B3.1 Gas exchange
Gas exchange links animal ventilation, alveolar diffusion, leaf stomata, transpiration and haemoglobin affinity to oxygen supply and carbon dioxide removal.
- Syllabus
- First assessment 2025
- Topic
- B3.1
- Level
- SL
What you’ll learn
10 learning objectivesChoose one objective for a focused lesson, or study the complete topic.
Exam analysis
An aggregate view of how the complete B3.1 Gas exchange appears across past papers.
Chance of appearing37%of analysed past papers
Latest appearanceNovember 2025
Most common paperPaper2
Most tested objectives
- B3.1.5—Lung ventilation24 questions
- B3.1.6—Lung volume measurements14 questions
- B3.1.4—Mammalian lung adaptations10 questions
Common question formats
- Process explanation
- Definition or recall
- Graph interpretation
- Diagram interpretation
- Calculation
- Experimental design
- Comparison
Exam question appearances
November 2025Paper2 ["SL"] · TZ34(c)[ 2 ]B3.1.4—Mammalian lung adaptations
November 2025Paper2 ["SL"] · TZ34(b)[ 1 ]B3.1.5—Lung ventilation
November 2025Paper2 ["SL"] · TZ34(a)[ 2 ]B3.1.5—Lung ventilation
November 2025Paper1B ["SL"] · TZ32(d)[ 2 ]B3.1.7—Leaf gas exchange adaptations
November 2025Paper1A ["SL"] · TZ114[ 1 ]B3.1.8—Leaf tissue distribution
Coverage 2010–2025 · Updated 15 Jul 2026