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Why are enzymes affected by temperature?

At low temperature, there is low kinetic energy (=molecules move more slowly). So, an enzyme and a substrate are less likely to randomly collide with eachother (similarly, people are more likely to bump into...
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Describe the process of ventilation, including the difference between active and passive expiration.

To expand the lungs and fill them with air, thoracic pressure decreases. This is done by the diaphragm contracting and flattening out and the external intercostal muscles raising the ribcage upwards and outw...
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How do fish ventilate their gills?

Unlike mammals fish have water as their gas exchange medium instead of air. Fish use gills for gas exchange, gills are specialised flaps of tissue which have the following features to allow efficient gas exc...
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Explain the cardiac cycle

basic anatomy of the heart: chambers, valves, structural difference between right and left side of the heart pulmonary vs. systemic circulation blood flow through the heart
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Describe the differences between mitosis and meiosis and when would these occur in mammalian cells?

Both mitosis and meiosis use cytokinesis for the division of genetic informaton between cells, however mitosis creates identical copies known as daughter cells after just one round of cell division, whereas ...
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