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What is more important in reducing the impact of Earthquakes, Prediction or Mitigation?

Natural Hazards can present serious threats to lives and livelihoods. This essay will focus upon earthquakes and discuss how prediction and mitigation both can help reduce the impacts of an earthquake but...

Answered by Katie H. • Geography tutor

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Explain how arteries and veins differ in their structure and how this relates to their function? (4)

Arteries are vessels blood away from the heart whereas veins carry blood to the heart Arteries have thicker walls to cope with the higher pressure- muscle (contracts-to control blood flow) elastic (helps ...

Answered by Ghazala T. • Biology tutor

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What factors affect transpiration rate?

One factor which affects transpiration rate is light. When it is lighter, the stomata is open, which allows carbon dioxide in for photosynthesis. This means that water can diffuse out the leaf, so there ...

Answered by Saman A. • Biology tutor

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Explain what 'water potential' is, and how it relates to bacterial cell death. (3 marks)

(1) Water potential is the measure of potential energy in water.(2) Water potential determines the tendency of water to move from one location to another, via osmosis. (3) If bacteria is surrounded with a...

Answered by Ann D. • Biology tutor

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For 100ml of a liquid with a mass density of 1(kg m^-3), and a specific heat capacity of 2(kJ kg^-1 K^-1), how much energy is required to increase the temperature of the liquid by 4 degrees celsius. Assume no heat loss and that the liquid does not boil.

The key equation to this question is the energy transfer equation of Q = mcT. Q represents the amount of energy put into the system, m is the mass of the object we're talking about in kg,...

Answered by Henry W. • Physics tutor

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