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Explain with reference to diffusion how sharks are able to smell blood in water?
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Explain with reference to diffusion how sharks are able to smell blood in water?

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Water molecules in general are carried to the shark by water currents. If there are no water currents then it is molecular diffusion, the random movement of molecules that disperses the odour away from the source.
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