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