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Extensive root systems allow for maximum uptake of available water from the ground. Low surface area to volume ratio reduces the rate of evapotranspiration, alongside a thick waxy cuticle covering the sur...

Example of an alkane is C_{​​​​​​}H_​4​​​​ methane

The main difference between alkane and alkene is the saturation of the carbon-carbon bond. In alkane is unsaturated and has a C-...

Although benzene is often drawn with alternating single and double bonds (Kekule structure), this is not representative of what is actually going on. Refer back to the structure of a C=C double bond, whic...

Metals are the largest category of elements and they are characterized by their appearance: usually they possess a silvery shine, they are solid (except for mercury), they are malleable and they conduct e...

The interior angle of a regular shape is the angle found on the inside of the shape at each of its corners. A twelve-sided regular polygon is too complex to remember its geometric rules so we must divide ...