All Questions: Cambridge IGCSE Biology - 0610 - Core Paper 1 2023 Summer Zone 3
Theory
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01.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

What are excretion, sensitivity and reproduction characteristics of?

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

The photograph shows an organism. Which visible feature can be used to classify this organism as a bird?

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

The diagram shows an arthropod.
Which features are characteristic of all arthropods?

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

Which statement about cell structure is correct?

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

The photograph shows a limpet. The length of line PQ on the image is 65 mm. What is the actual diameter of the limpet along line PQ?

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

By which process does oxygen pass out of a leaf?

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

A tuber from a potato plant was cut into pieces of identical length. The pieces of potato were placed in four different solutions for three hours.
1. pure water
2. a sugar solution that is less concentrated than the potato cell contents
3. a sugar solution that is more concentrated than the potato cell contents
4. a sugar solution that is the same concentration as the potato cell contents
Which solutions will cause the pieces of potato to change in length?

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

Which row shows the features of active transport? [Table_1]

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

Four different foods were tested to find out what they contained. The results are shown in the table. Which food contains protein but \textbf{not} reducing sugar or starch? [Table_1]

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

What is a characteristic of all catalysts?

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

This sequence of diagrams shows how an enzyme works. Which labelled part is the active site?

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

Four test-tubes are set up as shown and left in bright sunlight. After several hours, which test-tube contains the most oxygen?

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

Which statement about photosynthesis is correct?

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

In humans, which two components of the diet can be broken down to release energy?

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

Which is a part of the small intestine?

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

Which of these is digested by protease?

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

A stem was cut from a plant. The base of the stem was placed into a beaker containing water and a red stain for two hours. The diagram shows a cross-section of the plant stem. In which tissue will the red stain be found and what is the name of the tissue?

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

Which pair of processes causes transpiration in plant leaves? [Table_1]

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

The diagram shows a section of the human heart. Which label identifies the right ventricle?

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

The diagrams show sections through three types of blood vessel. They are not drawn to the same scale.
In which order will red blood cells flow through these vessels in the human body when travelling from the aorta to the right atrium of the heart?

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

In some animals, gas exchange occurs through the skin. What are the most likely characteristics of the skin in these animals? [Table_1]

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

The diagram shows an alveolus and part of a blood vessel. The arrows show the direction of movement of gases. Which arrows represent oxygen only and carbon dioxide only?

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

Which row about aerobic respiration is correct? [Table_1]

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

What is a product of anaerobic respiration in yeast?

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

Which part of the diagram of the excretory system is the urethra?

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

The diagram shows seedlings in two experiments on the tropic response of seedlings to gravity and light. Which stimuli have the seedlings responded to?

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

The diagram shows a wind-pollinated flower.
Which labels are the stigma and anther?

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

What is the process when a pollen nucleus fuses with the nucleus in an ovule?

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

During puberty, secretion of hormones causes the development of secondary sexual characteristics. What is a characteristic caused by the secretion of testosterone?

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

Which type of organism causes AIDS?

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

The graph shows the frequency of a human characteristic, X.
Which characteristics can be represented by X?
[Table_1]

Table Key:
✓ = yes
✗ = no

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

Which row shows some of the features involved in natural selection? [Table_1]

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

Which statement is correct?

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

In a species of mammal, black fur colour is dominant and brown fur colour is recessive.
Two parents with black fur produce offspring which all have black fur. Later that year, the same parents produce more offspring. One of these offspring has brown fur.
Which statement about fur colour is correct?

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

What is an example of a characteristic that shows discontinuous variation in humans?

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

Where does the energy being transferred along a food chain originally come from?

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

Which diagram shows energy passing along a food chain?

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

The diagram shows a pyramid of biomass for all the organisms in an ecosystem. Which organisms are carnivores?

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

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

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

What is a reason for using bacteria in biotechnology?