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What is the difference between public goods and externalities?

Public goods are non-excludable and non-rival - i.e. you cannot be stopped from consuming the good and this does not affect others' consumption
Externalities are benefits/costs to a third party outsi...

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What are the patterns of global urbanisation?

Developed countries: more urbanised - 80% of USA population in 2%Developing: growing at a faster rate - Rwanda fastest urbanisation rate in the world: 9%
Leading to problems with waste management, re...

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Using your knowledge of osmosis, describe what happens to a red blood cell when they are placed in a beaker of distilled water.

The distilled water is a hypotonic solution and so has a higher water potential than that of the red blood cell. Due to the difference in water potentials, water will move from the beaker into the red blo...

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Answered by Karishma R. Biology tutor
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Give the molecular formula of benzene. Give the Kekule structure of benzene and then explain why this structure is not correct. Give the accepted structure for benzene (5 marks).

Molecular formula: C6H6The Kekule structure (draw on whiteboard in session) - has the hexagonal shape of the ring, with a carbon=carbon double bond on every other carbon-carbon link....

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Answered by Ben S. Chemistry tutor
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Putting bee honey on a cut kills bacteria. Honey contains a high concentration of sugar. Use your knowledge of water potential to suggest how putting honey on a cut kills bacteria.

Sugar is a solute, so honey contains a high concentration of solutes. This increases the solute potential, and decreases the water potential of honey, which is therefore lower than the water potential in ...

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Answered by Nighat K. Biology tutor
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