IGCSE Sciences - Co-Ordinated (0973) — May–June 2025, Paper 41

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Question 1 · 9 marks · Biology - Plant nutrition (photosynthesis)

Carbon dioxide is taken in for the process of photosynthesis. State the balanced symbol equation for photosynthesis.

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Question 2 · 10 marks · Biology - Transport in animals (blood vessels)

Fig. 2.1 is a diagram of the human heart and the blood vessels that connect with it. Describe two differences between the pulmonary artery and the vena cava.

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Question 3 · 12 marks · Biology - Cells (magnification and cell size calculation)

Fig. 3.1 is a magnified image of a plant root tip viewed using a light microscope. At X in Fig. 3.1, there are 37 cells across the width of the root tip. The actual width of the…

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Question 4 · 9 marks · Biology - Organisms and their environment (food chains)

Tropical forests are some of the most important ecosystems in the world. Fig. 4.1 is a food chain from a tropical forest: banana tree - grasshopper - frog - python The banana tree…

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Question 5 · 10 marks · Chemistry - States of matter (particle theory)

Water exists in the solid, liquid or gas state. The particles are arranged differently in each physical state. Name the state where the water particles are furthest apart.

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Question 6 · 11 marks · Chemistry - Atomic structure (subatomic particles)

A sodium atom is represented with numbers next to its chemical symbol, as shown in Fig. 6.1: mass number 23 (top left) and atomic number 11 (bottom left) next to the symbol Na.…

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Question 7 · 10 marks · Chemistry - Energetics (exothermic reactions)

The metal iron is extracted from hematite in a blast furnace. The extraction happens in several stages. In the first stage, carbon (coke) is burnt to provide heat and produce…

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Question 8 · 9 marks · Chemistry - Fuels and fractional distillation of petroleum

Petroleum is separated into useful fractions by fractional distillation. Fig. 8.1 shows the fractions obtained from a fractionating column, with petroleum fed in near the bottom.…

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Question 9 · 12 marks · Physics - Space physics (the Sun and stars)

The Sun is the star in our Solar System. State the two most common elements found in the Sun.

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Question 10 · 9 marks · Physics - Motion (speed-time graphs)

A rocket travels vertically upwards. Fig. 10.1 shows the speed-time graph for the rocket: speed / m/s (y-axis, 0 to 350) against time / s (x-axis, 0 to 50). The curve rises with…

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Question 11 · 9 marks · Chemistry / Physics - States of matter (boiling and evaporation)

Describe one similarity and two differences between boiling and evaporation. similarity ......................................... difference 1…

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Question 12 · 10 marks · Physics - Electric circuits (current in parallel circuits)

Fig. 12.1 shows a 10 ohm resistor and a resistor R of unknown resistance connected in parallel with a 1.8 V cell. R is on one branch and the 10 ohm resistor is on a parallel…

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