Download Grade 10 Life Sciences past papers and memos
Newest first. The memo sits on the same row as the paper it belongs to, so you do not have to go looking for it.
2024
- November · Paper 1Term 4North West
- November · Paper 2Term 4North West
- May/JuneTerm 2North West
2020
- November · Paper 1Term 4Eastern Cape
2019
- November · Paper 1Term 4Eastern Cape
- November · Paper 2Term 4Eastern Cape
2018
- November · Paper 1Term 4Eastern Cape
- November · Paper 2Term 4Eastern Cape
2017
- November · Paper 1Term 4Eastern Cape
- November · Paper 2Term 4Eastern Cape
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What is in Grade 10 Life Sciences Paper 1 and Paper 2
What each paper should cover, and what each topic is worth.
From the CAPS curriculum document for Life Sciences. Grade 10 papers are set by your school or your province rather than nationally, and CAPS calls these a suggested weighting, so treat it as what a paper should look like rather than a promise about the one you downloaded.
A ± means it is the weighting the examiners work towards rather than a fixed part of the paper, so a sitting lands a few marks either side of it.
Paper 1
150 marks, 2½ hours
- Plant and animal tissues
- ±29 marks
- Cells: the basic units of life
- ±25 marks
- Support and transport systems in plants
- ±25 marks
- Support systems in animals
- ±25 marks
- Chemistry of life
- ±23 marks
- Cell division: mitosis
- ±18 marks
- Plant organs (the leaf)
- ±5 marks
Paper 2
150 marks, 2½ hours
- Biosphere to ecosystems
- ±60 marks
- History of life on Earth
- ±50 marks
- Transport systems in mammals
- ±30 marks
- Biodiversity and classification
- ±10 marks
Grade 10 Life Sciences past paper questions
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