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Why is diffusion insufficient to meet the oxygen requirements of multicellular organisms like humans ?
a. All bodily cells in multicellular creatures like humans are not in direct contact with the environment .
b. The process of diffusion from the environment will provide enough oxygen to every cell in the body .
c. Diffusion is insufficient to supply multicellular creatures' oxygen needs .
d. When the size of the animals is large, diffusion alone is sufficient to deliver oxygen to all the parts of the body .
e. In multicellular organisms like humans, all the cells are in direct contact with the environment .
f. Every cell does not get oxygen as per need by the process of diffusion. Therefore diffusion is insufficient to meet the oxygen requirements of multicellular organisms .