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IB Biology SL 4.2.9 Energy release Question Bank

Practise IB Biology SL 4.2.9 by identifying respiration and gas exchange as processes that release carbon dioxide from marine organisms.

Syllabus
First assessment 2025
Course
Biology SL
Level
SL

Exam points

  • Identify cellular respiration or gas exchange as a process that releases carbon dioxide from an organism.
  • Distinguish carbon-dioxide loss from photosynthetic uptake in marine systems.

C4.2.9—Energy release question 1

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The mass of an individual organism can affect its physiology and feeding ecology. The diagram shows the relative mass of carbon (black) and total wet mass (grey) of a marine crustacean, Calanus hyperboreus and a jellyfish, Bathocyroe fosteri.

Figure for Question C4.2.9—Energy release question 1 — IB Biology SL

State one process that results in the loss of carbon dioxide from a marine organism such as a crustacean or a jellyfish.

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