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Describe how water moves through the cells of a plant

Water moves via osmosis; this process is where water moves from an area of higher water potential to an area of low water potential with no energy required to be inputed into the system.
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By what process do plants move ions from the soil exterior to the plant, into the root cells of the plant?

Active Transport Normally soil ion concentrations will be low, and high in the root cells. The ions have to move up a concentration gradient and therefore requires an energy-using process to do so.
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Name the three domains of life.

Archaea Bacteria Eukaryota
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Explain the concept of recessive and dominant alleles

Firstly it is always good to relate such a concept with an example that is easily remembered and therefore easily applied. Alleles refer to alternate forms of the same gene, which code for a particular trait...
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Bob and Brenda are both heterozygous for a genetically inherited recessive trait. (a) Calculate the probability that they would have a healthy child. Use a genetic diagram to help. (b) Suggest an example of a recessive inherited disorder

Heterozygous means that the parents both carry a dominant allele (A) and a recessive allele (a). Dominant alleles are always expressed in the phenotype. Recessive alleles are expressed in the phenotype only ...
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