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Although both are giant covalent structures, they have different structures. Diamond makes a 3d structure with each carbon attached to 4 other carbons so the only bond to break when melting it is the very...

The habitat of the Polar Bears is the arctic. This is a much colder climate than the other species of bear found in the wild. Therefore the Polar Bear has adapted to live in this colder climate. One adapt...

Shelley presents her protagonist Victor Frankenstein as being entirely innocent throughout his youth, as he claims about his parents, 'I was their plaything- their child, the innocent and helpless creatur...

The axon is polarised at rest. This means that there is a negative charge within the axon and a positive charge outside. This resting polarisation is caused by a Na/K pump that uses active transport to tr...

Transcription is the first step of protein synthesis. This involves DNA helicase unwinding the double stranded DNA, and complementary mRNA binding to the DNA bases with the help of the DNA polymerase. DNA...