All Questions: Cambridge IGCSE Biology - 0610 - Core Paper 1 2023 Spring Zone 2
Theory
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01.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

Which row shows substances removed by excretion?
[Table_1]

02.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

Which two parts are included in the scientific name of an organism?

03.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

How many jointed legs does an insect have?

04.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

The photomicrograph shows a cell from a type of aquatic plant. Which labelled parts indicate that this is a plant cell?

05.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

The diagram shows a magnified image of a cell. The magnification is \( \times 360 \). Line LM represents the width of the image of the cell. Line LM is 18 mm long in this diagram.
What is the actual width of the cell?

06.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

Which factor would \textbf{decrease} the rate of diffusion of oxygen into cells?

07.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

Which molecule crosses a partially permeable membrane during osmosis?

08.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

The diagrams show the movement of particles across a membrane. The arrows show the direction of movement. Which diagram shows active transport?

09.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

Which substance is used to test a food for vitamin C?

10.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

What are enzymes made of?

11.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

What remains at the end of an enzyme-controlled reaction?

12.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

A plant is placed in the dark until all its stored starch is used up. The plant is placed in light with black paper over part of one green leaf. After eight hours, the leaf is tested for starch. Which diagram shows the appearance of the leaf after this test?

13.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

The diagram shows part of a cross-section of a leaf.

Which row shows the correct labels?

14.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

The diagrams show the different types of human teeth.

Which teeth are used for grinding food?

15.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

Which row shows the correct names of parts of the large and small intestines? [Table_1]

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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

The diagram shows the apparatus used in an experiment. The apparatus was kept at 35°C.
What is likely to be present in the water surrounding the membrane after 45 minutes?

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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

The arrows show the movement of substances from the soil into a root hair cell. Which substances move from the soil into the root hair cell?

18.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

By which process does water escape from stomata in the leaves?

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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

Which row about the circulatory system is correct? [Table_1]

20.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

Which structures may become blocked in coronary heart disease?

21.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

What is defined as a disease-causing organism?

22.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

A student investigated the effect of temperature on respiration in yeast. The diagram shows the apparatus they used. Which substance turned the indicator from clear to cloudy?

23.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

The apparatus shown was used to investigate aerobic respiration in seeds. The apparatus was placed in a dark room. shows seeds soaked in water and a chemical which absorbs the gas produced by the seeds. All environmental conditions were kept constant. What will happen in the apparatus? [Table_1]

24.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

Why is yeast used in bread-making?

25.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

In the diagram, which label identifies the urethra?

26.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

The diagram shows a reflex arc. Which label identifies the motor neurone?

27.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

What is the role of insulin?

28.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

The diagram shows a seedling growing inside a dark box. Which type of responses affect the direction of growth of the root and the shoot inside the box?

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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

Which row shows why only some infections can be successfully treated with antibiotics? [Table_1]

30.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

The diagram shows part of a flower. What is the part labelled X?

31.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

Which statement about the hormones involved in human puberty is correct?

32.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

The diagram shows the human female reproductive system. In which structure does fertilisation usually occur?

33.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

In mice, the allele for black hair is dominant to the allele for brown hair. Which proportion of offspring will have brown hair if a cross is made between a homozygous black mouse and a heterozygous black mouse?

34.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

Which row about variation is correct?[Table_1]

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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

Humans have kept sheep for many centuries because they supply us with wool. The flow chart shows how a farmer would breed his sheep to provide more wool. Which process is described by this flow chart?

36.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

The numbers in the diagram show the amount of energy transferred through part of an ecosystem.

How much energy is transferred from herbivores to carnivores?

37.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

The diagram shows a food web in a rainforest.

How many trophic levels are shown in this food web?

38.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

The diagram shows the carbon cycle.
Which labelled processes represent respiration?

39.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

Vitamin A deficiency is a big health problem in some parts of the world and can cause problems such as blindness. Rice can be genetically modified to enable people to make vitamin A when they eat it. 150 g of this rice provides 60% of the adult recommended daily intake of vitamin A. How much rice does an adult need to get 100% of the recommended daily intake of vitamin A?

40.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

Which feature of bacteria makes them useful in genetic modification?