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Glucose is broken down using oxygen. This releases energy from the bonds of glucose. The products are carbon dioxide and water.

Asexual reproduction is where an organism produces offspring which is genetically identical to itself, without fertilisation happening

The main identifying feature of asexual reproduction is that t...

The water potential in bacterial cells is higher than that of the honey, meaning that water leaves the bacterial cells by osmosis. This loss of water denatures the bacterial cells as it stops metabolic re...

A ribosome is the centre of protein synthesis within an animal cell. Translation and transcription of DNA takes place within a ribosome, meaning the genes are read and a messengerRNA provides transfer and...

1 a) a microorganism that causes infectious disease

1 b) White blood cells:

- Ingest pathogens

- produce antibodies which destroy particular bacteria or viruses

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