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For questions that ask the student to "distinguish" between two different terms, it is effective if they first define each of the terms. For example: Energy transfer is the passing of energy fro...

Glacier mass balance is a tricky concept to understand without understanding the accumulation and ablation first. Accumulation is when a glacier is gaining mass normally from snowfall which has been compr...

Memory is a cognitive process which can be described through the Multi-store Model, set up by Atkinson and Shiffrin. Memory is a cognitive process of recording and storing environmental events and process...

There are many ways to structure a paragraph within an essay. Personally, before I start writing the essay, I make sure that I have played out a basic plan of the argument I wish to present. Through this ...

Synapses are the physical gaps that separate neurons from other cells. Neurons transmit information across synapses by converting the electrical signal into a chemical signal, usually neurotransmitters. T...