Biology

#1310 Why is a pronghorn so fast?

Why is a pronghorn so fast? The pronghorn evolved to have phenomenal speed so that it could outrun predators that no longer exist. A pronghorn is a hoofed mammal that lives in Western and Central North America. It belongs to the artiodactyl family. This family contains antelopes, hippos, deer, giraffes, camels, and 265 other animals.

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#1305 What is junk DNA?

What is junk DNA? Junk DNA is DNA that doesn’t seem to do anything. It is not part of our coding DNA. DNA is in the cell nucleus of all of our cells. DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid. The deoxyribo part is sugar. The nucleic acid part is a long chain like molecule. Inside the

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#1302 What do mitochondria do?

What do mitochondria do? Mitochondria produce almost all of the chemical energy that cells need for all of their functions. Without the mitochondria, we can’t do anything. The word “mitochondria” was created in 1898 by a microbiologist called Carl Benda. He took the Greek word “mitos”, which means “thread”, and “khondrion”, which means “little granule”.

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#1289 Why can young people learn more easily than old people?

Why can young people learn more easily that old people? Young people can learn more easily than old people because they have greater neuroplasticity. Neuroplasticity is the brains ability to increase, change, and reorder connections. When we learn something new, our brain has to store the information somewhere. I thought that when we learned something

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#1286 Why are some people albino?

Why are some people albino? Some people are albino because they don’t produce melanin, which colors our bodies. However, any living thing that has color can be albino. The condition is called albinism. Anything that has a color pigment can be albino if that pigment isn’t produced. You can get albino fish, insects, birds, mammals,

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