marks
  • Q2 proteins, lipids, minerals, biomolecules · 20 marks
  • Q3 asexual reproduction, yeast, budding, fungi · 20 marks
  • Q4 genetics, incomplete dominance, sex linkage, haemophilia · 20 marks
  • Q5 plant reproduction, pollination, fertilisation, flower structure · 20 marks
  • Q6 cell cycle, interphase, cell division, red blood cells · 20 marks
  • Q7 scientific method, food tests, microscopy, enzyme immobilisation · 30 marks
  • Q8 pulse, circulatory system, exercise physiology, experiments · 30 marks
  • Q9 seed dormancy, germination, digestion, enzymes · 30 marks
  • Q10 ecology, ecosystem study, food chains, trophic levels · 60 marks
  • Q11 metabolism, photosynthesis, respiration, glycolysis · 60 marks
  • Q12 excretion, homeostasis, osmoregulation, thermoregulation · 60 marks
  • Q13 plant growth regulators, ear, eye, sense organs · 60 marks
  • Q14 evolution, cell structure, tissues, osmosis · 60 marks
  • Q15 circulatory system, menstrual cycle, bones, disease · 60 marks

Ordinary Level

Exam PaperMarking Scheme
What's in the 2016 Ordinary Level paper?
  • Q1 ecology, nutrition, terminology · 20 marks
  • Q2 plant biology, plant tissues, roots · 20 marks
  • Q3 diffusion, osmosis, cell biology, true or false · 20 marks
  • Q4 skeleton, anatomy, musculoskeletal disorders · 20 marks
  • Q5 scientific method, experimentation · 20 marks
  • Q6 genetics, monohybrid cross, inheritance · 20 marks
  • Q7 microscopy, plant cells, experimentation · 30 marks
  • Q8 enzymes, ph, experimentation · 30 marks
  • Q9 water, laboratory apparatus, experimentation · 30 marks
  • Q10 genetics, dna profiling, evolution, fossils · 60 marks
  • Q11 ecology, bees, pollution, conservation · 60 marks
  • Q12 defence against disease, bacteria, endocrine system · 60 marks
  • Q13 metabolism, respiration, photosynthesis · 60 marks
  • Q14 blood, excretion, urinary system, human reproduction · 60 marks
  • Q15 vegetative propagation, seeds, viruses, nervous system · 60 marks
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