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What is aerobic respiration and why is it important in the human body?

Aerobic respiration is the process by which energy is released from glucose in the presence of oxygen (as indicated by the word 'aerobic'). While in reality it is a complex, multi-step series of reactions co...
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Antibiotics can be used to protect our bodies from pathogens: What is a pathogen?

Pathogen: any microorganism (bacteria or virus) that can cause disease. anything that has a 'path' to disease. I will explain that often the question gives a clue to the answer to the question. The question ...
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Describe and explain the mechanism behind the specificity of enzyme reactions.

An enzyme is a protein that catalyses a reaction. That means they perform the reaction without being used up. Enzymes are very specific. Typically only one enzyme with catalyse one kind of reaction. This is ...
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What is semi-conservative replication of DNA? And why is it important?

Semi-conservative DNA replication involves splitting open the parent cells DNA duplex and exposing both strands. Now these strands are accessible to replication machinery to act as a template, so that the se...
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Describe how plants and/or animals are adapted to dry conditions.

Animals: Decrease in surface area in which sweat can be lost from Hump with fat stores to convert to water Thin layer of body fat Keep out of the sun Plants: Decrease in surface area in leaves to reduce wate...
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