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The brain and its functions
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15 AQA GCSE Biology questions on The brain and its functions, each with instant feedback and a full examiner-style mark scheme.

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Question 1 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

The brain is part of which system?

  1. The central nervous system
  2. The digestive system
  3. The circulatory system
  4. The endocrine system only
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✓ Answer: AThe central nervous system
The brain, with the spinal cord, forms the central nervous system (CNS).
Question 2 · 1 mark · Difficulty 2/3

The part of the brain responsible for consciousness, intelligence, memory and language is the:

  1. Cerebral cortex
  2. Cerebellum
  3. Medulla
  4. Spinal cord
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✓ Answer: ACerebral cortex
The cerebral cortex (the outer folded region) controls higher functions such as memory, language and intelligence.
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AQA GCSE Biology: The brain and its functions FAQ

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Kramizo currently has 15 exam-board-aligned practice questions on The brain and its functions for AQA GCSE Biology, with new questions added every week. Each question gives you instant feedback and a full examiner-style mark scheme that tells you exactly what would earn marks on a real AQA paper. The questions span the full difficulty range — from straightforward recall (level 1) right up to multi-step reasoning and evaluation (level 3) — so the bank works for first-pass revision and final exam-week stress testing alike.
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Are the The brain and its functions questions aligned to the official AQA GCSE Biology syllabus?
Every question is written against the published AQA GCSE Biology specification, including the exact command words (state, describe, explain, calculate, evaluate, etc.), mark allocations, and difficulty tier you'd see on a real AQA paper. Explanations are written in the style of official examiner mark schemes — they tell you what is being awarded marks and why distractors are wrong, not just whether you got it right. The bank is continually refined to match the latest syllabus updates from AQA.
How is The brain and its functions typically tested on AQA GCSE Biology papers?
The brain and its functions appears across multiple question types on real AQA GCSE Biology papers — most commonly as multiple-choice questions in the objective section, structured short-answer questions in the main paper, and occasionally as part of an extended response. Kramizo's practice bank reflects that mix: 4-option MCQs, true/false statements, fill-in-the-blank key terms, multi-select questions, and ordering questions. Working through the bank gives you exposure to every question style examiners actually use.

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