All Questions: Cambridge IGCSE Biology - 0610 - Core Paper 1 2024 Spring Zone 2
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01.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

What is a characteristic of all living organisms?

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

The diagram shows a flowering plant.

A key can be used to identify the plant.
Which letter in the key identifies the flowering plant shown in the diagram?

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

The drawing shows a ground squirrel.

Which feature identifies this animal as a mammal?

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

The diagram shows different types of cell.

Which structure do all these cells have?

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

The drawing of the insect shown has a magnification of ×5.
The scale shown is in mm.

What is the actual size of the insect?

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

Which factor would increase the rate of diffusion of oxygen molecules out of a photosynthesising leaf?

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

Which process only involves the movement of water through the partially permeable membrane of a cell?

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

Which statement about active transport is correct?

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

DCPIP can be used to test for vitamin C in food. Lemon juice contains vitamin C.
When lemon juice is tested with DCPIP what are the results?

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

Which reagent is used to test for the presence of protein in food?

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

The graph shows the effect of pH on the rate of reaction of an enzyme.

What does the graph show?

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

The diagram shows an experiment to investigate the balance between respiration and photosynthesis.

In which tube are photosynthesis and respiration taking place at the same time?

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

Some variegated leaves have white parts and green parts.

A plant with variegated leaves has the starch removed from its leaves by placing it in a dark cupboard for 48 hours.

Black paper is then fixed on one leaf as shown and the plant is exposed to light.

After 24 hours, which part of the leaf contains starch?

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

The diagram shows a plant cell.

Which type of cell is shown?

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

The pie charts show the composition of 100 g of four different foods.
Which food provides the most energy?

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

The diagram shows the digestive system and some of its associated organs.
Which label identifies the liver?

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

Which statements about teeth are correct?

1 Canine teeth are for chewing and grinding food.
2 Incisor teeth are for biting and cutting food.
3 Premolar teeth are for chewing and grinding food.

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

What is the definition of chemical digestion?

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

In which part of the alimentary canal does hydrochloric acid provide an acid pH for enzymes?

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

Which tissue has the function of providing support for a plant?

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

Which graph shows the effect of increasing wind speed on the rate of transpiration?

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

What ensures one-way flow of blood in the circulatory system?

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

The diagrams show sections through three blood vessels, which are not drawn to the same scale. Some red blood cells are shown in vessel 3.

In which order will red blood cells flow through these vessels when travelling from the right ventricle to the left atrium of the heart?

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

Scientists used an ECG trace to monitor the heart of a student at rest and during exercise.

What is the explanation for the difference in the ECG traces?

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

Statements about pathogens are given.

1. A pathogen is a disease-causing organism.
2. All pathogens are bacteria.
3. A pathogen can be transmitted by indirect contact through contaminated food.

Which statements are correct?

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

Which structure in the breathing system has the thinnest wall?

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

What are the products of aerobic respiration?

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

What are the products of anaerobic respiration in yeast?

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

Some excretory products are listed.

1. carbon dioxide
2. excess ions
3. excess water
4. urea

Which products are excreted by the kidneys?

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

A person touches a sharp object. The person immediately pulls their hand away.

Which row shows the correct description of the term?

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

Which structure focuses light on the retina?

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

Which statements describe adrenaline and its effects on the human body?

1. Pupil diameter becomes smaller.
2. Breathing rate decreases.
3. Heart rate increases.
4. Adrenaline is transported in the blood.

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

Which statements about drugs are correct?

1 Drugs affect or modify chemical reactions in the body.
2 Drugs called antibiotics can be used to kill bacteria.
3 Drugs called antibiotics can be used to kill viruses.

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

At which point in the diagram does fertilisation happen?

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

The seed shape of peas can be smooth or wrinkled. The allele for smooth is dominant and the allele for wrinkled is recessive.

Two heterozygous plants are crossed.

What is the expected percentage of offspring with a smooth shape?

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

Which human phenotype is caused by genes only?

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

What is a correct ecological definition?

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

Which action will decrease the population of an endangered animal species in a habitat?

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

Which row shows two reasons why bacteria are used in genetic modification?

[Table_1]

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

Which row shows uses of genetic modification?

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