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What is the best way to go about answering a long answer biology question?

Answering questions in biology that offer more marks is all about key words - usually the examiner has a few of these in front of them that offer a mark simply for using the word in your answer. The good thi...
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Answered by Daisy Y. • Biology tutor
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Why is the human circulation em called a double circulation system?

In the double circulation system there are two routes that the blood can take: 1. Through the lungs 2. To the rest of the body The blood starting in the heart has no oxygen in it. It flows from the heart and...
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What is the difference between osmosis and active transport?

First of all we have to understand that there are concentration gradients between cells and the outside. A higher concentration of solute is when there is more solute (eg salt) dissolved in the solvent (e.g ...
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What happens to the blood when it enters the heart?

The heart has four chambers; the right ventricle and atrium, and the left ventricle and atrium. Deoxygenated blood, once it has travelled the entire body, enters the heart from the vena cava into the right a...
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What is peristalsis?

Peristalsis is the mechanism by which gut muscles contract. There are two main types of muscle in the gut: -longitudinal -circular Together, these muscles contract to create waves of movement. This allows fo...
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