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Answers could include:Thinning of alveoli walls to reduce the size of the alveoli air sacsSacs lose their elasticity leading to a difficulty in expelling carbon dioxide and taking in oxygenDecrease in dif...

Water potential basically means how likely it is for water molecules to diffuse out of or into a solution.Pure water (i.e. water with no solutes) has a water potential value of 0.As you add solutes (i.e. ...

mRNA from the nucleus binds to a ribosome which is either free in the cytoplasm or associated with the rough ER. The ribosome binds at the 5' end and scans to the start codon (AUG). The ribosome allows tR...

Eukaryotic Cells- Eukaryotic cells are multicellular and more complex- Contain membrane bound organelles, so this includes a nucleus, which contains the genetic material as chromos...

Ultrafiltration begins in the nephron in the kidney. Blood travels through a coiled structure of capillaries called the glomerulus surrounded by the Bowman's capsule. The hydrostatic pressure of the flow...