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Type 1 diabetes has an early onset and is linked with genetic factors. Type 2 diabetes can develop later on in life and is linked with lifestyle facts such as diet and exercise.

Water molecules move down their concentration gradient, across the partially permeable cell membrane, from a high concentration to a low concentration. Osmosis continues until the concentration of water m...

Asexual reproduction occurs when the offspring comes from a single parent. This results in offspring with the same genetic composition as the parent. Sexual reproduction occurs when a male gamete and a fe...

The alveoli in the lungs have a high surface area to volume ratio that provide a higher rate of diffusion. They have very thin walls which are one cell thick that allow fast gaseous exchange between the a...

Respiration is the process of transferring energy throughout cells within an organism. Energy is required for a lot of processes to take place in organisms such as: movement - for muscle contractions to t...