Biology GCSE
Standard form
What Standard form means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Reference: AQA
A way of writing a number as A × 10ⁿ, where A is at least 1 and less than 10, and n is an integer.
A way of writing a number as A × 10ⁿ, where A is at least 1 and less than 10.
Topics that use Standard form
- Culturing microorganisms (biology only) (AQA GCSE)
- Eukaryotes and prokaryotes (AQA GCSE)
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- Agar gel plate
- Analysis and interpretation of data
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- Antibiotic resistance
- Aseptic technique
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- Binary fission
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