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IB Biology HL B2.1.2 Bilayers as Barriers Question Bank

Practise IB Biology HL B2.1.2 through questions that evaluate why water and glucose cross membranes differently.

Syllabus
First assessment 2025
Course
Biology HL
Level
HL

Exam points

  • Evaluate why water and glucose cross membrane barriers differently using polarity and transport evidence.
  • Use axon and intestinal-epithelium examples to explain bilayer barrier functions.

B2.1.2—Bilayers as barriers question 1

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Neural pathways in living brains can now be mapped by tracking the movement of water molecules inside axons. What keeps water molecules inside axons?

A

Plasma membrane

B

Hydrogen bonding

C

Pump proteins

D

Synapse

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