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BIOLOGY 0610/11
Paper 1 Multiple Choice May/June 2012
45 minutes
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1 A living organism, X, can make its own food, get rid of toxic materials and detect and respond to
stimuli.
What other four processes must organism X carry out to stay alive?
A arachnids
B crustaceans
C insects
D myriapods
A key
B = feature present
C = feature absent
D
dorsal fin
caudal fin
pectoral fin
anal fin
pelvic fin
A chloroplast
B cytoplasm
C stoma
D cell wall
Which structure is found in a palisade cell that is not present in this liver cell?
A cell membrane
B chloroplast
C cytoplasm
D nucleus
A B C D
When a frog is swimming in pond water, in which directions will oxygen and carbon dioxide
diffuse?
A key
B = present
C = absent
D
A calcium
B iron
C vitamin C
D vitamin D
15 The diagram shows a cell with groups of bacteria around its edge.
cell cytoplasm
spiral-shaped
chloroplast
bacteria
Which process in the cell causes the bacteria to form these groups?
A digestion
B photosynthesis
C reproduction
D respiration
A B
heart
heart
C D
heart heart
g / 100 g
fibre
carbohydrate fat protein
(roughage)
A 18 12 8 25
B 30 32 2 12
C 38 4 22 10
D 48 15 10 5
A diffusion
B osmosis
C peristalsis
D photosynthesis
21 Which set of conditions would make the percentage of water in urine decrease the most?
conditions
A low low
B low high
C high low
D high high
A glucose
B salt
C toxins
D urea
iris
suspensory ligament
pupil
lens
X is a circular muscle.
10
In order to prevent the human body from losing heat, the arterioles supplying the skin
become narrow.
A constriction
B shivering
C sweating
D vasodilation
26 A natural method of birth control assumes that sperms live for three days after intercourse,
ovulation occurs between days 13-15 of the menstrual cycle and released ova live for 36 hours.
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A
B
C
D
31 A short-toed animal was crossed with a long-toed animal of the same species. All the offspring
had short toes. One of these offspring was crossed with another long-toed animal of the same
species.
A B C D
rose-bush greenfly ladybird blue tit
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fungi
A carbon only.
B carbon and water.
C energy only.
D water only.
36 In an ecosystem, which are the only organisms to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?
A carnivores
B decomposers
C herbivores
D producers
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age in years
85+
males 80-84 females
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
15-19
10-14
5-9
0-4
20 15 10 5 0 0 5 10 15 20
thousands
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38 The diagram shows the results of a survey on the types of animals found along a stretch of river
near to a factory.
direction of
water flow
mayfly nymph
stonefly nymph
factory emptying
pollutants into
the water
shrimp
caddis fly larva
mayfly nymph
stonefly nymph
A blood worm
B caddis fly larva
C leech
D stonefly nymph
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39 The graph shows how oxygen concentration and the number of bacteria change when sewage is
added to a river.
sewage
added P
dissolved
oxygen
amount /
arbitrary units
bacteria
What describes the oxygen concentration and the number of bacteria between the point at which
sewage is added and point P?
40 On the map shown, sulfur dioxide is produced at X. Which region is most likely to experience acid
rain?
A sea
X
land C
B wind
mass
direction
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