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What is a sense organ?

A sense organ is a specialise organ, with a cluster of receptor cells that sense changes in the environment.

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A recessive allele causes condition X. A heterozygous man and homozygous recessive woman want to have a child. Use a punnet square to determine the probability that the child will have condition X.

Father genotype: HhMother genotype: hh(DRAW PUNNET SQUARE ON WHITEBOARD)Child with condition X will have genotype hh.Probability = 0.5 (50%).

Answered by Amy S. Biology tutor
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What is the equation for respiration?

C6H12O6 + 6O2 --> 6CO2 + 6H20 + E

Answered by Maggie L. Biology tutor
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Explain why damaged villi may result in poor growth (4 marks)

(mark 1) damaged villi reduce the surface area for villi (mark 2) meaning fewer amino acids and glucose are absorbed (mark 3) less glucose present means there is less energy transferred in respiration (ma...

Answered by Jemima A. Biology tutor
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Explain how the body responds to increases and decrease in blood glucose concentration:

When the concentration of glucose in the blood increases, insulin (a hormone) is secreted by the pancreas. It binds to cells, stimulating them to increase their uptake of glucose, hence decreasing the amo...

Answered by Mikhela S. Biology tutor
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