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    Multicellular organisms require a transport system to exchange nutrients, waste, and gases with their environment. For larger organisms, simple diffusion is not sufficient due to decreased surface area to volume ratio and increased distance between cells and the environment. A circulatory system is necessary to transport substances throughout the body and supply oxygen and nutrients to cells situated far from the external environment.

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    Multicellular organisms require a transport system to exchange nutrients, waste, and gases with their environment. For larger organisms, simple diffusion is not sufficient due to decreased surface area to volume ratio and increased distance between cells and the environment. A circulatory system is necessary to transport substances throughout the body and supply oxygen and nutrients to cells situated far from the external environment.

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    Multicellular organisms require a transport system to exchange nutrients, waste, and gases with their environment. For larger organisms, simple diffusion is not sufficient due to decreased surface area to volume ratio and increased distance between cells and the environment. A circulatory system is necessary to transport substances throughout the body and supply oxygen and nutrients to cells situated far from the external environment.

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    1.

    Transport
    1.1 The Importance Of Having A
    Transport System In Some
    Multicellular Organism
    Why it is important to have a
    transport system in some
    multicellular organism?

     For the exchange of substances such as


    nutrients, waste products and respiratory
    gases with the environment
     Occur through simple diffusion
     Exchange of substances between the
    organism and its environment depends
    on
    2. Surface area – the larger the better
    3. Volume – the smaller the better
    4. Total surface area/volume - the larger
    the better
    5. Distance – the nearest the better
    6. Concentration gradient – the higher the
    better
    Total surface area/volume

    The smaller the size the larger the total surface area/volume.
    The larger the total surface area/volume the better the
    exchange of substances between the organism and the
    environment
    How multicellular organisms
    transport substances?
     Simple diffusion alone cannot supply
    oxygen and nutrient for larger multicellular
    organism
     Cells are situated far away from the
    external environment
     Need a circulatory system to transport
    substances throughout the body
    Exercise
    1. Why it is important to have a transport
    system in some multicellular organism?
    2. Give two factors that effect the exchange of
    substances between the organism and the
    environment.
    3. How multicellular organisms transport
    substances?
    4. Explain why unicellular organisms do not
    have the same problems as the
    multicellular organisms.
    Answer
     answer Exercise 1.doc

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