Leaving Cert Biology 2024

The 2024 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 2024 Higher Level paper?
  • Q1 lipids, biochemistry · 20 marks
  • Q2 scientific method · 20 marks
  • Q3 digestive system, human biology · 20 marks
  • Q4 plant biology, vascular tissue · 20 marks
  • Q5 cell biology, dna, genetics · 20 marks
  • Q6 biological terminology · 20 marks
  • Q7 genetic engineering, biotechnology · 20 marks
  • Q8 dna, practical work · 30 marks
  • Q9 enzymes, immobilisation, practical work · 30 marks
  • Q10 seed dormancy, digestive enzymes, practical work · 30 marks
  • Q11 plant reproduction, pollination, seeds · 60 marks
  • Q12 ecology, food webs, predator-prey · 60 marks
  • Q13 respiration, photosynthesis, metabolism · 60 marks
  • Q14 microbiology, bacteria, viruses · 60 marks
  • Q15 genetics, evolution, natural selection · 60 marks
  • Q16 reproduction, endocrine system, immune system · 60 marks
  • Q17 enzymes, fungi, excretion, cell division · 60 marks

Ordinary Level

Exam PaperMarking Scheme
What's in the 2024 Ordinary Level paper?
  • Q1 nutrition, proteins, biomolecules · 20 marks
  • Q2 yeast, cell biology, fungi, reproduction · 20 marks
  • Q3 mitosis, cell division, dna · 20 marks
  • Q4 viruses, microbiology · 20 marks
  • Q5 skeleton, anatomy, joints · 20 marks
  • Q6 true or false, general biology, cell biology · 20 marks
  • Q7 scientific method, experimentation · 20 marks
  • Q8 habitat study, ecology, fieldwork · 30 marks
  • Q9 enzymes, experimentation, temperature · 30 marks
  • Q10 circulatory system, exercise physiology, experimentation · 30 marks
  • Q11 ecology, food webs, pollution, conservation · 60 marks
  • Q12 metabolism, respiration, photosynthesis · 60 marks
  • Q13 evolution, genetics, punnett square, dna profiling · 60 marks
  • Q14 bacteria, microbiology, amoeba, classification · 60 marks
  • Q15 human reproduction, anatomy, fertility, birth control · 60 marks
  • Q16 plant biology, digestive system, flower structure, skin · 60 marks
  • Q17 seeds, germination, human ear, vegetative propagation, endocrine system · 60 marks
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