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A-LevelBiologyGas exchange9700/12 · Oct/Nov 2011 · Q251 Mark

Which row shows the changes in concentration in the red blood cells when carbon dioxide diffuses from respiring cells?

Acarbonic anhydrase: decreases, hydrogencarbonate ions: no change, hydrogen ions: no change
Bcarbonic anhydrase: increases, hydrogencarbonate ions: increases, hydrogen ions: increases
Ccarbonic anhydrase: no change, hydrogencarbonate ions: decrease, hydrogen ions: increase
Dcarbonic anhydrase: no change, hydrogencarbonate ions: increase, hydrogen ions: increase

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D: carbonic anhydrase: no change, hydrogencarbonate ions: increase, hydrogen ions: increase

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Gas exchange, A-Level Biology (syllabus 9700). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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A-Level Biology, Oct/Nov 2011 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 25.

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