All Questions: Cambridge IGCSE Biology - 0610 - Supplement Paper 2 2016 Winter Zone 3
Theory
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CH1 - CHARACTERISTICS AND CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING ORGANISMS

Breathing out combines which two characteristics of living organisms?

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CH1 - CHARACTERISTICS AND CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING ORGANISMS

Scientists discover a new species of animal. It has a segmented body with two pairs of legs on each segment. To which group of animals does this new species belong?

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CH1 - CHARACTERISTICS AND CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING ORGANISMS

The diagram shows an insect.
Use the key to identify the insect.
1 wings present ........................................ go to 2
wings absent ......................................... A
2 two pairs of wings ................................. go to 3
one pair of wings ................................... B
3 wings with circular markings ................. C
wings without circular markings .............. D

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CH2 - ORGANIZATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ORGANISM

Which feature shows that a cell is a plant cell?

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CH2 - ORGANIZATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ORGANISM

The diagram shows an image of a chloroplast. The image is 5 cm long. The actual length of the chloroplast is $5 \mu m$. What is the magnification of the image?

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CH3 - MOVEMENT IN AND OUT OF CELLS

The diagram shows a plant cell which has lost water to its surroundings by osmosis. Which part is the partially permeable membrane?

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CH3 - MOVEMENT IN AND OUT OF CELLS

What describes active transport?
[Table_1]

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CH5 - ENZYMES

The graph shows how the activity of an enzyme varies with temperature.

What is the best or optimum temperature for this enzyme and at what temperature is the enzyme not working?
[Table_1]

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CH6 - PLANT NUTRITION

How does a plant use the sugar that it makes? [Table_1]

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CH6 - PLANT NUTRITION

The diagram shows a leaf as seen in cross-section under the microscope.
What are tissues 1, 2 and 3?

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CH6 - PLANT NUTRITION

The roots of plants take up nitrates from the soil. What are the nitrates used to make?

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CH7 - HUMAN NUTRITION

Which disease do children suffer from if they do not get enough iron from their diet?

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CH7 - HUMAN NUTRITION

What is the correct order of the processes that take place in the alimentary canal?

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CH7 - HUMAN NUTRITION

The diagram shows part of the human alimentary canal.
Which organ produces hydrochloric acid?

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CH8 - TRANSPORT IN PLANTS

The diagram shows the stem of a plant. A strip of the outer tissue including the phloem has been removed.
How is transport in the plant affected?

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CH8 - TRANSPORT IN PLANTS

Which changes in atmospheric conditions can cause a plant to wilt?
[Table_1]

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CH8 - TRANSPORT IN PLANTS

Which substance is moved by translocation in a flowering plant?

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CH9 - TRANSPORT IN ANIMALS

What is a double circulation?

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CH9 - TRANSPORT IN ANIMALS

The graph shows the thickness of the muscular wall in each of the four chambers of the heart. Which chamber is the right ventricle?

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CH9 - TRANSPORT IN ANIMALS

The diagram shows human blood cells, as seen under a microscope.
What is the function of cell X?

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CH10 - DISEASES AND IMMUNITY

What are disease-causing organisms?

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CH10 - DISEASES AND IMMUNITY

Which row describes active immunity?
[Table: Depends on phagocytes; Memory cells are produced]

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CH12 - RESPIRATION

After a race, athletes experience oxygen debt.
The diagram shows how the oxygen debt is removed.



What happens at X?

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CH12 - RESPIRATION

What is the equation for aerobic respiration in plants?

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CH14 - CO-ORDINATION AND RESPONSE

The diagram shows a vertical section through the front part of an eye when viewing a near object.

What describes structures R and S?

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CH14 - CO-ORDINATION AND RESPONSE

When the blood glucose concentration is low, which hormone is released and which organ releases it? [Table_1]

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CH14 - CO-ORDINATION AND RESPONSE

The diagram shows seedlings in two experiments on the tropic response of seedlings to gravity and light.

How have the seedlings responded?

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CH16 - REPRODUCTION

When does fertilisation occur in humans?

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CH16 - REPRODUCTION

The diagram shows the structure of a sperm cell.
Which part is the flagellum?

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CH16 - REPRODUCTION

The graph shows a hormone that is involved in controlling the menstrual cycle.
What is the hormone?

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CH17 - INHERITANCE

What happens in mitosis? [Table_1]

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CH17 - INHERITANCE

Ernst and Amy have four children of different blood groups, as shown.

What are the genotypes of Ernst and Amy?

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CH18 - VARIATION AND SELECTION

What is an adaptive feature of xerophytes?

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CH19 - ORGANISMS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT

What are possible positions in a food chain of a carnivore and a herbivore? [Table_1]

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CH19 - ORGANISMS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT

The diagram shows part of the nitrogen cycle.

What is process S?

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CH19 - ORGANISMS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT

The graph shows the growth of a yeast population.
When was the rate at which cells were dying equal to the rate at which new cells were being formed?

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CH20 - BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING

Which structures, found in bacteria, make them useful in genetic engineering?

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CH20 - BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING

Why is yeast used in bread-making?

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CH20 - BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING

An advantage of some genetically modified crop plants is that they will not

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CH21 - HUMAN INFLUENCES ON ECOSYSTEMS

Fertiliser leaks into a river resulting in eutrophication. What is the correct order of events leading to the death of animals in the river?