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The key thing here is to note that both diffusion and osmosis are passive processes, and active transport is an active process. A passive process is one which does not require any energy in order to occur...

Individuals within a population show a wide range of variation due to differences in their genes. The individuals within these species/populations with the characteristics most suited to their environment...

An enzyme is a biological catalyst. It is a protein with an active site that binds to a substrate to accelerate a chemical reaction.

Plants have photoreceptors in the tips of their shoots. If light is detected from a specific direction, the plant will produce auxins which diffuse fown the shoot of the plant. The auxins increase in conc...

Resperation in cells occurs in the Mitochondria. Mitochondria are rod shaped organelles that can be thought of as the power generators of the cell. There role is to convert Oxygen and Nutrients into Adeno...