Transport and Exchange of Substances

Virginia SOL AP.4

Investigate how body systems work together to enable the transport and exchange of substances throughout the body, with the environment, or between tissues.

What students need to be able to do

  • Identify the major components of the cardiovascular, respiratory, lymphatic, digestive, and excretory systems.
  • Develop and use models to illustrate how the structure and function of body systems support transport and exchange.
  • Make, support, and evaluate a claim about how the structure of cells and tissues in body systems affect transport and exchange.
  • Make, support, and evaluate a claim about how transport and exchange require body systems to work independently and together.
  • Plan and conduct investigations related to transport and exchange in body systems.
  • Explain a disorder, disease, injury, lifestyle, or component of aging that affects transport and exchange.