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Competitive inhibitors, compete for the active site. They have a similar shape to the substrate and so can bind to the active site and prevent the substrate from binding. This means the subtrate cannot bi...

In a food chain, very little energy is passed onto the next trophic level - this is because living creatures create waste.  Energy passes out of the food chain in a number of ways, including; - energy use...

Firstly sweat is released from sweat glands onto the surface of our skin. This acts to decrease body temperature by causing thermal engery to be transfered away from the skin as the sweat evaporates.

 FSH 

it causes an egg to mature in an ovaryit stimulates the ovaries to release the hormone oestrogen.

Oestrogen

it stops FSH being produced - so that only one egg matures in a cycle...

mRNA is produced from the transcription of DNA in the nucleus. Afte splicing has occured to remove non coding introns from the pre-mRNA, the mRNA leaves the nucleus via nuclear pores. Moving to a ribosome...