Combined Science GCSE
Interpreting trends and intercepts
What Interpreting trends and intercepts means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Interpreting trends and intercepts
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Describing the trend, such as mass change falling from positive to negative as concentration increases, and reading values including the intercept.
Topics that use Interpreting trends and intercepts
- Osmosis (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Cell turgor and plasmolysis
- Change in mass
- Concentration gradient
- Control variables
- Independent and dependent variables
- Line or curve of best fit
- Original mass
- Percentage
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