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The easiest way to remember the main different between xylem and phloem, when you know one transports glucose and the other water and minerals, is that phloem (pronounced as an 'f') = food, so glucose. An...

Receptors in the skin detect a stimulus (which is a change in environment, for example an increase in temperature when you touch a hot pan). Sensory neurones (a nerve cell which sends electrical impulses ...

Cell division, or mitosis, occurs in diploid cells (cells with two copies of every chromosome). During mitosis, a cell will divide and produce two daughter cells which are also diploid. These two daughter...

Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is taken up by producers via the process of photosynthesis to produce glucose. Some animal organisms consume the plants. Via the process of respiration, animals and plants...

There are two main types of diabetes: type 1 and type 2. Both types of diabetes are chronic diseases that affect the way your body regulates blood sugar, or glucose. Glucose is the fuel that feeds your bo...