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What is the difference between natural selection and evolution?

Evolution is the gradual change in the alleles of a species over time to make it more suited to its environment. Natural selection is when certain members of a population have an advantageous allele makin...

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Describe the necessity for a reflex action to occur when, for example, touching a hot surface (2)

A reflex action is much faster than a normal, conscious movement, which enables a person to remove themselves from a dangerous stimulus much faster, to reduce the damage which would be caused if a reflex ...

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Explain why a plant tip will bend towards a light source (2)

When a light source is shone at a plant, a hormone known as auxin travels to its shady side, which enables this side of the plant to elongate its cells and stretch. This results in the tip of the...

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Briefly describe the bonding between Adenine and Thymine units (1)

The bonding between adenine and thymine consists of two hydrogen bonds between each unit(The way I like to remember this is that the Walker vehicles from Star Wars are known as 'AT AT's)

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Explain why short bursts of anaerobic exercise is possible (in mammals), but impossible at longer durations? (4)

In the absence of oxygen, the anaerobic glycolysis pathway can occur, which produces roughly 1/15th of the normal yield of ATP from aerobic respiration, as well as two molecules of NADH (reduced NAD). Sim...

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