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When the temperature increases the activity of the enzyme increases, up until the optimum temperature. This is because increase in temperature, increases the movement of the molecules and so there is more ch...

There are multiple types of stimuli bodies can receive. These include light to the eye or a touch to the skin. I am going to use the example of a touch to the hand. The stimulus, a touch, is detected by rece...

When the skin is cut, we lose blood and there is a site for pathogens to enter our bloodstream, making us vulnerable to infection. To prevent this from happening, the body quickly forms a blood clot which al...

Osmosis is the passive movement of water molecules down their concentration gradient across a partially permeable membrane. In plant cells, water moves via osmosis into the vacuole of the cell. The osmotic p...

Respiration is not the same as breathing. Breathing is ventilation involving the lungs, diaphragm and intercoastal muscles. When you inhale this causes the internal intercoastal muscles to relax and the exte...