
Ch.7 Mass transport - Part 1 (haemoglobin) - A level Biology
Quiz by Mr R Horn
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True or false? Haemoglobin has quaternary structure.
What word means 'the strength of the attraction between two substances (eg oxygen and haemoglobin)'?
Which subunits are present in 'adult' human haemoglobin?
What term is used to describe the binding of oxygen to haemoglobin?
It is easier for the 2nd and then the 3rd oxygen (O2) molecule to bind to haemoglobin than it is for the first O2 molecule to bind. This is because ...?

It is easier for the 2nd and then the 3rd oxygen (O2) molecule to bind to haemoglobin than it is for the first O2 molecule to bind. This is called ...?

What term is used to describe the unbinding of oxygen from haemoglobin?
Which plot line show the oxygen dissociation curve if the CO2 concentration is high (eg during high levels of aerobic respiration)?

What name is given to the plot live showing the oxygen dissociation curve in the presence of high CO2 concentration?

Which plot line show the oxygen dissociation curve for human fetal haemoglobin?

Which plot line show the oxygen dissociation curve for a llama or a lugworm?

Mackerel are fast swimming predatory fish. Would you expect their haemoglobin oxygen dissociation curve to be to the right of human haemoglobin or the left?
