Biology GCSE
Temperature
What Temperature means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR.
Definitions of Temperature
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Reference: AQA
Affects the kinetic energy of particles, so a higher temperature makes them move faster and increases the rate of diffusion.
Recorded at a fixed depth using a digital probe, allowing the reading to stabilise before recording.
Controls the rate of enzyme-controlled reactions, so extremes reduce metabolism and survival.
Topics that use Temperature
- Abiotic factors (AQA GCSE)
- Diffusion (AQA GCSE)
- Sampling techniques (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- abiotic and biotic correlations
- abiotic factors
- Concentration gradient
- Concentration gradients
- Diffusion
- Diffusion and concentration gradients
- Diffusion and metabolic demand
- Diffusion and organism size
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