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1. Carbon dioxide enrichment of glasshouses improves crop yields by increasing the carbon dioxide concentration available to plants for photosynthesis. It is more cost effective to maintain lower carbon dioxide concentrations in glasshouses compared to outside because higher concentrations require more energy and equipment to maintain. 2. The carbon dioxide concentration increased at night in all glasshouses because plants are not photosynthesizing at night so carbon dioxide levels rise. Ventilating glasshouses by opening windows is important to prevent high carbon dioxide levels from inhibiting plant growth. 3. Arteries have thick, elastic walls that allow them to withstand the high blood pressure from the heart and maintain pressure as blood flows through narrowing blood vessels

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1. Carbon dioxide enrichment of glasshouses improves crop yields by increasing the carbon dioxide concentration available to plants for photosynthesis. It is more cost effective to maintain lower carbon dioxide concentrations in glasshouses compared to outside because higher concentrations require more energy and equipment to maintain. 2. The carbon dioxide concentration increased at night in all glasshouses because plants are not photosynthesizing at night so carbon dioxide levels rise. Ventilating glasshouses by opening windows is important to prevent high carbon dioxide levels from inhibiting plant growth. 3. Arteries have thick, elastic walls that allow them to withstand the high blood pressure from the heart and maintain pressure as blood flows through narrowing blood vessels

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2. Many growers of crops in glasshouses use carbon dioxide enrichment to improve yields.

(a) Explain the advantages of carbon dioxide enrichment of glasshouses. [2]

Fig. 3.1 shows the carbon dioxide concentrations inside three glasshouses, D, E and F, on a hot
day with bright sunlight.

• Glasshouses D and E received carbon dioxide enrichment and were ventilated by opening the
windows.

• Glasshouse F did not receive any extra carbon dioxide and the windows were closed.

The carbon dioxide concentrations in the glasshouses and in the atmosphere were measured. The
concentration in the atmosphere was 0.039%.

(b) Suggest why it may not be cost effective to maintain a high concentration of carbon dioxide in
glasshouse E compared to the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. [2]

(c) (i) Concentrations of carbon dioxide in all three glasshouses in Fig. 3.1 increased at night. State
why this happened. [1]

(ii) Explain why it is important to ventilate glasshouses by opening the windows. [4]

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3. Mammals have a double circulatory system. Blood flows between:

• the heart and the lungs

• the heart and the rest of the body (systemic circulation).

(a) Fig. 4.1 shows a cross-section of an artery

Explain how the structure of an artery, as shown in Fig. 4.1, is related to its functions. [4]

Artery’s have thick walls that withstand the extremely high blood pressure of oxygenated blood that
comes from the heart. This pressure is high as the force from the pressure is needed to carry blood
all around the body. Secondly, they have elastic fibres in their walls which stretch then recoil back to
its original length like an elastic item. The recoil of these fibres helps to push blood along
maintaining the pressure.
a) (b) Fig. 4.2 shows the total cross-sectional area of the blood vessels in the systemic
circulation. It also shows the changes that occur in blood pressure and the speed (velocity)
of blood in the different blood vessels

(i) State the maximum mean blood pressure in the aorta. [1]
(ii) Describe how mean blood pressure and speed of blood change with cross-sectional
area of blood vessels, as shown in Fig. 4.2 [3]

(c) Describe how substances move from the blood in the capillaries into the tissue fluid

The arterioles near the skin constrict which flows the blood away from the skin which
reduces the loss of heat from the skin. [3]

(d) Blood flows from arteries into arterioles before entering capillaries. Explain the role of
the arterioles in the skin when a person is very cold [3]

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