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The Mocks 2010 *Read first post before posting*
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Depends on you school. Some schools mix them up to stop you cheating.Ok, i have a question.
I got my art still life and design and all them exam papers today and there was a barcode on them, does that mean that all my exams should be DEB?
Also,
both examcraft and deb papers have a barcode on them
deb just has a barcode
examcraft has a barcode and a tick(the tick is just to the left of where it says "leaving cert mock exam" on the front page.0 -
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Compulsory on milk,
Know two methods of milk
Know vitamin c
Know labeling and how money can change someones choices for food.
Question 4: Property Insurance
Credit
Mortgages
Question 5: Family Roles (changing over time!!)
Roles of old people
Elderly fighting ( dunno the proper term for it, but its about how eldery must feel independent and that!)
Social Elective: How has poverty been causes
Two sollution to poverty through money with government
Work - work ethic
Educational achievement and how this causes occupations.
best of luck:)xxxx 0 -
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AG SCIENCE OR BUILDIN CONSTRUCTION WANTED DEB HL!!
I HAVE MATHS OL ENG HL IRISH OL GEOG HL BUSINESS HL!!!
REPLY BACK!!!!
Ag science!! could you send me ol maths // irish ol paper one!! ?? is it deb or examcraft!!?
Spoiler: 1. Answer any six of the following:
(a) Describe photosynthesis in plants by means of a balanced chemical equation.
(b) Differentiate between epigeal and hypogeal germination
(c) Outline the importance of autumn ploughing in tillage farming.
(d) State the function of EACH of the following in the animal body:
(i)Nephron
(ii)Colon
(iii) Ureter
(e) Outline a test which can be carried out to show the presence of a NAMED carbohydrate in an animal foodstuff.
(f) Describe a suitable method for taking soil samples from a field.
(g) State which phylum each of the following belond to@
(i)Water snail
(ii) Leatherjacket
(iii) Lungworm
(iv) Earthworm
(h) Outline the importance of the organism Babesia in agriculture.
(i) When is the optimal time for cutting grass for silage? Why is this the optimal time?
(j) What is a notifiable disease? Give an example of ONE such disease.
2. (a) Describe an experiment to demonstrate flocculation in soil.
(b) Acid leaching can have a negative effect on soil and subsequently on a crop.
(i) What is leaching?
(ii) State ONE way leaching can impact negatively on the environment.
(iii) Describe TWO ways of preventing leaching in soil.
(c) Descrive how parent rock material influences any FOUR NAMED physical OR chemical characteristics of a soil.
OPTION ONE:
3. (a) Describe the indirect methods of weed and pest control carried out on a tillage farm.
(b) Outline the main cultivation practices carried out in the production of a NAMED root crop.
(c) Compare and contrast TWO named methods of sowing grass seed in order to improve a field used as grazing pasture.
OPTION TWO:
3. (a) Discuss suckler beef production under the following headings:
(i) Compensatory growth
(ii) Influence of sex status on growth and development
(b) Outline how nutritional diseases may be prevented in livestock.
(c)(i) Describe a suitable feeding regime for ewes in the final six weeks prior to lambing.
(ii) Explain the risk to ewes associated with a poor feeding regime.
4. Describe a laboratory or field method to show any TWO of the following:
(a) The eating quality of ware potatoes.
(b) The total solids content of a sample of milk.
(c) The transport of water in plants.
(d) The productivity of an area of grassland.
5. (a) Describe the role of the following hormones in the animal body and state the gland in which each hormone is produced:
(i) Lutenising hormone
(ii) Thyroxine
(iii) Prolactin
(iv) Oxytocin
(b) (i) Outline the function of the liver in metabolism.
(ii) Describe the effects of liver fluke on a ruminant animal and state ONE method of preventing liver fluke.
(c) Concentrates are widely used as a source of animal nutrition.
(i) Name FOUR specific types of food concentrates used in animal feed.
(ii) State why EACH of these is used in animal feed.
6. (a) Describe how the growth of grass can affect the feeding management of a diary cow.
(b) Compare and contrast the principles of conservation of grass for winter feed as (i) silage and (ii) hay.
(c) Discuss the rearing of a spring-born calf out on grass under the following headings:
(i) Disease control
(ii) Growth rate
(iii) Feeding principles.
7. (a) Explain EACH of the following terms in relation to genetics in agriculture:
Crossing over
Polyploidy
Genotype
Allele.
(b) In chickens the allele for brown feathers is B and the allele for white feathers is b. The heterozygous condition is speckled. A speckled feathered chicken was crossed with another speckled feathered chicken. The chickens that resulted from the cross were as follows: four brown feathered checkens, eight speckled feathered chickens and four white feathered chickens.
(i) Explain the variations in the phenotypes which resulted from this cross.
(ii) Demonstrate with the use of a suitable cross, how the variations in the phenotype can occur.
(c) Describe how a farm might improve the genetic merit of a breeding herd of cattle.
8. Answer any TWO of the following:
(a) Compare and contrast the feeding regime for a bonham and a lamb from birth to six months
(b) Organic farming limits the use of synthetic fertilisers, pesticides and livestock feed additives in agriculture. Outline suitable practices that may be used on an organic farm in relation to the following:
(i) Addition of nutrients to soil
(ii) Pest control
(iii) Weed control
(iv0 Liveweight gain in animals.
(c) (i) Write brief notes on each of the following topics:
1. Vaccination.
2. Passive immunity.
(ii) Outline the role of red blood corpuscles, white blood cells and platelets in the animal body.
9. Give a scientific explanation for any FOUR of the following:
(a) The use of ground rock phosphate as a fertiliser in forestry.
(b) The docking of lambs' tails
(c) The inclusion of grasses with a variety of heading out dates in a seed mixture for grazing.
(d) Mixed grazing of cattle and sheep.
(e) The introduction of ladybirds to a root crop enterprise.0
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