Question EXEX.2.SL.TZ0.2
| Date | Example questions Example questions | Marks available | [Maximum mark: 4] | Reference code | EXEX.2.SL.TZ0.2 |
| Level | SL | Paper | 2 | Time zone | TZ0 |
| Command term | Explain, Outline | Question number | 2 | Adapted from | N/A |
The gas exchange system of terrestrial animals becomes more developed as organisms increase in size.
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Explain one reason gas exchange is more challenging in larger species of organisms.
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Reason:
- (as organisms get larger) distance to centre of the body increases
OR
the surface area for diffusion relative to the volume/ surface area to volume ratio becomes smaller/ decreases;
Explanation: - which causes gas exchange/ diffusion of oxygen in/ carbon dioxide out to be too slow
OR
there is less area/space for diffusion to occur;
Explanation must match reason to award marking point b
Outline the role of the following during gas exchange in mammalian lungs:
secretion of of surfactant.
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(surfactant) reduces surface tension, preventing water from causing the walls of alveoli to adhere during exhalation/ alveoli from collapsing;
dense network of capillaries.
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increases the surface over which gases diffuse;