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Why would someone's hand jerk back when they touch something hot?

This phenomenon is called the 'jerk reflex' and is controlled by an electrical pathway along the nerves in your body. Once the hot object makes contact or comes close to the skin receptors will pick up the s...
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How can donepezil improve communication between nerve cells?

Donepezil is an inhibitor of the enzyme acetylcholinesterase. Acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter that diffuses across synapses, binds to the acetylcholine receptor and causes sodium ion channels to open. In...
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Nitrates and phosphates from fertiliser applied to crops may enter ponds and lakes. Explain how nitrate may cause the death of fish in fresh water.

Plants need three main nutrients to grow, which can be helpfully abbreviated as NPK: that's nitrates, phosphates and potassium. Many gardeners and farmers will apply these fertilisers to crops in order to in...
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Explain how a mutation in DNA could cause a non functioning enzyme to be formed

A mutation could change the order of DNA bases which would alter the type of amino acid produced from a DNA triplet. Therefore, the enzyme, which is a protein, formed from these amino acids would be differen...
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How does ATP fuel reactions?

ATP releases energy when it is converted to ADP and iP by ATP lyase. It REQUIRES energy to create that phosphate bond and so the bond can be viewed as the store of energy. ATP lyase breaks this and release e...
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