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

Some yeast, sugar and water are mixed in a test-tube. The diagrams show the test-tube at the start and after one hour.

Which process causes this change?

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

The diagram shows an animal.

Use the key to identify the animal.
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03.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

Donkeys and zebras are different species. They can breed to produce an animal called a zedonk.

Zedonks are not fertile.

Which statement is correct?

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

Crabs are arthropods with 10 jointed legs and two pairs of antennae.

To which arthropod class do they belong?

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

Heart muscle cells have a high rate of metabolism.

Which structure do they require to be present in high numbers?

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

The diagram shows a fly.



The line XY represents the length of the wing.

The length of line XY is 26 mm.

The actual size of the wing between X and Y is 4 mm.

What is the magnification of the diagram?

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

What is an example of diffusion?

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

The diagram shows apparatus used to investigate osmosis.

The volumes of solutions A, B, C and D were the same at the start of the investigation.

After one hour, the solutions had moved up the glass tubes.

Which solution was the most concentrated at the start of the investigation?

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

Which row describes active transport?

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

Iodine solution is added to a food sample that contains starch.

What is the colour of the sample after the iodine solution has been added?

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

Which graph shows the effect of temperature on the activity of an enzyme?

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

Which of these statements about enzymes are correct?

1 enzymes are proteins
2 enzymes are used up during chemical reactions
3 enzymes speed up metabolic reactions

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

The diagram shows a cross-section of part of a leaf.
Which cell controls the rate of gas exchange?

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

The diagram shows two cells.

Which process happens in only one of these cells?

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

Which organ is part of the digestive system?

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

The diagram shows the human alimentary canal.
Where is most digested food absorbed into the blood?

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

Which layer is dentine in the diagram of a human tooth?

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

The diagram shows a human jaw.

Which labelled tooth is an incisor?

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

Where does protease act?

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

Which statement describes transpiration?

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

Which statement describes the circulation of blood in the human body?

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

Which method of pathogen transmission is direct?

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

Which statement describes anaerobic respiration?

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

Which organ is responsible for the excretion of urea in the human body?

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

Which part of the eye contains light receptors?

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

Which row shows the effects of adrenaline secretion?
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27.
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Describe life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrit

A plant pot is placed on its side.

Which diagram shows a plant with roots showing gravitropism and shoots showing phototropism?

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

The graph shows how the percentage effectiveness of antibiotic F against MRSA bacteria varied between 1980 and 2000.



What is a correct conclusion from the graph?

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

Which statement describes asexual reproduction?

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

What is the function of the acrosome in a sperm cell?

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

Which diagram shows fertilisation?

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

What is HIV?

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

What describes an allele?

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

The images show four animals.



Which two animals show adaptive features for being secondary consumers?

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

A gene is added to the genetic material of an avocado plant.

This gene makes the avocado fruits stay ripe for longer before they start to decompose.

What is this process an example of?

1 adaptation
2 genetic modification
3 selective breeding

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

The diagram shows a food chain.

$\text{plant leaf} \rightarrow \text{slug} \rightarrow \text{frog} \rightarrow \text{fox}$

Which terms describe the position of the fox in this food chain?

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

These are processes found in the carbon cycle.

• combustion
• decomposition
• feeding
• photosynthesis
• respiration

How many of these processes release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere?

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

Which change occurs when areas of forest are cleared for farming?

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

What is a use of ethanol?

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

The diagram shows a label found on a container of biological washing powder.

Which stains does the washing powder remove?
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