Biology GCSE
Appropriate scales
What Appropriate scales means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Appropriate scales
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A scale that uses most of the available axis and gives evenly spaced major intervals, with each axis labelled with quantity and unit.
Topics that use Appropriate scales
- Decomposition (biology only) (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Aerobic respiration and oxygen
- Anaerobic decay
- Biogas generators
- Control of variables and rate calculations
- Decomposition and decay
- Enzyme activity and temperature
- Food preservation
- Gradient
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