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

What are characteristics of all organisms?

02.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

The scientific name for the golden eagle is \textit{Aquila chrysaetos}. What is the genus of the golden eagle?

03.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

The diagram shows four arthropods.
[Image_1: Diagram with Pediculus, Anopheles, Dermacentor, Carcinus]
How many of these arthropods are insects?

04.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

Which row shows structures that are present in both root hair cells and palisade mesophyll cells? [Table_1]

05.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

The diagram shows a cell at \times 1500 magnification. What is the actual size of the cell?

06.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

The diagram shows a test-tube containing clear jelly. A drop of blue ink is injected into the middle of the jelly.
The blue colour of the ink spreads throughout the jelly.
By which process does the blue ink spread through the jelly?

07.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

The diagram shows some of the apparatus used in an osmosis investigation. In this investigation a dialysis tubing bag was filled with sucrose solution, sealed and weighed. The dialysis tubing bag was then immersed in distilled water for one hour. After one hour the dialysis tubing bag was removed from the beaker, the surface was dried and the bag was reweighed. Which row explains what will happen during the investigation? [Table_1]

08.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

Which row describes active transport of ions? [Table_1]

09.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

The diagram shows part of a protein molecule.
What does X represent?

10.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

What is true of all enzymes? [Table_1]

11.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

What is the substrate for enzyme X?

12.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

An experiment is set up to investigate gas exchange in aquatic plants. The hydrogencarbonate indicator solution is orange at the start. Which colour is it after three hours?

13.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

How are most leaves adapted for photosynthesis?

14.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

The haemoglobin concentration in the blood of a person is 80 g/dm$^3$. The accepted normal concentration is 120 g/dm$^3$ or above.
Which substance may be lacking in their diet?

15.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

Which statement about physical digestion is correct?

16.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

Solid food enters the mouth at P and enters the oesophagus at Q. How does the food at Q differ from the food at P?

17.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

Which row shows the functions of xylem and phloem? [Table_1]

18.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

What is the effect on a plant of not having any root hairs?

19.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

Which statements describe how the structures in the circulatory system function? 1. a muscular pump to push blood into vessels 2. valves to ensure one-way blood flow 3. veins to take blood away from the heart 4. vessels to return blood to the heart

20.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

The diagram shows a section through the heart. Which part is the septum?

21.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

What is an example of good personal hygiene in the kitchen?

22.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

What is the pathway of expired air as it travels out of the body?

23.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

The diagram shows the activity of some yeast cells in a sugar solution.
Which statement explains what happens to the limewater?

24.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

What is the word equation for aerobic respiration?

25.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

Which part of the body excretes urea, excess water and excess ions?

26.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

The diagram shows the kidneys and associated organs. Which label is the ureter?

27.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

What is the name of the junction between two neurones?

28.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

Which statement about adrenaline is correct?

29.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

Which words complete the statements?

Plant growth towards light is called ......1.......
When a plant shoot grows towards a light source, it is showing a ......2...... to light.
Light acts as the ......3.......

30.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

Which statements about antibiotics are correct?
1. Antibiotics can be used to treat bacterial infections.
2. Antibiotics can be used to treat viral infections.
3. Antibiotics are not effective against resistant bacteria.

31.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

Which statement about sexual reproduction is correct?

32.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

Which row about asexual reproduction is correct? [Table_1]

33.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

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

34.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

A man has three sons. What is the chance of his next child being a daughter?

35.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

Which term is a genetic change?

36.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

The diagram shows energy flow from the Sun, through a food chain and into the environment. [Image_1: Energy flow diagram with arrows labeled 1 and 2 from Sun to plant to animal to animal] What is the form of energy for each numbered arrow?

37.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

In a pyramid of numbers, what does the top of the pyramid represent?

38.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

A few yeast cells were placed in a container of nutrient solution. The graph shows how their population size changed over time. Which row shows when the reproduction rate was greater than the death rate for the numbered phases on the graph? [Table_1]

39.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

The bloodworm is an organism that is found in heavily polluted water. The diagram shows where raw sewage flows into a river. Where would there be fewest bloodworms?

40.
MCQ 1 Marks
Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

Which statement about genetic modification is correct?