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How do vaccines prevent certain diseases?

Vaccines introduce a dead, inactive or altered form of a pathogen (a microbe that causes an infectious disease) into the body. These pathogens have antigens,

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Explain why the balloons inflate in the bell jar model of the lungs, when the rubber sheet is pulled down. (3 marks)

When the sheet is pulled down, the volume in the jar increasesThis causes the pressure in the jar to decreaseTherefore, air enters the balloon, down the pressure gradient, causing the inflation.

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Describe the structure of proteins (5)

The primary structure of proteins consist of the sequence of amino acids that are joined by peptide bonds. These amino acids are joined together via a condensation reaction. The secondary structure is for...

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What are the differences between directional and stabilising selection? Give an example of each.

In directional (a.k.a. adaptive) selection, one extreme of a population has a selective advantage i.e. is fitter than other individuals of the population. This causes a directional shift towards this extr...

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What’s the difference between mitosis and meiosis?

Mitosis is a type of cell division in which a cell divides to form two cells that are genetically identical to the original cell and each other. During the cell cycle, the cell’s amount of genetic materia...

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