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Why is internal temperature regulation an important homeostasis?

Internal temperature of your body must be tighly controlled. The key processes of your body are driven by enzymatic activity and there is an optimal temperature at which these operate. If body temperature in...
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How do Beta Cells secrete insulin to decrease blood glucose concentration?

Blood glucose enters the beta cells by facilitated diffusion. The increased concentration of glucose in the beta cell causes the rate of respiration to increase therefore produces more ATP. The rise of ATP t...
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Describe the differences in cell structure between animal, plant and bacterial cells

Cells are the micro building blocks of all living organisms, and though there are many different kinds allowing us to have many different functions, we will focus on the basic ones associated with animals, p...
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Explain how eutrophication can lead to the death of aquatic organisms? (6 marks)

1 - Fertilisers (eg NPK) used in agriculture are washed into local water sources such as rivers and lakes by rainwater/surface run off 2 - These nutrients enable algae to grow, leading to the formation of al...
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Explain the types of enzyme inhibition

There are two key ways by which enzymes can be inhibited. Competitive inhibition - this involves a molecule other than the substrate binding to the active site of the enzyme (the location where the substrate...
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