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What is the role of the kidneys and how does it function to do its job?

The main role of the kidney is to filter the blood, to remove toxins like urea and then via various methods, parts of the kidney are able to reabsorb many of these filtered substances back for example, gl...

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Answered by Luwaiza M. Biology tutor
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Two snails belong to the same species. Yellow shelled snails found in grassland areas, dark shelled ones in woodland. Shell colour determined by genes. Explain how natural selection could have caused this distribution of snails

The yellow banded shell provides camouflage to the snail in grassland areas. These are more difficult for the birds to see, so less are eaten by predation. As a consequence, more yellow banded snails surv...

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Answered by Leah B. Biology tutor
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What are the differences between diffusion, osmosis and active transport?

Diffusion is the net movement of particles in solution across a partially permeable membrane. The net movement of particles is from higher to lower concentration gradient.

Osmosis is the net moveme...

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Answered by Thomas W. Biology tutor
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Describe the conducting circuit in the heart

The heart is a muscular pump which pushes blood out to the body. It does this by contracting the muscle fibres which sqeezes the blood out. The heart has 4 chambers. Blood comes into the top two chambers,...

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Answered by Clodagh M. Biology tutor
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What are the main differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells?

I would say the main difference here is that eukaryotic cells (e.g. animal cells) have a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles, whereas prokaryotic cells (bacteria and archaea) have no nucleus and no memb...

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Answered by Sophie P. Biology tutor
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