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Putting bee honey on a cut kills bacteria. Honey contains a high concentration of sugar. Use your knowledge of water potential to suggest how putting honey on a cut kills bacteria.

Sugar is a solute, so honey contains a high concentration of solutes. This increases the solute potential, and decreases the water potential of honey, which is therefore lower than the water potential in ...

Answered by Nighat K. Biology tutor
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Give three features of an efficient exchange surface. Provide an example for each feature.

An efficient exchange surface should have a high surface area as this increases the rate at which diffusion can occur across it. For instance, roots have many root hair cells. These root hair cells have t...

Answered by Elliot H. Biology tutor
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How is heart rate controlled?

The heart muscle is myogenic, meaning that it is able to initiate its own contraction. The wall of the right atria has a region of specialised fibres known as the sinoatrial node ...

Answered by Beth M. Biology tutor
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What is a pathogen and what role do they have in causing disease?

A pathogen is a harmful organism that causes infectious diseases. There are many types of pathogens: bacteria, fungi, viruses, protoctists, worms and insects. They allow diseases to be transmitted from pe...

Answered by Molly T. Biology tutor
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Describe the flow of blood in the heart

Blood from the body enters the right atrium of the heart via the vena cava. It then travels into the right ventricle by a combination of gravity and cont...

Answered by Emily R. Biology tutor
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