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

What are characteristics of all living organisms?

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

Using the binomial system, the name of a lion is \textit{Panthera leo}.
Which statement is correct?

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

Which feature would place organisms into the crustacean group of arthropods?

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

The diagram shows the structure of a palisade cell from a leaf. Which structure contains chlorophyll?

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

A bacterial cell has a length of 40 mm when it is magnified by \times 20\,000.
What is the actual length of the bacterial cell?

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

Which diagram shows the appearance of a plant cell after it is placed in pure water?

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

What would lead to a decrease in diffusion rate into a cell?

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

Which row shows the chemical elements contained in fats? [Table_1]

 

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

Glycogen is a large molecule made from smaller molecules. Which smaller molecules is glycogen made from?

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

The diagrams represent an enzyme and its substrate. Which part of the enzyme molecule is the active site for this substrate?

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

What is a use of the carbohydrates made by photosynthesis?

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

The diagram shows an experiment investigating the effect of light intensity on an aquatic plant. Photosynthesis occurred in both test-tube P and test-tube Q. Both test-tubes were kept at the same temperature. The number of bubbles produced in test-tube P was 12 bubbles per minute. What is the most likely number of bubbles produced in one minute in test-tube Q?

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

Which human teeth are used for biting and cutting food?

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

The diagram shows part of the human digestive system. Which organ produces hydrochloric acid?

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

Which part of a balanced diet is missing if a person develops rickets?

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

By which process is water vapour lost from a leaf?

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

The pathway taken by water through a plant is shown.
root hair cells \rightarrow root cortex cells \rightarrow Z \rightarrow mesophyll cells
Which part of the pathway is Z?

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

Which statement about the human circulatory system is correct?

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

What are features of arteries?
1. narrow lumen
2. thick muscular wall
3. walls made of a single layer of cells
4. wide lumen

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

What are disease-causing organisms?

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

Which row shows the composition of expired air from a healthy person? [Table_1] Table Contents: | | carbon dioxide % | oxygen % | water vapour | |--------------|------------------|----------|--------------| | A | 0.04 | 21 | saturated | | B | 0.04 | 16 | variable | | C | 4 | 21 | variable | | D | 4 | 16 | saturated |

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

What is the path of carbon dioxide as it leaves the lungs?

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

Which statement about anaerobic respiration is correct?

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

What is described as a ball of cells that implants into the lining of the uterus?

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

The diagram shows parts of the body involved in excretion in humans. What are the labelled parts?

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

The diagram shows a reflex action when a person touches a hot object and pulls their hand away. Which letter correctly identifies a structure?

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

The diagram shows a section through a human eye. Which structure changes shape in response to adrenaline?

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

What is an example of a population?

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

Which statement about antibiotics is correct?

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

A pea plant with the genotype YY is crossed with a pea plant with the genotype yy. What are the possible genotypes of the offspring?

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

Which graph shows the effect of temperature on the rate of respiration in yeast?

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

What is the correct description of asexual reproduction?

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

The diagram shows a human female’s reproductive organs.
Where does fertilisation usually occur?

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

The diagram shows part of a genetic diagram for the inheritance of sex in humans. The sex chromosomes in two gametes are shown. What are the sex chromosomes in gametes 1 and 2?

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

Tusks are modified teeth.
In one part of the world, most elephants used to be born with tusks. Over the last 50 years, more female elephants have been born without tusks. These elephants are giving birth to offspring that also do not have tusks.
Which types of variation can be illustrated by this example? [Table_1]

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

The diagrams show pyramids of numbers and biomass. Which pyramids could be pyramids of biomass?

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

Which process transfers energy between the first and second trophic levels of a food chain?

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

The diagram shows part of the carbon cycle. Which arrow represents respiration?

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

Why are bacteria useful in biotechnology and genetic modification?

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

What is a reason for inserting genes into bacterial cells?