Cambridge International Examinations

Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education

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BIOLOGY 0610/33
Paper 3 Theory (Core) May/June 2018
1 hour 15 minutes
Candidates answer on the Question Paper.
No Additional Materials are required.

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Write in dark blue or black pen.
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Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid.
DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES.

Answer all questions.

Electronic calculators may be used.

You may lose marks if you do not show your working or if you do not use appropriate units.

At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.

This syllabus is approved for use in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as a Cambridge International Level 1/Level 2 Certificate.

This document consists of 17 printed pages and 3 blank pages.

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1 (a) Scientists classify organisms into groups.

State one feature that is used to identify vertebrates.

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(b) Vertebrates are classified into five groups.

Fig. 1.1 shows three vertebrates found in Australia.

duck-billed platypus saltwater crocodile

emu
Not to scale

Fig. 1.1

The emu, the saltwater crocodile and the duck-billed platypus each belong to a different
vertebrate group.

All three animals lay eggs that develop and hatch on land.

(i) State the name of the vertebrate group to which emus belong and give one feature of
this group that is visible in Fig. 1.1.

group .................................................................................................................................

visible feature ....................................................................................................................

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(ii) State the name of the vertebrate group to which crocodiles belong and give one feature
of this group that is visible in Fig. 1.1.

group .................................................................................................................................

visible feature ....................................................................................................................

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[2]

(iii) The duck-billed platypus is classified as a mammal.

Give evidence from Fig. 1.1 for and against classifying the duck-billed platypus as a
mammal.

evidence for .......................................................................................................................

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evidence against ...............................................................................................................

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[3]

(c) There are two groups of vertebrates which lay eggs that develop in water.

State the name of these two groups of vertebrates.

1 ................................................................................................................................................

2 ................................................................................................................................................
[2]

[Total: 10]

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Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education
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BIOLOGY 0610/42
Paper 4 Theory (Extended) May/June 2018
1 hour 15 minutes
Candidates answer on the Question Paper.
No Additional Materials are required.

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen.
You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid.
DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES.

Answer all questions.

Electronic calculators may be used.

You may lose marks if you do not show your working or if you do not use appropriate units.

At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.

This syllabus is approved for use in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as a Cambridge International Level 1/Level 2 Certificate.

This document consists of 16 printed pages and 4 blank pages.

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5 Fig. 5.1 shows an adult fly, Chrysomya megacephala.

Fig. 5.1

(a) State three visible features from Fig. 5.1 that could be used to distinguish adult insects from
other arthropods.

1 ................................................................................................................................................

2 ................................................................................................................................................

3 ................................................................................................................................................
[3]

(b) Fly larvae are immature insects that are often used in experiments on respiration.

Give the balanced chemical equation for aerobic respiration.

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BIOLOGY 0610/43
Paper 4 Theory (Extended) May/June 2018
1 hour 15 minutes
Candidates answer on the Question Paper.
No Additional Materials are required.

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen.
You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid.
DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES.

Answer all questions.

Electronic calculators may be used.

You may lose marks if you do not show your working or if you do not use appropriate units.

At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.

This syllabus is approved for use in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as a Cambridge International Level 1/Level 2 Certificate.

This document consists of 17 printed pages and 3 blank pages.

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2 Fig. 2.1 shows an Arctic wolf, Canis lupus. These wolves are one of the few mammals adapted to
the extreme cold of the tundra in the Canadian Arctic and in Alaska.

Fig. 2.1

(a) (i) State two features, visible in Fig. 2.1, that identify Arctic wolves as mammals.

1 ........................................................................................................................................

2 ........................................................................................................................................
[2]

(ii) Arctic wolves show many adaptive features to a cold environment.

Explain what is meant by the term adaptive feature.

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BIOLOGY 0610/42
Paper 4 Theory (Extended) February/March 2018
1 hour 15 minutes
Candidates answer on the Question Paper.
No Additional Materials are required.

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen.
You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid.
DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES.

Answer all questions.

Electronic calculators may be used.

You may lose marks if you do not show your working or if you do not use appropriate units.

At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.

This syllabus is approved for use in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as a Cambridge International Level 1/Level 2 Certificate.

This document consists of 17 printed pages and 3 blank pages.

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1 (a) (i) Fig. 1.1 is a branching key used to identify different species of bacteria.

Do the bacteria have flagella?

Yes No

Do the bacteria have Do the bacteria have

more than one flagellum? a spiral shape?

Yes No Yes No

Do the bacteria have flagella A B Do the bacteria form

attached at one end only? a chain?

Yes No Yes No

C D E F

Fig. 1.1

Fig. 1.2 shows six different species of bacteria.

Use the key to identify the six different species of bacteria.

Write the letters on the lines in Fig. 1.2.

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Fig. 1.2
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(ii) State the name of the kingdom that bacteria belong to.

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(b) State one similarity between the structure of bacteria and the structure of viruses.

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(c) Fig. 1.3 is a photomicrograph of Vibrio cholerae, the bacterium that causes cholera.

45 mm

magnification ×17 300

Fig. 1.3

(i) Write the formula that would be used to calculate the actual length of the bacterium (not
including the flagellum) in Fig. 1.3.

[1]

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