Biology - Any Tips?

Nerd007

Any Tips???

The study for this is going pretty well but knowing my luck I won't know anything that comes up! Still have to look over the experiments, but I think we can rule out the ones that have come up already, right??

Is it true that you can get 85% by just studying Section A and B? People in my school went to the 'tute at Easter and came back with that theory but i'm not sure if it's true or not! Doesn't seem quite possible?!

deisedolly

Yeah that is true Nerd007, even though I don't quite understand it tbh! But my teacher said that you could get horrible questions from the section A+B part so it's better to be safe than sorry..

Section C is fairly bloody long though innit? I'd say it's best to know most of the stuff in it anyway and deffo know section A+B back and front!

I still don't get how it works out though!

Anyone leaving out section C altogether?? Or just picking and choosing chapters??

bobneedshelpnow

well no1 can be more screwed then me !!!! i hope we get a nice paper but that would be too good to be true...............i heard iaa is coming up maybe and blood learn your bloooooooood;)

Nerd007

I think if you know Section A and B well and then Plants (always comes up), Blood and defence system (they like that!), Breathing System (never come up) and Homeostatis (never come up) then you should be ok. Its alot of cramming though! My teacher thinks that theres gonna be an enzyme experiment in section 2 so do all enzyme experiments that havent come up before - they're all kinda the same! I know its kinda wierd to pick out Breathing System and Homeostatis but they seem like maybes (well in my teachers eyes)

theres so much todo! especially since i didnt do as well as i hoped in Maths Paper 1 (Higher) so now i have 2 days and 4 subjects to cram for! lucky for some!

ThrownAway

Yeah, plants and the enyme experiment are VERY likely to come up.

helles belles

experiments
iaa
osmosis
enzymes (one of the three)
photosynthesis
digestive activity in seeds

topics
ecology
genetics--big hints on evolution
transport system--all
plant reproduction
human reproduction--hormones
sense organs
biomolecules (metabolic role and structural role)
nervous system (everything but the synapse)
nitrogen cycle
growth curve of bacteria
definition of prokaryotes and eukaryotes
lungs
mitosis
enzyme theory

now if only i could get round to learning it all!

willowmegs

photosynthesis wil be in the long questions i'd say. im hoping food too and/or blood and enzymes.

ThrownAway

That's pretty much everything

helles belles

yep!
but its good that u only have to learn 8 experiments!

X-SL

know your Ecology

Sizzler

Heres a tip lads, get your head into the books and stop fannying around on boards. You're not going to learn anything here by discussing exams.

delta_bravo

Sizzler wrote:

Heres a tip lads, get your head into the books and stop fannying around on boards. You're not going to learn anything here by discussing exams.

probably the best advice ive heard all day

helles belles

yeah but that is no fun!:(

porn_star

i'm more prepared for it this year then last,
but i feel like it's gonna be a harder paper cos last year was ****ing piss easy

Pez

helles belles wrote:

yep!
but its good that u only have to learn 8 experiments!

what? theres 22 experiments??????

helles belles

eh if u looked above, i have only written down 8????!!!!

RagShagBill

Ok, I need advice of some sort.

I've neglected biology. Last year, I found it interesting, but this year it was so boring that I switched off almost entirely. I've attempted to renew my interest in the subject, but I just find it tedious and my attempts have therefore proved futile. I got 53% in the mocks, but am very, very worried about failing on Tuesday. I need 390 points or thereabouts, and already do two ordinary level subjects. Regarding Maths, I'm confident of a B2 or higher. Irish can be ignored. I'd be disappointed with anything lower than a B1 in English, while in the mocks, I got an A1 in History. French, moreover, is another strong area; I'm hoping for a B1 or higher. Business is more or less fine, I'd find any less than a C1 strange.

I half-know Unit 1 and Unit 2. I know about 7 experiments. In 5th year, we did most the anthropologic stuff on Unit 2, and as previously stated, I used to be very enthusiastic about biology. As such, I have blood, defence, lymph, nervous, skeleton, muscle and such lingering in the back of my head. Perhaps I could reproduce it on the day, though how comprehensively, I do not know. I suppose it depends on the question.

So, my question - at last (which I'm sure you've guessed). Should I drop to pass Biology? I've looked at the paper. I'm confident I could get a B1, though looking at the stats for Ordinary Level, I'm concerned. Only 1% get A1s. Perhaps it's a case that everyone who sits it is a reem, perhaps it's marked with an aim at maintaining mediocrity.

Sorry to delay and waffle, but what do you think?

Pez

helles belles wrote:

eh if u looked above, i have only written down 8????!!!!

yeh but how cum ur only learning 8? 3 exp that u arent learnin mite cum up?

helles belles

yeah but i know the other ones, sorta, those are im just learning really well. and thats the list from the tute. all three of the bio teachers but that together.
on last years list everything came up!

Pez

really!:eek: oh cool ill make sure i learn them well haha cheers

maggie_cork

heya. my teacher told me that after last year
and how hard they marked it coz it was an easy paper
that this year they will proberly make it hard but will mark easy on it.

ThrownAway

RagShagBill wrote:

Sorry to delay and waffle, but what do you think?

You got 53 per cent in the mocks - calm down. How much study have you put into Biology since that? I got 31 per cent in my mocks last year and due to pressure from both my parents and my Biology teacher I opted for the pass paper. Now I wish I hadn't since I didn't do too well in it. Did you get a question in your mock paper that you had known very well?

The chances of you failing are actually quite low considering you almost got a C. I know how you're feeling right now, you're torn between the two papers and the thought of doing a ''stress free'' pass paper is very tempting.

I'd say go for the higher paper. I'm repeating and didn't do my pres so I've no idea what I'm going to get. :eek:

willowmegs

i got a d2 in my mock with no study, well, what i studied didnt come up!!

ThrownAway

willowmegs wrote:

i got a d2 in my mock with no study, well, what i studied didnt come up!!

Yeah y'see it's about how well the paper went for you on the day :eek:

I got a C in my chirstmas exam :eek:

willowmegs

Ive my fingers crossed for photosynthesis and food in the long questions, and im gonna learn those 8 exp's...i just want a C or low B!

RagShagBill

I'd say go for the higher paper. I'm repeating and didn't do my pres so I've no idea what I'm going to get.

Cheers for that, I reckon I do need to calm down slightly. I was looking at the stats, and only 5.3% failed last year, so maybe that's something in which to take solace. The thing that worrys me is the gap between barely passing and failing in terms of points - 40:0. If I got those 40 points, I'd be fairly sure of getting my points overall.

I've studied bits and pieces, went to the Institute grinds at Easter and then concentrated on Unit 1 and Unit 2, because of the 80% thing. I know Photosynthesis and Respiration, DNA and Genetics, but vaguely, which is worrying. I know Evolution, which I heard is coming up, and I have Enzymes pretty much down.

You're right about the temptation of moving to the less stress option. For now, I'll stick with honours.

porn_star

ThrownAway wrote:

Yeah y'see it's about how well the paper went for you on the day :eek:

I got a C in my chirstmas exam :eek:

thats so true
i failed bio all through 5th and 6th year and passed it for the first time in the actual lc and got a c1



aiming for a high b this year
but i reckon the paper will be a lot harder

Rob30888

The Chief Exam Commissioner for Connaught says Ecology and Genetics are FIXED questions, so be sure to know them. The eye and ear are also NB as is Evolution - know 3 proofs and 1 in detail

RagShagBill

Does anyone know of a site on which you can practice genetics questions? If that exists, that would be invaluable.

delta_bravo

RagShagBill wrote:

Does anyone know of a site on which you can practice genetics questions? If that exists, that would be invaluable.

why go to a website when you have your book and exam papers?!

RagShagBill

I just imagine a kind of interactive punnet square type thing would be less burdensome. Something like http://www.conjuguemos.com/home/index.html, only about genetics and not French, obviously.