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Work out the lengths of each side; do so by adding the ratio components together (3+4+5).The components add to 12; we can now find the value of a single unit of the ratio, by dividing 72 by 12.72/12 is 6;...

Enzymes are proteins; as such they have a primary, secondary and tertiary structure. Each type of structure helps to hold the enzyme together so that it's substrate - the molecule it specifically binds to...

The all- or-nothing-law is related to neurons and is the idea that a neuron can only have a full response (fire an action potential) or no response to a stimulus due to its threshold.Once the resting pote...

The surface area to volume ratio of an object will decrease as the size of the object increases. This means that a small object with a small volume will have a bigger surface area, as a proportion or frac...

There are four structures of a protein: the primary, secondary and tertiary. Primary is the sequence of amino acids in the protein. The secondary structure is the way the protein is either folded into a p...