IGCSE Biology 🔬 2024 - 2025 New Syllabus Notes

• An overview of IGCSE Biology syllabus  for 2023 -2025

1.  CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING ORGANISMS 
2. CONCEPT AND USE CLASSIFICATION 
3. CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS 
4. FEATURES OF ORGANISMS 
5. MOVEMENT IN AND OUT OF CELLS 
6. BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES 
7. ENZYMES 
8. PLANT NUTRITION 
9. TRANSPORT IN PLANTS 
10. HUMAN NUTRITION 
11. TRANSPORT IN ANIMALS 
12. DISEASES AND IMMUNITY 
13. GAS EXCHANGE 
14. RESPIRATION 
15. EXCRETION IN HUMANS 
16. COORDINATION AND RESPONSE 
17. DRUGS
18. HORMONES IN HUMANS 
19. TROPIC RESPONSES IN PLANTS 
20. DNA, GENES AND PROTEINS 
21. Biotech & GENETIC ENGINEERING 
22. REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS 
23. REPRODUCTION IN HUMANS 
24. INHERITANCE 
25. VARIATION 
26. SELECTION 
27. ORGANISMS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT 
28. CYCLES OF NUTRIENTS 
29. HUMAN INFLUENCES ON ECOSYSTEMS 
30. CONSERVATION 

• Download the 2023 - 2025 IGCSE chemistry syllabus

All candidates take three papers:

Students who have studied the Core syllabus should be entered for Paper 1, Paper 3 and  Paper 6. The highest grade that can be achieved with Core syllabus is a C. 

The content and the questions for the Core syllabus are relatively musch easier than the Extended syllabus

Students who have studied the Extended syllabus, should be entered for Paper 2, Paper 4 and  Paper 6. Students can achieve an A* as their highest grade

Paper 1:  the exam comprises 40 multiple-choice questions that should be completed within 45 minutes. This paper weighs 30% of your overall grade 

Paper 3: short-answer and structured questions that should be answered within 75 min. This paper weighs 50% of your overall grade 

Paper 6: this paper is designed to test your practical skills (check the textbook for a full description). It is composed of two questions that should be answered within 60 min. This paper weighs 20% of your overall grade. 

Paper 2:  the exam is composed of 40 multiple choice questions that should be completed within 45 min. This paper weighs 30% of your overall grade 

Paper 4: short-answer and structured questions that should be answered within 75 min. This paper weighs 50% of your overall grade 

Paper 6: this paper is designed to test your practical skills (check the textbook for full description). It is composed of two questions that should be answered within 60 min. This paper weighs 20% of your overall grade

1. Sources of genetic variation.
2. Using IVF and artificial insemination in captive breeding
3. The conditions required to maintain optimum conditions in the fermenter.

1. Kidney dialysis and transplants
2. Voluntary and involuntary actions
3. Effects of drugs such as heroin on synapses
4. Effect of antibiotics on bacteria
5. Effect of nicotine & heroin
6. Sections of antenatal care and labour 
7. Breast feeding and bottled milk
8. Explanations for the roles of hormones in controlling the menstrual cycle
9. Methods of birth control in humans
10. How HIV affects the immune system
11. Statements about phenotypic and genetic variation
12. Inheritance of sickle-cell anaemia
13. The definitions of fitness and evolution
14. Providing sufficient food 
15. Causes of famine
16. Nuclear fall-out, discarded rubbish and chemical waste
17. Details about acid rain 
18. Water pollution by female hormones
19. Sustainable development and its explanation
20. Fossil fuels and 
21. Sewage treatment

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