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Explain the nervous pathway reflex when touching something hot (5 marks)

The stimulus/heat is detected by receptors in the hand It sends an impulse via sensory neurones to the spinal cord/CNSChemicals are transmitted via the synapses and diffuses across the gap The impulses trave...
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What is the most effective way to prioritise what you need to learn or revise for in the exam?

The chief mistake made here is in believing that a History A-Level exam is about how much you know. If this were true, exams would be a blank time-line for you to fill in. Instead, you must remember that an ...
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Discuss how kingship is represented in Macbeth

Macbeth and Duncan are compared to one another in Macbeth in terms of their suitability to be king. In the Holinshed chronicles Duncan is figured as unable to rule effectively, and Shakespeare uses this in A...
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How does William Golding explore human brutality in 'Lord of the Flies'?

Character juxtaposition: Golding juxtaposes the characters of Ralph and Jack in order to demonstrate man's capacity for brutality and cruelty. Ralph's actions in the first half of the novel are guided by not...
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Calculate the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle when the other two sides measure 6cm and 9cm.

Pythagoras theorem which applies to right angled triangles is summarised by the following formula: c 2 = a 2 + b 2 where 'c' is the hypotenuse of the triangle, whilst 'a' and 'b' are the two sides that conne...
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