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Only a small percentage of the sun's energy captured by plants is incorporated into body tissues of carnivores. What happens to the rest of this energy?

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 used fo...
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Explain two ways in which the human body reacts to an increase in body temperature above the optimum.

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. Secondl...
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menstrual cycle and contraceptive pills

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 cycleit stimulates the pituitar...
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Describe briefly the role of tRNA and mRNA in the translation process

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, t...
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Name two types of effectors in the body, and the response that effector makes

Muscle - it contracts Gland - it secretes hormones
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