Biology GCSE
Proportional
What Proportional means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Proportional
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Reference: AQA
Each bar width correctly represents the biomass data, so bars of equal width regardless of the values are inaccurate.
Topics that use Proportional
- Pyramids of biomass (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Energy and biomass loss in food chains
- Pyramid of biomass
- pyramids of biomass
- Trophic level
- Biomass as living material
- Proportional representation
- Scale
- Trophic level 1
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