All Questions: Cambridge IGCSE Biology - 0610 - Core Paper 1 2020 Winter Zone 3
Theory
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CH1 - CHARACTERISTICS AND CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING ORGANISMS

The diagram shows some of the processes carried out by living organisms.
Which two characteristics of living organisms are represented by arrows X and Y?

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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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CH2 - ORGANIZATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ORGANISM

Which is a feature of cells used to place organisms in the plant kingdom?

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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

Which cell is adapted for absorption?

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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]
key
✓ = yes
x = no

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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 part of a leaf.

What is layer X?

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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

The diagram shows part of the alimentary canal and associated organs.
Which labelled part stores bile?

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CH7 - HUMAN NUTRITION

Which human teeth are used for biting and cutting food?

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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

A decrease in which factor normally causes the transpiration rate to increase?

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CH9 - TRANSPORT IN ANIMALS

In a mammal, what ensures the blood flows one-way round the circulatory system?

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CH9 - TRANSPORT IN ANIMALS

Which structure separates the right and left sides of the heart?

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CH10 - DISEASES AND IMMUNITY

Lyme disease is a disease which can be transmitted to humans in the following way:

a mouse carries the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi in its blood

a tick bites the mouse and the bacteria are transferred into the tick

the tick bites a human and bacteria are transferred to the human

the human becomes infected with Lyme disease

What is the pathogen in this process?

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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

What is produced by anaerobic respiration in yeast?

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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

Sensory neurones conduct impulses from

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CH14 - CO-ORDINATION AND RESPONSE

What is a function of the cornea?

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CH14 - CO-ORDINATION AND RESPONSE

Which responses are shown by the root of a plant?
[Table_1]

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CH15 - DRUGS

Which is a definition of all drugs?

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Parts and Functions of an Insect-Pollinated Flower, CH16 - REPRODUCTION

The diagram shows half a flower.

Which row identifies the parts of the flower? 

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CH16 - REPRODUCTION

The diagram shows the human male reproductive system. What are structures P, Q and R?

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CH16 - REPRODUCTION

Which method of birth control would also help to protect against HIV?

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CH17 - INHERITANCE

Which word describes nuclear division to produce genetically identical cells?

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CH17 - INHERITANCE

The diagram shows a family tree. Some individuals have inherited a genetic condition. [Image_1: Diagram of family tree]
Which statement about the grandparents is correct?

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CH18 - VARIATION AND SELECTION

What is a definition of variation?

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CH19 - ORGANISMS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT

Which pyramid of numbers has more tertiary consumers than producers?

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CH19 - ORGANISMS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT

The diagram represents part of the carbon cycle.
Which processes are represented by X, Y and Z?

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CH19 - ORGANISMS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT

The diagram shows part of a food web. What is most likely to decrease the size of the frog population?

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CH20 - BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING

Genes can be inserted into crop plants to make them resistant to herbicides.
Which process is this an example of?

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CH21 - HUMAN INFLUENCES ON ECOSYSTEMS

Lichens are organisms that do not grow well in polluted air.
Which graph shows the change in the number of lichen species from the centre of a polluted city to the unpolluted countryside 15 km away?

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CH21 - HUMAN INFLUENCES ON ECOSYSTEMS

Three human activities are listed:
1. burning fossil fuels
2. deforestation
3. replanting forests
Which activities can cause the change shown in the graph?