Difference between revisions of "Potometer"
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| − | Poto - Ancient Greek for [[water]]. Hippopotamus (Horse of the Water). | + | : Poto - Ancient Greek for [[water]]. Hippopotamus (Horse of the Water). |
| − | Meter - To measure something. | + | : Meter - To [[measure]] something. |
===About Potometers=== | ===About Potometers=== | ||
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |In this [[potometer]] the [[water]] level is [[measure]]d to determine how much [[water]] has been lost in [[transpiration]]. | | style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |In this [[potometer]] the [[water]] level is [[measure]]d to determine how much [[water]] has been lost in [[transpiration]]. | ||
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| + | ====AQA==== | ||
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| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0008158754/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0008158754&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=27ad53b0283feeff7fc5ae04a9e205f447 ''Potometer, page 74-5, GCSE Biology; Student Book, Collins, AQA ''] | ||
| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945598/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945598&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=ad276ad49df77ab4b40ab4fd0fe10186 ''Potometers, page 236, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA ''] | ||
| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198359373/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0198359373&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=952a73bbb09d222ecc4b50d200679849 ''Potometers, page 69, GCSE Biology; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA ''] | ||
| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945563/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945563&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=9a1d023a374038e6072f33c4f3cf808b ''Potometers, pages 44, 128, GCSE Biology; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA ''] | ||
| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945954/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945954&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=100574c08fbbb64318256eb79ed61a76 ''Potomoters, pages 93, 371, GCSE Biology, CGP, AQA ''] | ||
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| + | ====Edexcel==== | ||
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| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1292120207/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1292120207&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=22455ff53961978667722edaa64c0be5 ''Potometers, page 132, GCSE Biology, Pearson, Edexcel ''] | ||
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| + | ====OCR==== | ||
| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198359810/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0198359810&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=d768d99f1a06f7c12fab40e5aef85a55 ''Potometer, page 82, Gateway GCSE Biology, Oxford, OCR ''] | ||
| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945660/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945660&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=83aa4500ad7759e7f401a1c5ba5df758 ''Potometers, page 41, Gateway GCSE Biology; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR ''] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:03, 18 December 2019
Contents
Key Stage 4
Meaning
A potometer is device used to measure the water loss of a plant through transpiration.
Etymology
About Potometers
- A potometer can be used in investigate the effects of different factors on the rate of transpiration.
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| In this potometer a bubble moves along a pipe to indicate how much water has been lost by transpiration. | In this potometer the water level is measured to determine how much water has been lost in transpiration. |
References
AQA
- Potometer, page 74-5, GCSE Biology; Student Book, Collins, AQA
- Potometers, page 236, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA
- Potometers, page 69, GCSE Biology; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA
- Potometers, pages 44, 128, GCSE Biology; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA
- Potomoters, pages 93, 371, GCSE Biology, CGP, AQA