# 4-mark practice questions — Cambridge International IGCSE Biology (0610)

> 300 questions · biology

## How to answer

4-mark questions are the shortest levels-of-response band. Aim for four scientific ideas, each in its own short sentence.

## Sample questions

1. [Explain how peristalsis moves food along the oesophagus.](https://www.gradenine.co.uk/q/explain-how-peristalsis-moves-food-along-0178498a)
2. [State four features that distinguish insects from arachnids.](https://www.gradenine.co.uk/q/state-four-features-that-distinguish-insects-027869ff)
3. [Monoculture is widely used in modern agriculture. Explain why farmers choose to grow crops as a monoculture and describe…](https://www.gradenine.co.uk/q/monoculture-is-widely-used-in-modern-02dd088c)
4. [Compare the features of pollen grains from wind-pollinated flowers with pollen grains from insect-pollinated flowers.](https://www.gradenine.co.uk/q/compare-the-features-of-pollen-grains-031f3b5b)
5. [A population of strawberry plants reproduces asexually by sending out runners that produce new plants. A fungal disease …](https://www.gradenine.co.uk/q/a-population-of-strawberry-plants-reproduces-08ea2127)
6. [Describe the journey of food through the alimentary canal, starting from ingestion in the mouth and ending at egestion a…](https://www.gradenine.co.uk/q/describe-the-journey-of-food-through-099fca0d)
7. [Explain why bacteria are considered particularly useful organisms for producing human insulin by genetic modification.](https://www.gradenine.co.uk/q/explain-why-bacteria-are-considered-particularly-09b600cb)
8. [A plant produces glucose during photosynthesis. State four different ways in which the glucose produced during photosynt…](https://www.gradenine.co.uk/q/a-plant-produces-glucose-during-photosynthesis-0a885c83)

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