All Questions: Cambridge IGCSE Biology - 0610 - Core Paper 1 2017 Winter Zone 1
Theory
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CH1 - CHARACTERISTICS AND CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING ORGANISMS

Which process in plant cells uses chlorophyll?

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CH1 - CHARACTERISTICS AND CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING ORGANISMS

The table shows the scientific names of four members of the cat family.
[Table_1]
Which statement is correct?

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CH1 - CHARACTERISTICS AND CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING ORGANISMS

The diagram shows a type of tooth.
Use the key to identify the tooth.
1 the root is divided into two parts ................................................... go to 2
the root is not divided into two parts ..................................... go to 3
2 the height of the crown is greater than the length of the root ............... A
the height of the crown is less than the length of the root .................. B
3 flattened crown .......................................................... C
ridged crown .......................................................... D

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CH6 - PLANT NUTRITION

The diagram shows a student's drawing of guard cells. Which label is not correct?

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CH2 - ORGANIZATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ORGANISM

The diagrams show a leaf and its internal structure.

What are the levels of organisation of the labelled structures?

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CH2 - ORGANIZATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ORGANISM

The diagram shows an insect as seen using the low power lens of a microscope.
The actual diameter of the circle is 0.3 cm.



What is the approximate size of this insect in millimetres?

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CH6 - PLANT NUTRITION

The diagram shows part of a section through a leaf.
Which arrow represents the diffusion of oxygen during photosynthesis?

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CH3 - MOVEMENT IN AND OUT OF CELLS

What helps to support plants?

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CH5 - ENZYMES

Which of these is digested by protease?

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CH5 - ENZYMES

Which enzyme is used to produce clear apple juice?

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CH5 - ENZYMES

What is the optimum pH for stomach enzymes?

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CH6 - PLANT NUTRITION

What are the raw materials necessary for photosynthesis?

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CH6 - PLANT NUTRITION

In plants, which substance contains magnesium ions?

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CH7 - HUMAN NUTRITION

What must be increased in the diet of a person suffering from constipation?

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CH7 - HUMAN NUTRITION

Which chemical reaction takes place in the mouth?

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CH7 - HUMAN NUTRITION

The diagram shows the human alimentary canal, with a string marked in metres beside it.

How long is the small intestine?

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CH8 - TRANSPORT IN PLANTS

What is a description of transpiration?

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CH8 - TRANSPORT IN PLANTS

Which tissue transports water from the roots to the leaves in a plant?

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CH9 - TRANSPORT IN ANIMALS

On which organ is an ECG performed?

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CH9 - TRANSPORT IN ANIMALS

The diagram shows a cross-section through a human blood vessel.

Which type of blood vessel does the diagram show?

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CH10 - DISEASES AND IMMUNITY

Which are both chemical barriers to the transmission of pathogens?

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CH11 - GAS EXCHANGE IN HUMANS

The table shows the approximate composition of inspired and expired air.
[Table_1]
What is the name of gas S?

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CH12 - RESPIRATION

In an experiment to investigate anaerobic respiration, two bottles are set up in a warm room, as shown .
What would happen to each balloon after one day?

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CH12 - RESPIRATION

The diagram represents the exchange of gases during breathing and during respiration in the body.

What is represented by X and by Y?

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CH13 - EXCRETION IN HUMANS

The table shows information about urea.
Which row is correct?
[Table_1]

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CH13 - EXCRETION IN HUMANS

What is the most important function of sweating?

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CH14 - CO-ORDINATION AND RESPONSE

What shows the order in which these structures are involved in a reflex action?

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CH14 - CO-ORDINATION AND RESPONSE

The diagram shows a person sweating in hot weather.
What part is played by sweat glands during the process of sweating?

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CH15 - DRUGS

The diagram shows the gas exchange surface of a person who has just smoked a cigarette. Substance P can cause cancer.

What is substance P?

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CH16 - REPRODUCTION

Which method of birth control works by preventing an egg from being released?

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CH16 - REPRODUCTION

Which environmental factor is not always a requirement for seed germination?

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CH16 - REPRODUCTION

Four processes involved in labour and birth are shown.
1 cutting the umbilical cord
2 contraction of muscles in the uterus wall
3 dilation of the cervix
4 passage of the baby through the vagina
In which sequence do these events normally occur?

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CH17 - INHERITANCE

In some mammals the allele for brown coat colour is dominant to the allele for white coat colour.
Which percentage of offspring will be white if a cross is made between two heterozygous mammals?

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CH17 - INHERITANCE

Which term is defined as a length of DNA that codes for a protein?

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CH18 - VARIATION AND SELECTION

What makes tongue rolling an example of discontinuous variation?

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CH19 - ORGANISMS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT

What is shown by the widest block in a pyramid of numbers for a grassland ecosystem?

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CH19 - ORGANISMS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT

A food chain is shown.
potato plant → slug → hedgehog
By which process is energy transferred from the potato plant to the slug?

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CH21 - HUMAN INFLUENCES ON ECOSYSTEMS

A farmer put some fertiliser on his field. Some of the fertiliser drained into a nearby lake.

What is the effect of the fertiliser on the growth of the crop plants in the field and the plants in the lake?
[Table_1]

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CH11 - GAS EXCHANGE IN HUMANS

The diagrams show the depth and rate of breathing in a person at 12.00 pm and 1.00 pm.



What happens to the person's breathing between 12.00 pm and 1.00 pm?

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CH21 - HUMAN INFLUENCES ON ECOSYSTEMS

The table shows the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in three different years.
[Table_1]
What is the most likely cause of this change?