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To what extent did the arms race exacerbate tensions between the USA and USSR during the Cold War?

Essay Plan-Firstly, introduce the answer by giving an overview of the arms race. It began with the USSR successfully testing an atomic bomb in 1949 and was a key feature of the struggle for supremacy thro...

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Explain the importance of mRNA in the process of protein synthesis and problems that can occur if there is a problem with the mRNA template?

mRNA serves as the template from which the tRNA will join to, during the process of translation, to form the polypeptide chain and eventually the protein. if the template is wrong or missing the desired p...

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How do signals cross a synapse

  1. action potential arrives at post synaptic terminal 2. voltage gated calcium channels open 3. calcium enters presynaptic neuron and move to neurotransmitter vesicles 4. vesicles move to membranes and...
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Contrast the processes of facilitated diffusion and active transport (3 marks)

Note that the question is 3 marks. Also note the question uses the word 'contrast' so you must talk about both processes. Cells must communicate with their external environment and vice versa, therefore, ...

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Using your knowledge of periodicity and atomic structure, why does the first ionisation energy decrease moving down a group yet increase moving along a period in the periodic table?

Moving down a group means that the shielding of the outer electrons is increased due to the greater number of inner electron shells within the atom - these are between the nucleus and the outer electrons....

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