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The membrane is folded therefore has a larger surface area for transport of nutrients by active transport and diffusion. Also, the membrane has a lot of protein carries in the membrane that are used for ...

The number of organisms reduces because between each level of the food chain about 10% of energy is lost through movement, through not the full organism on the previous level being eaten as bones and hair...

One factor is interference. New learning may cause either proactive or retroactive interference, where another memory is recalled instead of the one needed. An example of proactive interference is recalli...

The quadriceps work eccentrically on the way down for the squat, as the hamstrings contract concentrically. Then on the way up, the hamstrings relax, while the quadriceps contract concentrically.

While procedural memory is mainly related to motor skills, episodic memory stores memories of life events meaning they have different purposes. Another difference is that episodic memory is declarative me...