GCSE Biology, Unit 8, Lesson 3 of 7
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Rates and graphs

GCSE Biology, Required practicals and maths skills, 20 minutes

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Rates per minute and 1000 ÷ time, gradients, reading an optimum and an intercept, and choosing a chart.

Rates

  • Count in a time: rate = amount ÷ time (bubbles per minute, cm³/min).
  • Time to finish: rate = 1000 ÷ time (amylase, reaction times).
  • From a straight-line graph: rate = gradient.

Read an optimum at the peak of a curve. In osmosis, the concentration where the best-fit line crosses 0% change in mass is the concentration of the cell contents.

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