Biology GCSE
Application of knowledge
What Application of knowledge means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Application of knowledge
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Reference: AQA
Using knowledge of mitosis in unfamiliar contexts by looking for clues such as growth, repair or asexual reproduction and linking the situation to mitosis.
Topics that use Application of knowledge
- Mitosis and the cell cycle (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Asexual reproduction
- cell cycle
- Cell cycle stages
- Chromosome copies
- Cytokinesis
- Cytokinesis in animal and plant cells
- Daughter cell formation
- DNA replication
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