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Give three reasons for why biomass may not be transferred from primary consumers to organisms at higher trophic levels in the food chain. [3 marks]

Some energy is lost via the the primary organism's waste products (such as urine and faeces).Some energy is lost as heat produced as a product of respiration.Energy produced by respiration may be used for...

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Prove algebraically that (4n + 1)² − (2n − 1) is an even number for all positive integer values of n.

First of all expand the brackets and simplify the expression given:(4n+1)(4n+1)-(2n-1)= 8n²+8n+1-2n+1= 8n²+6n+2= 2(4n²+3n+1). Since the expression can be factorised with 2...

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dux Gallorum timebat ne Romani viros collem ascendentes audirent. itaque imperavit omnibus Gallis ut in itinere tacerent. ea nocte Galli tam tacite processerunt ut custodes Romani eos non conspicerent.

The leader of the Gauls was afraid that the Romans might hear the men climbing the hill.And so he ordered all the Gauls to say nothing on the journey.That night the Gauls advanced so silently that the Rom...

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How to recognise and make the link between probability and the algebraic demands of this question?

While I doubt students will ask this exact question, think it provides the basis for what are usually the most difficult questions in GCSE papers, and students would usually be unsure where to start. My i...

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In a circuit with a 12V battery, 20Ω resistor and 10Ω resistor, all in series, calculate the current that would flow?

This question can be split into two parts, the first is calculating overall resistance: in series the R_total= R₁+ R₂so here R_total= 10Ω + 20Ω = 30Ω The seco...

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