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Describe how living plants are involved in the carbon cycle. (4 marks)

Living plants take in carbon dioxide for photosynthesis. They take in this carbon to make protein. They respire which releases carbon dioxide. they provide food for animals. They store/lock up carbon.

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How is DNA linked to protein synthesis? Why does mutations in DNA have serious implications on protein synthesis?

DNA is the genetic code of an individual, this has been assembled from the contributions of your maternal and paternal gamete genomes. When a gene is being expressed, a polymerase transcribes a copy in th...

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Why do you weigh less on the Moon than on Earth?

Weight is the product of an object's mass and the dominant gravitational field that it feels. On Earth, objects feel a gravitational acceleration which is dependent on the mass of the earth and its rotati...

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If x^2-5x+6=0, solve for x.

Since x^2-5x+6=0 is a quadratic we need to factorize before solvingAll quadratics fall under this formula ax^2+bx+c=0 so in this case a=1, b=-5 and c=6Drawing the very common ac b table we get: ac|b ...

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The straight line joining the points (1, -2a),(a, 1) has a gradient of 5, find the value of a

m=y-y1/x-x15=1-(-2a)/a-15=1+2a/a-15(a-1)=1+2a5a-5=1+2a3a=6a=2

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