Leaving Cert Biology: Scientific Method & the Study of Life questions

How biologists work: the scientific method, experimental design, and what defines a living organism.

58 past Biology questions on this topic, spanning 2015 to 2025, grouped by year. Every question opens on the exact page of the official paper, with its marking scheme beside it.

Scientific Method & the Study of Life question pack

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2025 · 3 questions

Paper 1 · Q930 marks

osmosis, diffusion, cell membrane

Paper 1 · Q1030 marks

microbiology, yeast, fungi

2024 · 4 questions

Q930 marks

enzymes, immobilisation

Q1030 marks

seed dormancy, digestive enzymes

2023 · 2 questions

Q220 marks

germination, ecology

Q1030 marks

microbiology, microscopy

2022 · 1 question

Q930 marks

photosynthesis

2021 · 2 questions

Q830 marks

food tests, dna isolation

Q930 marks

enzymes, denaturation

Show 6 earlier years (2015 to 2020)

2020 · 4 questions

Q730 marks

enzymes, immobilised enzymes

Q830 marks

germination, seed, digestion

Q930 marks

heart, circulatory system

2019 · 2 questions

Q830 marks

fermentation, yeast, anaerobic respiration

2018 · 2 questions

Q730 marks

fermentation, microscopy, food tests

Q830 marks

photosynthesis, light intensity, limiting factors

2017 · 1 question

Q930 marks

germination, microscopy, osmosis

2016 · 2 questions

Q730 marks

food tests, microscopy, enzyme immobilisation

Q830 marks

pulse, circulatory system, exercise physiology

2015 · 3 questions

Q520 marks

osmosis, turgor, food preservation

Q730 marks

dna isolation, chromosomes, enzymes

Scientific Method & the Study of Life question pack

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2025 · 3 questions

Q830 marks

biomolecules, food tests

Q930 marks

enzymes, ph

Q1030 marks

germination, seeds, plant biology

2024 · 3 questions

Q930 marks

enzymes, temperature

Q1030 marks

circulatory system, exercise physiology

2023 · 2 questions

2022 · 3 questions

Q930 marks

fermentation, microbiology

Q1030 marks

germination, plant biology

2020 · 3 questions

Q420 marks

enzymes, matching

Q730 marks

osmosis, membranes

Q930 marks

plant responses, growth regulators, tropism

Show 5 earlier years (2015 to 2019)

2019 · 4 questions

Q620 marks

microscope, cell biology

Q730 marks

photosynthesis, light intensity

Q830 marks

food tests, proteins, reducing sugar

Q930 marks

heart, circulatory system

2018 · 4 questions

Q520 marks

true or false

Q730 marks

breathing, exercise physiology

Q830 marks

enzymes, temperature

Q930 marks

digestion, germination, food tests

2017 · 3 questions

Q730 marks

plant biology, stem, microscopy

Q830 marks

respiration, fermentation, yeast

Q930 marks

osmosis, diffusion, cell biology

2016 · 4 questions

Q730 marks

microscopy, plant cells

Q830 marks

enzymes, ph

2015 · 3 questions

Q730 marks

yeast, microbiology

Q830 marks

germination, seeds

Q930 marks

dna, mutation

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