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Both sperm cells and egg cells contain a haploid nucleus, this means that they contain half the number of chromosomes of a normal diploid cell. This is so that when the egg is fertilised by the sperm ther...

An action potenial reaches the synaptic bouton causing depolarisation which opens calcium voltage gated channels. Calcium moves into the cell and causes the movement of vesicles containing acetylcholine t...

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA) both encode genetic information; however, there are many fundamental differences.

Firstly, the sugar backbone for RNA is ribose, while for DNA...

1. Waste (e.g. carbon dioxide)

Carbon dioxide is a waste product of respiration, which ends up dissolving in the blood plasma. This can cause the blood pH to decrease, which will ultimate...

A graph would be drawn to show a steady incline to an optimum temperature and then a sharp decrease after the peak.

As the temperature increases the enzyme and sustrate will have more kinetic energ...