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What are the 4 stages of aerobic respiration?

Glycolysis Link reactionkrebs cycleoxidative phosphorylation

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Describe the difference between the absorption spectrum and the action spectrum of a plant (photosynthesis)

The absorption spectrum is the rate of absorption at different wavelengths of light by the different light absorbing pigments present. Each pigment absorbs different wavelengths of light to increase overa...

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Describe the structure of DNA

-DNA is a double-stranded helix-Two polynucleotide strands (that run antiparallel to each other), held together by hydrogen bonding between the complementary base pairs-Each nucleotide consists of deoxyri...

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Why does an enzyme only catalyse one reaction?

Enzymes are proteins, which have a specific 3D tertiary structure, with a specifically shaped active site. The active site can only bind one substrate to...

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1.1 Write out the base sequence of the complimentary strand of DNA for the following DNA sequence (ATGGCTACG) (2 marks). 1.2 How many amino acids does the DNA sequence code for? (1 mark)

1.1 Answer: TACCGATGC (T is complimentary to A and C is complimentary to G)1.2 Answer: 3 amino acids (3 DNA bases code for 1 amino acid and there are 9 DNA bases in the sequence (9/3=3))

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