Merchant Ta lors’ School Biology A-Level Core Practical Workbook Edexcel Specification2[P ageA-Level Core Practicals 11 The effect of caffeine on heart rate 12. The vitamin C content of fruit juice 21 The effect of temperature on membranes 2.2 Enzyme concentration and rate of reaction 3.1 Observing mitosis 3.2 Totipotency and plant tissue culture 41 The strength of plant fibres 4.2 Investigating plant mineral deficiencies 4.3 The antimicrobial properties of plants Control Variable: A factor that is kept constant so that its effects on the dependent variable are consistent throughout all experiments Independent Variable: The factor that affects the dependent Dependent Variable: Reliability: Accuracy: 3[Page variable. The factor you change. The factor that is affected by the independent variable. The factor you measure. The same results are recorded if the experiment is repeated. Standard deviation and / or standard error are an excellent measures of reliability. There is little difference between your results and the recorded “true” results