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iGCSE Biology Questions

Question 1 of 8

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What does the nucleus do?

Select one of the following:

  • It controls all the activities of the cell and it contains genes on the chromosomes that carry the instructions for making the proteins needed to build new cells or new organisms.

  • The place wehere respiration is carried out.

  • Respiration occurs in the mitochondria, not the nucleus.

Explanation

Question 2 of 8

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What do the plant cells contain that the animal cells do not?

Select one of the following:

  • Cell walls, chloroplasts and permanent vacuoles.

  • Ribosomes, chloroplasta and cells walls.

Explanation

Question 3 of 8

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What is the definition of diffusion?

Select one of the following:

  • Diffusion is the net movement of particles from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration, down the concentration gradient.

  • Diffusion is the net movement of particles from an area of low concentration to an area of high concentration, up the concentration gradient.

Explanation

Question 4 of 8

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What is the formula for net movement?

Select one of the following:

  • paticles moving in-particles moving out

  • total particles-particles moving out

Explanation

Question 5 of 8

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Red blood cells do not have a nucleus so that there is more space for haemoglobin to be stored. True or false?

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 6 of 8

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A solution is made up of 2 parts. A solute and a solvent. A solvent dissolves in a solute.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 7 of 8

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What is the difference between a concentrated solvent and a dilute solvent?

Select one of the following:

  • A concentrated solvent has little solute dissolved in it and a dilute has a lot.

  • A concentrated solvent has a lot of solute dissolved in it and a dilute has only a little.

Explanation

Question 8 of 8

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What is osmosis?

Select one of the following:

  • A special kind of diffusion invloving water molecules.

  • The name of the topic in which diffusion is a part of.

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