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Cambridge International A-level Biology 9700 Paper 5: Planning, Analysis and Evaluation

9700/5 · 1 hour 15 minutes · 30 marks · 11.5% of the A level.

What it examines

The practical skills of planning, analysis and evaluation. The context may be outside the syllabus content.

Paper 5 is a written examination of planning, analysis and evaluation, in a context that may be outside the syllabus. It is the second of Cambridge's two practical components. The first is the Paper 3 practical examination, which is also an AS Level paper.

Read from Cambridge International AS & A Level Biology 9700, syllabus for 2025, 2026 and 2027, Version 1, printed page 10 (page 10 of the PDF), retrieved 21 August 2026.

Where to get the papers

June 2024

2022 specimen papers

Cambridge International publishes the 9700/5 papers it makes public on Cambridge’s past-paper page for Biology 9700, with the other papers in the qualification. The 9700 past papers page shows what is published and when we last checked.

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