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Describe one theory of cognitive development.

Piaget's theory of cognitive development poses that there are 4 sequential stages of development. The child moves through the stages as they mature. The first stage is the sensorimotor stage (0-2 years ol...

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A particle is moving in a straight line from A to B with constant acceleration 4m/s^2. The velocity of the particle at A is 3m/s in the direction AB. The velocity of the particle at B is 18m/s in the same direction/ Find the distance from A to B.

First draw a diagram to see the set-up.Then look at SUVAT to see which values we have been given. In this case it is a=4, u=3,v=18 and s=?. The only letter not used from SUVAT is the t so we use the formu...

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Outline the events that occur within the heart, which cause blood to move around the body.

One of the most crucial functions of the heart is to act as a pump which distributes the blood around the body. The blood is first collected in the atria, and then pumped from atria to the ventricles. The...

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How do muscles contract? Describe the sliding filament theory.

When an action potential from a motor neurone stimulates a muscle cell, a number of things happen to cause sarcomeres (the smallest contracting unit of a muscle cell) to shorten and contract very rapidly....

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Given a graph of the displacement of a particle, how can you tell if it is in Simple Harmonic Motion?

There are two main features if an object is in SHM. The first is that it has a fixed maximum amplitude. That is to say, if the mean (halfway between the maximum values of oscillation (+ve and -ve)) displa...

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