Cambridge IGCSE: BIOLOGY 0610/42
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BIOLOGY 0610/42
Paper 4 Theory (Extended) May/June 2021
1 hour 15 minutes
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INFORMATION
● The total mark for this paper is 80.
● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
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The brain and spinal cord form the ............................................... nervous system and the
nerves coming into and out of the spinal cord are part of the ...............................................
(b) Fig. 1.1 shows part of a human eye and three neurones that conduct electrical impulses
between the eye and the brain. These neurones are involved in the pupil reflex.
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A B
H
C
not to scale
Fig. 1.1
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(ii) Table 1.1 shows the names of some parts of the eye, their functions and the letters in
Fig. 1.1 that identify the parts of the eye.
Table 1.1
suspensory ligament G
cornea
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(c) (i) The eye can adjust how light is refracted through it in order to focus on a near object.
State one process that uses energy when focusing on a near object.
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(ii) Mitochondria require oxygen to release energy. Oxygen is transported to cells in the eye
by red blood cells.
State the name of the molecule in red blood cells that carries oxygen.
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(iii) Explain how oxygen in the capillaries reaches the cells in the eye.
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(d) Eyelashes and eyelids are mechanical barriers that help to prevent particles and pathogens
entering the eye.
(i) Give two other mechanical barriers that defend the body against pathogens.
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(ii) State the name of the white blood cells that digest pathogens.
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(iii) Conjunctivitis can be caused by pathogens and affects the tissues lining the eyelids and
covering the sclera. People with conjunctivitis that is caused by a pathogen can develop
active immunity.
Explain why the shape of specific parts of a pathogen is important in the development of
active immunity.
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State the name of the group that contains insects and crustaceans.
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Fig. 2.1
Fig. 2.2 shows a red panda, Ailurus fulgens, and a polar bear, Ursus maritimus.
(a) State one dietary component that is more likely to be found in bamboo plants than in fish.
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(b) (i) State two features, visible in Fig. 2.1 and Fig. 2.2, that identify the three animals as all
belonging to the same vertebrate group.
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Molecular biologists compared the DNA base sequences of eight species from the same
vertebrate group. They used the differences to draw a classification diagram.
Fig. 2.3 shows the classification diagram for these eight species. The shorter the
horizontal distance from two species to the branching point that they share, the more
similar their DNA sequences are and the more closely the two species are related.
The scale on Fig. 2.3 shows the time at which the molecular biologists estimate that
each branching point occurred.
red panda
ferret
giant panda
polar bear
wolf
tiger
human
mouse
100 80 60 40 20 0
million years ago
Fig. 2.3
Morphology can also be used to classify species. Some scientists think that morphology
suggests that the giant panda is more closely related to the red panda than it is to the
polar bear.
Discuss the evidence for and against the giant panda being more closely related to
the red panda than it is to the polar bear. Use the information in Fig. 2.1, Fig. 2.2 and
Fig. 2.3 in your answer.
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(iii) State one other type of evidence that is used to classify species.
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3 (a) Fig. 3.1 shows some of the events that occur in the menstrual cycle.
Fig. 3.1
(i) Put the events shown in Fig. 3.1 into the correct sequence.
One has been done for you.
B
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(ii) State the name of the hormone that stimulates event A to occur.
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Two females of the same age have different dietary needs because one has started
menstruating and the other has not started menstruating.
Suggest why the dietary needs of the two females are different.
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Fig. 3.2 shows some of the organs of a pregnant woman, viewed from the side.
fetus
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T R
Fig. 3.2
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4 (a) Climate change is one reason why a plant species could become endangered.
(i) State other reasons why a plant species could become endangered.
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Fig. 4.1 shows some of the steps involved in managing a seed bank.
Fig. 4.1
(i) Explain why seeds from one species are collected from many populations to store in a
seed bank.
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(ii) Seeds are X-rayed before they are stored to check that they contain an embryo.
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(iii) Seeds stored at low temperatures have very low respiration rates.
Explain why.
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(c) One purpose of seed banks is to reintroduce plant species into their natural environment.
A survey was done to find out why some reintroduction programmes are not successful.
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30
percentage of 25
species that
were not 20
successfully
reintroduced 15
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reason wrong changing seeds did seedlings too few wrong
unknown habitat habitat not too young individuals season
germinate
Fig. 4.2
(i) Some of the seeds in the reintroduction programmes did not germinate.
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(ii) Some reintroduction programmes failed because the seedlings were too young. Young
seedlings only have a few small roots.
Explain why it would be important to reintroduce plants with many large roots.
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(iii) The low number of individuals also caused some reintroduction programmes to fail.
State the name of the phase in a population growth curve where the number of individuals
is very low.
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5 Fig. 5.1 shows some of the stages in the reproduction of the bacterium Escherichia coli.
loop of DNA
Fig. 5.1
that the number of loops of DNA after cell division is ............................................... in each
daughter cell. The daughter cells are genetically ............................................... to the original
cell.
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(b) Students used a microscope and time-lapse photography to observe E. coli cells reproducing.
They used the series of photographs to identify which cells were dividing.
They measured the lengths of the dividing cells and put their data into two groups:
• cell lengths immediately before cell division
• cell lengths immediately after cell division.
key: 100
immediately after division
90
immediately before division
80
70
60
number
of 50
cells
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30
20
10
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
cell length / μm
Fig. 5.2
(i) Use the information in Fig. 5.2 to state the most frequent cell length of the E. coli cells
immediately after cell division.
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(ii) Some students concluded that the cells must be at least 6 µm in length before cell
division can occur.
Describe the evidence against the students’ conclusion. Use the information in Fig. 5.2
to support your answer.
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(c) Bacteria are useful in genetic engineering because they contain plasmids.
(i) Describe how a plasmid is cut so that a new gene can be inserted into the plasmid.
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(ii) List two reasons, other than the presence of plasmids, that make bacteria and
single-celled fungi useful to biotechnology industries.
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6 (a) Some students set up the apparatus shown in Fig. 6.1 to compare transpiration in two sets of
leaves.
Set A was kept in a transparent bag and set B was left in the open air.
The mass of the leaves in each set was measured at the start of the investigation and after
five hours.
clamp stand
transparent bag
set A
set B
Fig. 6.1
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(ii) Explain how transpiration occurred in the leaves shown in Fig. 6.1.
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(iii) The students needed two additional pieces of apparatus to take measurements so that
they could calculate the rate of transpiration from their results.
State the two additional pieces of apparatus the students needed to take the
measurements.
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(b) Fig. 6.2 shows the positions of the different tissues in part of a dicotyledonous leaf.
Fig. 6.2
The label, line and name of the tissue for letter P has been completed for you on Fig. 6.2 and
in Table 6.1.
Table 6.1
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