Combined Science GCSE
Original mass
What Original mass means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Original mass
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Reference: AQA
The mass of the plant tissue recorded before placing it in the solution, used as the denominator when finding the proportional change.
Topics that use Original mass
- Osmosis (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Cell turgor and plasmolysis
- Change in mass
- Concentration gradient
- Control variables
- Independent and dependent variables
- Interpreting trends and intercepts
- Line or curve of best fit
- Percentage
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