Biology GCSE
Apparatus and measurement skills
What Apparatus and measurement skills means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Apparatus and measurement skills
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Selecting and using apparatus such as measuring cylinders or syringes to measure volumes of starch, amylase and buffer solutions.
Topics that use Apparatus and measurement skills
- The human digestive system (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Absorption and transport
- active site
- Active site and substrate binding
- Amylase
- Anabolic and catabolic reactions
- Benedict’s test for reducing sugars
- Biological catalysts
- Cellular respiration
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