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Dead plants are able to decay faster in soil where earthworms live as earthworms disrupt the compact nature of the soil allowing more oxygen to reach the soil. This means there is more aerobic respiration...

It is important that a cell membrane is intact as it protects cell contents from the external environment, and controls what can enter and exit the cell. At temperatures below normal, cell membrane perme...

Non competitive inhibitor binds to allosteric site of the enzyme (does not bind to the active site of the enzyme).
This binding alters the tertiary structure of the protein meaning that the active si...

His heart rate increases as his cellular demand for oxygen increases and the amount of carbon dioxide in his blood increases, this is due to an increase in the rate respiration because of increased ATP de...

During exercise body temperatures increase, as this can be damaging to biological processes (enzymes may be denatured) the body tries to maintain a constant body temperature in a process called homeostasi...