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Trypsin is a protease produced in an inactive form in some cells of the pancreas. Suggest the advantage of producing it in an inactive form?

Trypsin is a protease that acts in the small intestine to digest proteins. The advantage of it being produced inactive form in the pancreas is so that it doesn't digest pancreatic proteins. This means it doe...
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To what extent can preparedness and planning lessen the effects of volcanic hazards?

Volcanic hazards have many effects that can be split into two catagories: those affecting people and those affecting the environment. Volcanoes can be made through both constructive and destructive fault lin...
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How do organisms generate ATP?

Plants - harness light energy into chemical energy of ATP (photosynthesis) Eukaryotes- extract high energy electrons from fuels (mostly sugars) to synthesise ATP. This process is called oxidative phosphoryla...
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How are glucose molecules absorbed in the gut?

Food consists of many types of molecules, these are: polysaccharides (a chain of single molecular units); dissacharides (a pair of single molecular units) and monosaccharides (the individual units themselves...
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What is the difference between meiosis and mitosis?

Function: Mitosis is used in the replication of body cells. It occurs every day to replace cells that have died or have been damaged, for growth and also in asexual reproduction. Meiosis is used to produce g...
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