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Topic 5 Evolution Paper 1 questions
Topic 5: Evolution This page contains multiple choice questions in the style of Paper 1 of the Biology exams. They test the breadth of your knowledge of the understandings and skills about Evolution. To spend more time reviewing the topic before answ…
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Paper 2 questions Topic 5 Evolution
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05 Evolution
…r evolution, natural selection, classification and cladistics. Helpful for revision. Detailed revision notes, activities and questions can be found for each of the sub-topic pages: 5.1 Evidence for evolution 5.2 Natural selection 5.3 Classification o…
05 Evolution
Evidence for evolution 5.1
…from memory if you can. Gallery: MM Evidence for Evolution 5.1 Mode: carousel Thumb width: 48px Layout: row text Exam style questions Question about pentadactyl limbs as evidence of evolution The question below, requires an understanding of the stru…
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Success with multiple choice questions
Multiple choice questions are more difficult than they look in IB exams because the examiners usually include tempting distracters amongst the choices of answers. Students who are alert to the possibility of partly correct answers will achieve higher…
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Topic 10 Genetics HL Paper 1 questions
Topic 10: Genetics HL This page contains multiple choice questions in the style of Paper 1 of the Biology exams. They test the breadth of your knowledge of the understandings and skills about HL Genetics. To spend more time reviewing the topic before…
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Topic 1 Cell Biology Paper 1 questions
Topic 1: Cell biology This page contains multiple choice questions in the style of Paper 1 of the Biology exams. They test the breadth of your knowledge of the understandings and skills about cell biology. To spend more time reviewing the topic befor…
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Topic 2: Molecular biology This page contains multiple choice questions in the style of Paper 1 of the Biology exams. They test the breadth of your knowledge of the understandings and skills about molecular biology. To spend more time reviewing the t…
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Topic 3 Genetics Paper 1 questions
Topic 3: Genetics SL This page contains multiple choice questions in the style of Paper 1 of the Biology exams. They test the breadth of your knowledge of the understandings and skills about genetics. To spend more time reviewing the topic before ans…
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Topic 4 Ecology Paper 1 questions
Topic 4: Ecology This page contains multiple choice questions in the style of Paper 1 of the Biology exams. They test the breadth of your knowledge of the understandings and skills about Ecology. To spend more time reviewing the topic before answerin…
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Topic 6 Human Physiology Paper 1 questions
Topic 6: Human physiology This page contains multiple choice questions in the style of Paper 1 of the Biology exams. They test the breadth of your knowledge of the understandings and skills about Human Physiology. To spend more time reviewing the top…
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Topic 7 Nucleic acids HL Paper 1 questions
Topic 7: Nucleic acids HL This page contains multiple choice questions in the style of Paper 1 of the Biology exams. They test the breadth of your knowledge of the understandings and skills about the Nucleic acids HL topic. To spend more time reviewi…
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Topic 8 Metabolism HL Paper 1 questions
Topic 8: Metabolism HL This page contains multiple choice questions in the style of Paper 1 of the Biology exams. They test the breadth of your knowledge of the understandings and skills about HL Metabolism. To spend more time reviewing the topic bef…
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Topic 9 Plant biology HL Paper 1 questions
Topic 9: Plant biology HL This page contains multiple choice questions in the style of Paper 1 of the Biology exams. They test the breadth of your knowledge of the understandings and skills about HL Plant biology. To spend more time reviewing the top…
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Topic 11 Animal physiology HL Paper 1 questions
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Paper 2 questions from Topic 2 Molecules
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Revision quizzes for DP Biology 2025
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…y the 11th May students in the northern hemisphere will revise for the last time, and sit down in an exam hall to answer the questions in this years IBDP Biology Exams. Whether HL or SL, aiming for grade 7 or grade 4 we hope you have found StudyIB to…
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10 Genetics AHL
…inked genes, polygenic inheritance, polyploidy and gene pools. Helpful for revision. Detailed revision notes, activities and questions can be found on each of the sub-topic pages. 10.1 Meiosis 10.2 Inheritance 10.3 Gene pools and speciation 10.1 Meio…
Option A - Neurobiology
This page gives outline details of the content of Option A for SL & HL. There are revision questions and lists of student skills required. Helpful for revision. Student can check their understanding and prioritise areas for revision. Key concepts A s…
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Revision quizzes for DP Biology 2025
A2.2 Cell structure - revision quiz
This simple revision quiz contains questions to help you revise the topic A2.2 Cell Structure This topic is all about the use of microscopes, preparation of slides and the structure of prokaryote and eukaryote cells. A2_2 Cell structure revision quiz…
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A2.1 Origin of cells - revision quiz
This simple revision quiz contains questions to help you revise the topic A2.2 Cell Structure This topic is all about the evidence to support the origin of the first cells, the early Earth atmosphere and the way lipids form 'bubbles' which can enclos…
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A2.3 Viruses (HL) - revision quiz
This simple revision quiz contains questions to help you revise the topic A2.3 Viruses (HL). This topic is all about the variety of structures which viruses have, the way that they use a host cell to replicate, and the differences between the lytic a…
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A1.1 Water - revision quiz
This simple revision quiz contains questions to help you revise the topic A1.1 Water. This topic is all about the polarity of water molecules, hydrogen bonding and how the physical properties of water effect the adaptations of animals like the black…
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D2.3 Water potential - revision quiz
This simple revision quiz contains questions to help you revise the topic A2.2 Cell Structure This topic is all about the evidence to support the origin of the first cells, the early Earth atmosphere and the way lipids form 'bubbles' which can enclos…
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A3.2 Classification & cladistics - revision quiz
This simple revision quiz contains questions to help you revise the topic A3.2 Classification and cladistics. This topic includes a little information about traditional classification, but mostly looks at the construction of cladograms, the ideas ab…
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A3.1 Diversity of organisms - revision quiz
This simple revision quiz contains questions to help you revise the topic A 3.1 Diversity of organisms. This topic is all about taxonomy and the concepts of a species in classification. It includes Linneus and the Binomial nomenclature as well as bio…
10 Genetics AHL
Gene pools and speciation 10.3 HL
…these concept maps from memory. Gallery: MM Gene pools 100.3 HL Mode: carousel Thumb width: 48px Layout: row text Exam style questions Exam style question about speciation Answer the question below on a piece of paper, then check your answer against…
05 Evolution
Natural selection 5.2
…map, from memory if you can. Gallery: MM Natural selection 5.2 Mode: carousel Thumb width: 48px Layout: row text Exam style questions Exam style question about evolution by natural selection Explaining the process of evolution by natural selection i…
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Cross topic question challenges
…cs link together. These activities are really useful in preparation for the longer extended response questions. Some of the questions in the exam will embrace more than one topic and it is important to see the conceptual links between topics. You ca…
01 Cell biology
Introduction to cells 1.1
…rise the main sections of topic 1.1. Test if you can draw something like these concept maps from memory. Can you ask several questions about the points using command terms, e.g List, Describe, Outline, Explain, Gallery: MM - Intro to cells 1.1 Mode…
01 Cell biology
The origin of cells 1.5
…atter, but this cell is assumed to be the precursor of all cells of the present day. text text Test yourself Multiple choice questions This self marking multiple choice quiz contains questions covering the skills outlined above. 1.5 Origin of cells (…
05 Evolution
Classification of biodiversity 5.3
…m memory if you can. Gallery: MM Classification of biodiversity Mode: carousel Thumb width: 48px Layout: row text Exam style questions Stretch your skills Can you recognise the features of the main classification groups? Test yourself using these car…
05 Evolution
Cladistics 5.4
…concept map, from memory if you can. Gallery: MM Cladistics 5.4 Mode: carousel Thumb width: 48px Layout: row text Exam style questions Exam style question about cladograms The interpretation of a cladogram is an important skill for this topic. Answer…
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07 Nucleic acids AHL
Nucleic acids 7.1 HL
…ce graphic). Analyse of molecular visualisations of the association between protein and DNA in a nucleosome. text Exam style questions To prepare to answer a difficult IB question about DNA replication it is useful to break down the task into smaller…
10 Genetics AHL
Inheritance 10.2 HL
…these concept maps from memory. Gallery: MM Inheritance HL 10.2 Mode: carousel Thumb width: 48px Layout: row text Exam style questions Exam style question about inheritance Explaining the process of Mendelian inheritance is an important skill from th…
11 Animal physiology AHL
Kidney and osmoregulation 11.3 HL
…ur own list or concept map from memory. Gallery: MM Kidney 11.3 Mode: carousel Thumb width: 48px Layout: row text Exam style questions Understanding the structure of the kidney nephron is not as important as understanding it's function in osmoreg…
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01 Cell biology
Cell division 1.6
…list or concept map from memory. Gallery: MM Cell division 1.6 Mode: carousel Thumb width: 48px Layout: row text Exam style questions Exam style question about gene mutations and cancer Answer the question below, which addresses one application of D…
08 Metabolism AHL
Photosynthesis 8.3 HL
…ese concept maps from memory. Gallery: MM Photosynthesis HL 8.3 Mode: carousel Thumb width: 48px Layout: row text Exam style questions Exam style question about photolysis Explaining the control of gene expression, methylation and promoter regions is…
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