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

Which type of cell moves mucus?

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

A student exposed a fly larva to light and temperature gradients.
They lit the area from one side and made one side of the area warmer than the other.
They traced the path of the fly larva's movement.



Which statement describes the response of the fly larva?

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

The table shows the scientific names and the common names of four plants.

[Table_1]

Which word is a genus name?

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

The diagram shows an arthropod.

Which group does this arthropod belong to?

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

The diagram shows a plant cell.

Which letter indicates the location of the cell membrane?

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

Which magnification formula is correct?

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

A frog is an animal. The skin of a frog is permeable to oxygen and carbon dioxide.

Which directions will have a net diffusion of oxygen and carbon dioxide when a frog swims in pond water?

[Table_1]

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

Which statement about plant support is correct?

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

What is a correct statement about active transport?

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

A sample of food was tested with biuret reagent.
Which colour would be seen if the food sample contained protein?

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

Which elements are found in fats?

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

Which statements about enzymes are correct?
1 Enzymes are biological catalysts.
2 Enzymes are carbohydrates.
3 Enzymes have an active site.

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

The equation for photosynthesis is shown.

......1...... + ......2...... \( \rightarrow \) glucose + ......3......

Which words correctly complete gaps 1, 2 and 3?

[Table_1]

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

Which carbohydrate is used to make cell walls?

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

The diagram shows a cross-section of a leaf.

Which row shows the correct labels?

[Table_1]

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

The table shows some of the nutrients found in yoghurt.

[Table_1]

One serving size of yoghurt is 150 g.

One of the nutrients in the yoghurt is required for healthy bones and teeth.

What is the mass of this nutrient in one serving of yoghurt?

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

The diagram shows the alimentary canal and some of the associated organs in a cat. The alimentary canal of a cat is similar to that of a human.



Which row identifies the structures labelled 1–4?

[Table_1]

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

The diagram shows the four types of teeth in a human jaw.

Which row correctly identifies all four types of teeth?
[Table_1]

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

What are the products of protein digestion in the stomach?

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

Where is water absorbed?

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

The diagram shows a cross-section of a stem.

Which statement correctly describes the location and function of phloem?

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

Some environmental factors are listed.

1 carbon dioxide concentration
2 temperature
3 oxygen concentration
4 wind speed

Which factors directly affect the rate of transpiration?

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

The diagram shows part of a blood vessel.



Which evidence in the diagram shows that it is a vein and not an artery?

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

The photomicrograph shows two blood cells.

What is the function of these cells?

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

Which row matches a gas in expired air with a substance that can be used to test for the presence of that gas?

[Table_1]

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

Which graph shows how temperature affects the rate of anaerobic respiration in yeast?

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

What is the pathway of a reflex arc from the receptor to the effector?

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

What is an effect of adrenaline secretion?

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

What is phototropism?

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

A gardener wants to grow some new plants that are identical to plants that she already has.

Which method of reproduction is used, and how many parents are needed for her to grow some new identical plants?

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

What must always be present for seeds to germinate?

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

What is a flagellum?

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

Which word describes a fertilised cell?

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

Which secondary sexual characteristic is caused by both testosterone and oestrogen?

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

Some ways that diseases can be transmitted are listed.

1 airborne droplets
2 blood and needles
3 food and drink
4 unprotected sex

Which ways can transmit HIV?

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

What do genes code for?

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

When white-flowered pea plants are crossed with red-flowered pea plants, the offspring plants all have red flowers.

If these offspring plants are crossed, the next generation of plants contains both red-flowered and white-flowered plants.

Which statement explains this?

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

What is a description of an adaptive feature?

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

Which diagram shows a pyramid of biomass for the food chain shown?
key: tree → caterpillar → bird

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

Which statement about conservation is correct?