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Explain how the properties of water are significant to living organisms.

Water is the medium of life. Its four key properties - thermal properties, ability to act as a universal solvent, cohesion and adhesion - help support the life processes and habitats of virtually all organis...
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Explain the course of Hershey-Chase experiment.

In the 50's scientists didn't agree about which molecule - proteins or DNA - carry the hereditary genetic information. This experiment was designed to answer this question. It was known that bacteriophages t...
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Explain antibiotic resistance in bacteria and its evolution.

Antibiotics are used as medicine to treat bacterial diseases. Bacterial diseases are the result of populations of bacteria, and bacteria within these populations are not all equally susceptible to antibiotic...
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Compare and contrast animal and plant cells, giving 3 similarities and 3 differences. Answer can be given as an annotated diagram.

Similarities:Have a cell membraneHave a nucleusHave mitochondriaDifferences:Plant cell has a cell wallPlant cell has one big vacuolePlant cells have chloroplasts - those in the leaves
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explain the breakdown of erythrocytes in the body

erythrocytes / red blood cells are broken down in the liver. They enter the liver through the hepatic artery and are engulfed (phagocytosis) by Kupffer cells on the inner wall of sinusoids in the liver. Kupf...
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