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Describe how animals and plants are adapted to survive in dry conditions such as deserts. For each adaptation explain how this helps them survive. (6 marks)

There are many ways that animals are adapted to live in dry conditions. First, a decrease in surface area reduces water loss by minimising sweating. They may also have l ong eyelashes to keep dust out of the...
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List 3 differences between a plant cell and an animal cell

Plant cells have choloroplasts and animal cells do not, plant cells have a vacuole and animal cells do not, plant cells have a cell wall while animal cells only have a membrane
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Lipids are molecules that are derived from

3 Fatty acid chains and 1 Glycerol
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Two snails belong to the same species. Yellow shelled snails found in grassland areas, dark shelled ones in woodland. Shell colour determined by genes. Explain how natural selection could have caused this distribution of snails

The yellow banded shell provides camouflage to the snail in grassland areas. These are more difficult for the birds to see, so less are eaten by predation. As a consequence, more yellow banded snails survive...
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What are the differences between diffusion, osmosis and active transport?

Diffusion is the net movement of particles in solution across a partially permeable membrane. The net movement of particles is from higher to lower concentration gradient. Osmosis is the net movement of wate...
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