Biology A-Level
Defining and measuring a response
What Defining and measuring a response means in Biology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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Requires you to define the plant or animal response being measured and choose a measurable variable, such as growth angle, direction of growth or reaction time.
Topics that use Defining and measuring a response
- Use of apparatus and techniques (OCR A-Level)
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