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Cambridge · O Level · Biology

October/November 2020 — Paper 1 · Variant 1.

40 multiple-choice questions · 40 marks

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Topics covered

  • Blood glucose control
  • 10
  • Sexual reproduction in humans
  • Effects of humans on ecosystems
  • Human gas exchange
  • Nutrient cycles
  • Genetic modification
  • Active transport
  • Antibiotics
  • Blood vessels
  • Mammalian sense organs
  • Biotechnology
  • Specialised cells, tissues and organs
  • Urinary system
  • Sexual reproduction in plants
  • Inheritance
  • Cell structure and function
  • Diet
  • Ecosystems and biodiversity
  • Photosynthesis
  • Heart
  • Disease
  • Diffusion and osmosis
  • Transpiration and translocation
  • Temperature control
  • Energy flow
  • Mammalian nervous system
  • Blood
  • Uptake and transport of water and ions
  • Human digestive system
  • Absorption and assimilation
  • Features of organisms
  • Effects of temperature and pH
  • Anaerobic respiration
  • Variation

Questions in this paper

  • Q1Cell structure and functionMCQincludes a figure
  • Q2Diffusion and osmosisMCQincludes a figure
  • Q3Active transportMCQincludes a figure
  • Q4Effects of temperature and pHMCQ
  • Q5PhotosynthesisMCQ
  • Q6Uptake and transport of water and ionsMCQ
  • Q7PhotosynthesisMCQincludes a figure
  • Q8Human digestive systemMCQincludes a figure
  • Q9Absorption and assimilationMCQ
  • Q10DietMCQ
  • Q11Uptake and transport of water and ionsMCQincludes a figure
  • Q12Transpiration and translocationMCQincludes a figure
  • Q13BloodMCQ
  • Q14Blood vesselsMCQincludes a figure
  • Q15HeartMCQ
  • Q16Anaerobic respirationMCQ
  • Q1710MCQincludes a figure
  • Q18Human gas exchangeMCQincludes a figure
  • Q19Urinary systemMCQ
  • Q20Temperature controlMCQ
  • Q21Mammalian nervous systemMCQincludes a figure
  • Q22Mammalian sense organsMCQincludes a figure
  • Q23Blood glucose controlMCQ
  • Q24Specialised cells, tissues and organsMCQincludes a figure
  • Q25AntibioticsMCQ
  • Q26Features of organismsMCQ
  • Q27BiotechnologyMCQ
  • Q28Energy flowMCQ
  • Q29Ecosystems and biodiversityMCQ
  • Q30Nutrient cyclesMCQincludes a figure
  • Q31DiseaseMCQ
  • Q32Effects of humans on ecosystemsMCQ
  • Q33Sexual reproduction in plantsMCQincludes a figure
  • Q34Sexual reproduction in plantsMCQ
  • Q35Sexual reproduction in humansMCQ
  • Q36Sexual reproduction in humansMCQincludes a figure
  • Q37InheritanceMCQ
  • Q38InheritanceMCQincludes a figure
  • Q39VariationMCQincludes a figure
  • Q40Genetic modificationMCQ

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