All Questions: Cambridge IGCSE Biology - 0610 - Core Paper 1 2020 Winter Zone 1
Theory
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CH1 - CHARACTERISTICS AND CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING ORGANISMS

Hedgehogs are mammals. Touching a hedgehog causes it to roll into a ball to protect itself. Which characteristics is it displaying?

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CH1 - CHARACTERISTICS AND CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING ORGANISMS

According to the binomial system, how should a human be named?

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CH1 - CHARACTERISTICS AND CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING ORGANISMS

The diagram shows an arthropod.
Which group does this arthropod belong to?

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CH2 - ORGANIZATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ORGANISM

The photomicrograph shows a cell from a type of aquatic plant.

Which parts labelled on the photomicrograph indicate that this is a plant cell?

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CH2 - ORGANIZATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ORGANISM

The diagram shows the female reproductive system. At which level of organisation are the ovum and the ovary? [Table_1]

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CH2 - ORGANIZATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ORGANISM

The cell shown in the diagram has been magnified 3000 times. The diagram is 21 mm wide.

What is the actual diameter of the cell?

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CH3 - MOVEMENT IN AND OUT OF CELLS

What are features of osmosis?
[Table_1]

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CH3 - MOVEMENT IN AND OUT OF CELLS

The diagram shows apparatus which can be used to demonstrate osmosis. After one hour, what would happen to the liquid levels in the glass tubes?

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CH4 - BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES

Which substances are made by linking together glucose molecules only?

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CH5 - ENZYMES

The graph shows the effect of pH on the rate of reaction of an enzyme. What does the graph show?

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CH5 - ENZYMES

What kind of molecule is an enzyme?

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CH12 - RESPIRATION

The diagram shows a cell with groups of bacteria around its edge.
The bacteria move to areas of high oxygen concentration.
Which process in the cell causes the bacteria to form these groups?

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CH6 - PLANT NUTRITION

The diagram shows a section through a leaf.

Which row correctly identifies tissues X and Y?

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CH7 - HUMAN NUTRITION

Which stage of nutrition takes place when food molecules become part of a body cell?

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CH7 - HUMAN NUTRITION

What is the definition of chemical digestion?

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CH7 - HUMAN NUTRITION

The diagram shows the human alimentary canal.
Where is most digested food absorbed into the blood?

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CH8 - TRANSPORT IN PLANTS

In which order does water pass through these structures in a plant?

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CH8 - TRANSPORT IN PLANTS

The photomicrograph shows a cross-section through a plant stem. What is the name and function of the tissue labelled X?

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CH9 - TRANSPORT IN ANIMALS

The table shows some features of blood vessels. Which row shows the features of a vein?
[Table with features: direction of blood flow, size of the central hole (lumen), thickness of wall]

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CH9 - TRANSPORT IN ANIMALS

Which component of the blood releases antibodies in response to an infection by bacteria?

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CH10 - DISEASES AND IMMUNITY

Which is an example of a transmissible disease?

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CH11 - GAS EXCHANGE IN HUMANS

The diagram shows some of the structures in a human lung. Where is the carbon dioxide concentration highest?

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CH12 - RESPIRATION

The list shows some processes that happen in the human body.
1. water enters cells by osmosis
2. muscles contract
3. impulses travel along neurones
4. oxygen diffuses into cells
Which of these require energy released by respiration?

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CH13 - EXCRETION IN HUMANS

The amount of urea in the blood increases as it passes through organ X.
What is organ X?

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CH14 - CO-ORDINATION AND RESPONSE

Which is the correct sequence of structures through which a nerve impulse passes in a reflex arc?

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CH14 - CO-ORDINATION AND RESPONSE

The diagram shows an eye. Which labelled part contains cells that are sensitive to light?

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CH14 - CO-ORDINATION AND RESPONSE

Which hormone stimulates the development of male gametes?

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CH15 - DRUGS

A drug is defined as a substance taken into the body that

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Types of Asexual Reproduction, CH16 - REPRODUCTION

What is an example of asexual reproduction?

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CH16 - REPRODUCTION

What is the sequence of events when a woman gives birth?

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CH16 - REPRODUCTION

Some types of birth control are listed.
1. condom
2. diaphragm
3. IUD
4. vasectomy
Which types are barrier methods?

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CH17 - INHERITANCE

In humans, sex determination is controlled by the X and Y chromosomes.
A man and a woman have three children, two boys and a girl.
What is the probability that their next child will be a girl?

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CH17 - INHERITANCE

Mitosis is a type of cell division. Which row about mitosis is correct?
[Table_1]

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CH18 - VARIATION AND SELECTION

Which statement is best used to describe differences in height in humans?

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CH18 - VARIATION AND SELECTION

A student wrote some statements describing the stages involved during selective breeding of plants.
1. Farmers select individual plants with desirable features.
2. Farmers cross these individuals to produce the next generation.
3. The farmers then select the offspring with the desirable features.
Which statements are correct?

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CH19 - ORGANISMS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT

The diagram shows a food chain.

clover plant $\rightarrow$ rabbit $\rightarrow$ fox

Which terms can be used to describe the fox in this food chain?

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CH21 - HUMAN INFLUENCES ON ECOSYSTEMS

The diagram represents the carbon cycle.



Which process produces the carbon dioxide from the factory and the car?

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CH21 - HUMAN INFLUENCES ON ECOSYSTEMS

In the water cycle, which stage is only carried out by plants?

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CH20 - BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING

Yeast carries out anaerobic respiration, making carbon dioxide and ethanol as end products. Which end products can be used to make biofuel and bread? [Table_1]

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CH21 - HUMAN INFLUENCES ON ECOSYSTEMS

What is the effect of replacing tropical rainforest with plantations of oil palm trees, which are grown as crop plants?