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How are red blood cells adapted to carrying oxygen

Biconcave discs- to increase surface area for oxygen carriage Haemoglobin- increases affinity for oxygen uptake at the lungs. However, at the respiring tissues, the increased CO2 concentration allow relea...

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Define osmosis

Osmosis is the movement of water across a semi-permeable membrane

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Give 3 ways in which aerobic respiration differs from anaerobic respiration in muscles.

Aerobic respiration uses oxygen/O2 while anaerobic respiration doesn't use oxygen.Aerobic respiration produces carbon dioxide/CO2 as a waste product while anaerobic respiration doesn't (it produces lactic...

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Answered by Sarah G. Biology tutor
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Define what degenerate genetic coding means and why it is advantageous

Degenerate genetic coding means that although there are 64 different codons, there are only 21 amino acids, meaning that there are multiple codons which code for one single amino acid. The advantage for t...

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Answered by Avinash S. Biology tutor
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Why does bread start to taste sweet after being chewed in the mouth for a long period of time?

[Hints given to student: (1) Bread contains starch, and (2) saliva mixes with your food when you are chewing].ANSWER: Bread contains the carbohydrate called 'starch', a molecule consistin...

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Answered by Raghav A. Biology tutor
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