DP Biology Questionbank
Option D: Human physiology (Additional higher level topics)
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- 16N.3.HL.TZ0.20b: Outline one characteristic of steroid hormones that allows them to readily diffuse through cell...
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16N.3.HL.TZ0.20a:
On the diagram, label a
(i) second messenger.
(ii) gene regulatory protein.
- 16N.3.HL.TZ0.20c: Compare and contrast the mechanisms of action of peptide and steroid hormones.
- 17M.1.SL.TZ1.10: The graph shows the effect of increasing the substrate concentration on the rate of an...
- 17M.3.HL.TZ1.21a.i: Outline the main changes in the lungs that occur in patients with emphysema.
- 17M.3.HL.TZ1.20b: Outline the need for iodine in the endocrine system.
- 17M.3.HL.TZ1.21b.ii: Explain how the increase in CO2 concentration affects the release of oxygen to respiring cells.
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17M.3.HL.TZ1.20a:
A good marker of dietary intake of iodine is the urinary iodine level (UI). A study was carried out in the UK to establish urinary iodine levels and milk intake in schoolgirls aged 14–15 years.
Urinary iodine values from 50 to 99 μg dm–3 are considered to be mild iodine deficiency. Deduce the effect of milk intake on the iodine status of schoolgirls in the UK.
- 17M.3.HL.TZ1.20c: Growth hormones are examples of peptide hormones. Explain the mechanism of action of peptide...
- 17M.3.HL.TZ1.21a.ii: State a treatment for emphysema.
- 17M.3.HL.TZ1.21b.i: An increase in metabolic activity results in greater release of CO2 into the blood. On the graph,...
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17M.3.HL.TZ2.22:
Explain the role of receptors in mediating the action of both steroid and protein hormones.
- 17M.3.HL.TZ2.19b.iv: Sometimes hyperkalemia occurs as a body tries to respond to low blood pH. State the normal range...
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17M.3.HL.TZ2.19b.v:
Explain how low blood pH causes hyperventilation (rapid breathing).
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20N.3.HL.TZ0.24:
Explain how steroid and peptide hormones exert their effect.
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20N.3.HL.TZ0.23a:
Using the graph, explain the Bohr shift.
- 20N.3.HL.TZ0.23c: State the effect of carbon dioxide in blood on the rate of ventilation.
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20N.3.HL.TZ0.23b:
State two modes of transport of carbon dioxide in blood.
1.
2.
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20N.3.HL.TZ0.23d:
Describe what happens to the hemoglobin from old or damaged red blood cells that are broken down.
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17N.3.HL.TZ0.20a.ii:
The action of thyroxin is similar to steroid hormones. Describe the action of steroid hormones.
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17N.3.HL.TZ0.20b:
The World Health Organization recommends that the iodine intake should be supplemented in pregnant women due to their increased requirements. Outline the need for iodine supplementation.
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17N.3.HL.TZ0.20a.i:
Thyroxin is a hormone produced in the thyroid gland. State one function of thyroxin.
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17N.3.HL.TZ0.23:
Discuss high altitude training for athletes.
- 18N.3.HL.TZ0.21: Explain how the pH of blood is kept constant during exercise.
- 18N.3.HL.TZ0.20a.i: Using the diagram, identify an organ containing an exocrine gland.
- 18N.3.HL.TZ0.20b: State two effects of prolactin.
- 18N.3.HL.TZ0.20a.ii: Using the diagram, identify a hormone involved in the development of a follicle.
- 18N.3.HL.TZ0.20a.iii: Using the diagram, identify a steroid hormone.
- 18N.3.HL.TZ0.20c: List two hormones produced by the posterior pituitary gland.
- 22M.1.HL.TZ1.40: What is the role of HCG in early pregnancy? A. It prevents the degeneration of the corpus luteum...
- 18M.3.HL.TZ2.21a: From the diagram, deduce the effect of the disease polycythemia on the proportion of erythrocytes...
- 18M.3.HL.TZ2.21c: Suggest how changes in hemoglobin could help humans become better adapted to living at high...
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18M.3.HL.TZ1.19c:
Describe the mode of action of steroid hormones.
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18M.3.HL.TZ1.22:
Explain how an increase in cell respiration in a tissue causes increased release of oxygen by hemoglobin in the tissue.
- 18M.3.HL.TZ2.21b: Suggest how high altitude could lead to polycythemia.
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18M.3.HL.TZ2.23:
Compare and contrast steroid and peptide hormone action.
- 19M.3.HL.TZ1.20c: HGH is a peptide hormone. Describe the mode of action of peptide hormones on target cells.
- 19M.3.HL.TZ1.20b: Suggest one reason that it is difficult to detect illegal use of HGH to enhance athletic...
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19M.3.HL.TZ1.24b:
Explain, with the aid of an annotated diagram, how physical exercise affects the affinity of hemoglobin for oxygen.
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19M.3.HL.TZ1.24a:
The electron micrograph shows a section through an alveolus showing blood in a capillary.
[Source: © International Baccalaureate Organization 2019]
Identify the cells found at X and Y.
X:
Y:
- 19M.3.HL.TZ1.20a: Deduce from the results of the study whether HGH improves strength.
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19M.3.HL.TZ2.23:
Discuss the significance of the oxygen dissociation curves for adult hemoglobin and fetal hemoglobin.
- 19N.3.HL.TZ0.23: Explain how ventilation rate is changed during vigorous physical exercise.
- 19N.3.HL.TZ0.22a: Athletes taking growth hormones show an increase in their sprinting capacity. This is not...
- 19N.3.HL.TZ0.22c: Identify with reasons whether the pituitary gland is an exocrine or endocrine gland.
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19N.3.HL.TZ0.22b:
Distinguish between the mode of action of steroid hormones and peptide hormones.
- 19N.2.HL.TZ0.1h: Using all the data, discuss whether inoculating mice with the antigen to B. burgdorferi could be...
Sub sections and their related questions
D.5 Hormones and metabolism
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16N.3.HL.TZ0.20a:
On the diagram, label a
(i) second messenger.
(ii) gene regulatory protein.
- 16N.3.HL.TZ0.20b: Outline one characteristic of steroid hormones that allows them to readily diffuse through cell...
- 16N.3.HL.TZ0.20c: Compare and contrast the mechanisms of action of peptide and steroid hormones.
- 17M.1.SL.TZ1.10: The graph shows the effect of increasing the substrate concentration on the rate of an...
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17M.3.HL.TZ1.20a:
A good marker of dietary intake of iodine is the urinary iodine level (UI). A study was carried out in the UK to establish urinary iodine levels and milk intake in schoolgirls aged 14–15 years.
Urinary iodine values from 50 to 99 μg dm–3 are considered to be mild iodine deficiency. Deduce the effect of milk intake on the iodine status of schoolgirls in the UK.
- 17M.3.HL.TZ1.20b: Outline the need for iodine in the endocrine system.
- 17M.3.HL.TZ1.20c: Growth hormones are examples of peptide hormones. Explain the mechanism of action of peptide...
- 17M.3.HL.TZ1.21b.ii: Explain how the increase in CO2 concentration affects the release of oxygen to respiring cells.
-
17M.3.HL.TZ2.22:
Explain the role of receptors in mediating the action of both steroid and protein hormones.
-
17N.3.HL.TZ0.20a.i:
Thyroxin is a hormone produced in the thyroid gland. State one function of thyroxin.
-
17N.3.HL.TZ0.20a.ii:
The action of thyroxin is similar to steroid hormones. Describe the action of steroid hormones.
-
17N.3.HL.TZ0.20b:
The World Health Organization recommends that the iodine intake should be supplemented in pregnant women due to their increased requirements. Outline the need for iodine supplementation.
-
18M.3.HL.TZ1.19c:
Describe the mode of action of steroid hormones.
-
18M.3.HL.TZ2.23:
Compare and contrast steroid and peptide hormone action.
- 18N.3.HL.TZ0.20a.i: Using the diagram, identify an organ containing an exocrine gland.
- 18N.3.HL.TZ0.20a.ii: Using the diagram, identify a hormone involved in the development of a follicle.
- 18N.3.HL.TZ0.20a.iii: Using the diagram, identify a steroid hormone.
- 18N.3.HL.TZ0.20b: State two effects of prolactin.
- 18N.3.HL.TZ0.20c: List two hormones produced by the posterior pituitary gland.
- 18N.3.HL.TZ0.21: Explain how the pH of blood is kept constant during exercise.
- 19M.3.HL.TZ1.20a: Deduce from the results of the study whether HGH improves strength.
- 19M.3.HL.TZ1.20b: Suggest one reason that it is difficult to detect illegal use of HGH to enhance athletic...
- 19M.3.HL.TZ1.20c: HGH is a peptide hormone. Describe the mode of action of peptide hormones on target cells.
- 19N.3.HL.TZ0.22a: Athletes taking growth hormones show an increase in their sprinting capacity. This is not...
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19N.3.HL.TZ0.22b:
Distinguish between the mode of action of steroid hormones and peptide hormones.
- 19N.3.HL.TZ0.22c: Identify with reasons whether the pituitary gland is an exocrine or endocrine gland.
- 19N.2.HL.TZ0.1h: Using all the data, discuss whether inoculating mice with the antigen to B. burgdorferi could be...
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20N.3.HL.TZ0.24:
Explain how steroid and peptide hormones exert their effect.
- 22M.1.HL.TZ1.40: What is the role of HCG in early pregnancy? A. It prevents the degeneration of the corpus luteum...
D.6 Transport of respiratory gases
- 17M.1.SL.TZ1.10: The graph shows the effect of increasing the substrate concentration on the rate of an...
- 17M.3.HL.TZ1.21a.i: Outline the main changes in the lungs that occur in patients with emphysema.
- 17M.3.HL.TZ1.21a.ii: State a treatment for emphysema.
- 17M.3.HL.TZ1.21b.i: An increase in metabolic activity results in greater release of CO2 into the blood. On the graph,...
- 17M.3.HL.TZ1.21b.ii: Explain how the increase in CO2 concentration affects the release of oxygen to respiring cells.
- 17M.3.HL.TZ2.19b.iv: Sometimes hyperkalemia occurs as a body tries to respond to low blood pH. State the normal range...
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17M.3.HL.TZ2.19b.v:
Explain how low blood pH causes hyperventilation (rapid breathing).
-
17N.3.HL.TZ0.23:
Discuss high altitude training for athletes.
-
18M.3.HL.TZ1.22:
Explain how an increase in cell respiration in a tissue causes increased release of oxygen by hemoglobin in the tissue.
- 18M.3.HL.TZ2.21a: From the diagram, deduce the effect of the disease polycythemia on the proportion of erythrocytes...
- 18M.3.HL.TZ2.21b: Suggest how high altitude could lead to polycythemia.
- 18M.3.HL.TZ2.21c: Suggest how changes in hemoglobin could help humans become better adapted to living at high...
-
19M.3.HL.TZ1.24a:
The electron micrograph shows a section through an alveolus showing blood in a capillary.
[Source: © International Baccalaureate Organization 2019]
Identify the cells found at X and Y.
X:
Y:
-
19M.3.HL.TZ1.24b:
Explain, with the aid of an annotated diagram, how physical exercise affects the affinity of hemoglobin for oxygen.
-
19M.3.HL.TZ2.23:
Discuss the significance of the oxygen dissociation curves for adult hemoglobin and fetal hemoglobin.
- 19N.3.HL.TZ0.23: Explain how ventilation rate is changed during vigorous physical exercise.
- 19N.2.HL.TZ0.1h: Using all the data, discuss whether inoculating mice with the antigen to B. burgdorferi could be...
-
20N.3.HL.TZ0.23a:
Using the graph, explain the Bohr shift.
-
20N.3.HL.TZ0.23b:
State two modes of transport of carbon dioxide in blood.
1.
2.
- 20N.3.HL.TZ0.23c: State the effect of carbon dioxide in blood on the rate of ventilation.
-
20N.3.HL.TZ0.23d:
Describe what happens to the hemoglobin from old or damaged red blood cells that are broken down.
- 22M.1.HL.TZ1.40: What is the role of HCG in early pregnancy? A. It prevents the degeneration of the corpus luteum...
