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Describe how different environmental factors affect the direction of growth of roots and shoots making reference to plant hormones

Shoots grow upwards towards light and away from gravity, while roots grow downwards towards moisture and with gravity. Plants produce an uneven distribution the hormone auxin causing unequal growth rates of ...
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A person touches a hot pan by accident and their hand automatically moves away. What type of response is this? Describe how the structures involved cause the response. (5 marks)

Reflex action/reflex arc/reflex (allow "involuntary") The stimulus (heat) is detected by temperature receptors in the skin. This causes impulses to travel along a sensory neurone to the spinal cord...
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Who are the Olympic gods?

There are 12 Olympic gods, each with their own personality and characteristics. They were worshipped in accordance with these personality traits and often displayed very human characteristics. Zeus - ruler o...
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Ethane is an organic compound. Please (a) write down the molecular formula of ethanoic acid and (b) verify the type of organic compound ethanoic acid belongs.

a) C2H6 b) Carboxylic Acid
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Solve the simultaneous equations: x^2 + y^2 = 29 and y - x = 3

To solve these equations we need to eliminate one of the variables, so make y the subject of the second equation: y = x + 3. Now y can be substituted into the first equation: x^2 + (x+3)^2 = 29. Expanding (x...
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