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A-LevelBiologyGas exchange9700/12 · May/June 2015 · Q291 Mark

Resting muscle has a lower respiration rate than active muscle. The graph shows oxygen dissociation curves for haemoglobin at carbon dioxide concentrations that are found in a resting muscle and an active muscle. P and Q are at the partial pressures of oxygen found in the lungs. R and S are at the partial pressures of oxygen found in either a resting muscle or an active muscle. Which statements are correct?

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A1 and 2
B3 and 4
C1 only
D5

✓ Correct answer

C: 1 only

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Gas exchange, A-Level Biology (syllabus 9700). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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A-Level Biology, May/June 2015 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 29.

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