Cambridge IGCSE Biology practice

Paper 3 structured question: Diffusion

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Paper 3Theory (Core)2 marks

Certain substances move in and out of cells through the cell membrane by diffusion.

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Diagram shows oxygen moving into a cell and carbon dioxide moving out of a cell through the cell membrane.

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Identify one substance that enters cells by diffusion and one substance that exits cells by diffusion.
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Oxygen enters cells and carbon dioxide leaves cells by diffusion across the cell membrane.

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State the process by which oxygen enters cells.
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