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Describe the process of ventilation, including the difference between active and passive expiration.

To expand the lungs and fill them with air, thoracic pressure decreases. This is done by the diaphragm contracting and flattening out and the external intercostal muscles raising the ribcage upwards and o...

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Answered by Steph G. Biology tutor
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Describe how a synapse works to transmit a nervous impulse from one neuron to another neuron.

There is a pre-synaptic and post-synaptic neuron. An impulse stimulates the presynaptic neuron, travelling down to the synaptic bouton. This releases neurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft, which diffu...

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Strains of the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus have developed which are resistant to several types of antibiotic. Scientists have named these strains MRSA. These strains have developed as a result of...?

The answer is natural selection.  you have a colony of the bacterium and one bacterium develops a mutation which allows it to become resistant to some types of antibiotics. the bacteria that dont have the...

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Animals and plants have features (adaptations) that allow them to survive in the conditions in which they normally live. Describe how animals and plants are adapted to survive in dry conditions such as deserts. For each adaptation that you give, describ

Species that live in desert habitats, where water is scarce, have adaptations to conserve water and cope with the sandy terrain. A good example is the cactus which has thin spines intead of leaves, this r...

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Answered by Lorna W. Biology tutor
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Explain why graphite can conduct electricity.

Graphite is structured as layers of carbon atoms arranged in 6 atom planar rings. Each carbon atom forms three bonds to neighbouring atoms meaning that each eatom has an unbonded alectron. This unbonded e...

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