Aerobic respiration: past paper questions
Real questions on aerobic respiration
The newest 20 of 25 written questions. Open one to see it on the real paper.
- 0610/61 · October/November 2025 · Q1a(i)[1]
Complete Table 1.1 by calculating the change in the water temperature for each water-bath. Table 1.1 water-bath water temperature in step 3 / °C water temperature in step 6 / °C change in water temperature / °C C 4 W 40 Step 7 Remove the celery stalk from the blue dye in water-bath C and put it on a white tile. Step 8...
See it on the paper → - 0610/32 · May/June 2025 · Q5d(i)[2]
State the word equation for aerobic respiration.
See it on the paper → - 0610/32 · May/June 2025 · Q5d(ii)[1]
State the name of the cell structure where aerobic respiration takes place.
See it on the paper → - 0610/43 · May/June 2025 · Q4c(ii)[3]
Waterlogged soil contains very low concentrations of oxygen. Suggest how this limits the amount of proteins a plant can make.
See it on the paper → - 0610/62 · May/June 2025 · Q1a(i)[1]
Using the information in Table 1.1, decide the volumes of S and W needed to make 50 cm 3 of a 0.5 mol per dm 3 salt solution. Complete Table 1.1 by writing in the volumes of S and W needed to make the 0.5 mol per dm 3 salt solution. Table 1.1 beaker volume of 1.0 mol per dm 3 salt solution S / cm 3 volume of distilled...
See it on the paper → - 0610/62 · May/June 2025 · Q1a(ii)[1]
Measure the total length of the 10 potato discs in Fig. 1.4. S3 total length mm
See it on the paper → - 0610/62 · May/June 2025 · Q1a(iii)[3]
Prepare a table and record the results shown in Fig. 1.3 and your measurement in 1(a)(ii). Include the final concentrations of the salt solutions in your table.
See it on the paper → - 0610/63 · May/June 2025 · Q1a(i)[4]
Prepare a table for the results of the investigation. Measure the maximum height of the foam, in mm, in each of test-tubes C, R and H shown in Fig. 1.1. Record these measurements in your table.
See it on the paper → - 0610/63 · May/June 2025 · Q1b(i)[3]
Another student did the same experiment and measured the height of the foam in one of the test-tubes as 29 mm. The diameter of the test-tube was 25 mm. Calculate the volume of foam produced, and give your answer in cm 3 to one decimal place. Use 3.14 as the value for π. cm 3
See it on the paper → - 0610/42 · February/March 2025 · Q1b(i)[1]
State the name of the process in human cells that produces carbon dioxide.
See it on the paper → - 0610/33 · October/November 2024 · Q5b[3]
Complete the sentences about aerobic respiration. During aerobic respiration, glucose reacts with . Aerobic respiration takes place in the in cells.
See it on the paper → - 0610/04 · Specimen 2023 · Q4a[2]
Yeast can respire aerobically and anaerobically. State the balanced chemical equation for aerobic respiration.
See it on the paper → - 0610/33 · May/June 2023 · Q8c(i)[1]
State one process, other than respiration, that releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
See it on the paper → - 0610/41 · October/November 2022 · Q6b(i)[3]
Explain the differences in composition between inspired and expired air.
See it on the paper → - 0610/42 · February/March 2022 · Q1c(ii)[3]
For gas B and gas C, explain the differences in the percentages shown in Table 1.1 between inspired and expired air.
See it on the paper → - 0610/11 · October/November 2021 · Q38[1]
Which process releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere?
See it on the paper → - 0610/11 · May/June 2021 · Q24[1]
What is produced by anaerobic respiration in humans?
See it on the paper → - 0610/63 · May/June 2021 · Q2b(i)[4]
Plot a line graph on the grid of the data in Table 2.1.
See it on the paper → - 0610/63 · May/June 2021 · Q2b(ii)[1]
Describe the trend shown on your graph in 2(b)(i).
See it on the paper → - 0610/22 · October/November 2020 · Q21[1]
What is produced during anaerobic respiration in muscles?
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What examiners said
Many candidates misread the question and gave a type of cell, rather than a structure within a cell.
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0610/32 Q5(d)(ii) (Cambridge)
This was a challenging question and only a few candidates could link the low oxygen concentrations in waterlogged soil to the function of root hair cells absorbing nitrate ions from the soil to form amino acids. Many candidates approached this by explaining how oxygen was used to make proteins and did not relate the lack of oxygen to reducing respiration and because of less nitrate ions there were...
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0610/43 Q4(c)(ii) (Cambridge)
The majority of candidates correctly determined the volumes. Some used the correct proportions but did not combine them to produce the required final volume.
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0610/62 Q1(a)(i) (Cambridge)
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