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* Biology Higher level 2011 * (one thread please)

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    #242
    macskanadrag
    Closed Accounts Posts: 71 ✭✭macskanadrag


    Didn't like the paper, i found the questions to be wishy-washy, a bit of this, a bit of that. I know my anwers to most questions are not wrong but if they are the ones the examiners will be looking for? Not sure :p
    And yep, none of the usual stuff came up, i find it frustrating but of course there are no compulsory questions in the LC so we knew that a lot we studied wouldn't come up.... *Sigh* I was prepared and had been hoping for an A, no idea what will come out of it.

    Eh, time to study for chemistry.


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    #243
    Sineadlc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭Sineadlc


    I don't think I did as well as I wanted! How well would I have 2 do just 2 get a C3 n all of the sections. I thought the paper this year was very messy and not really put together properly...


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    #244
    Platinum2010
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    Cydoniac wrote: »
    Well, okay, if they were the ONLY ones you focused on, you should have known better and at least have had a general knowledge of everything. But whatever, the exam is through with, no point worrying yourself stupid, you might surprise yourself.

    I had a general knowledge just knew the carbon cycle and all that in detail


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    #245
    bradleyboy
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    was it normal to find glucose in the urine? i put yes but i wasnt 100% sure?


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    #246
    Indestructable
    Registered Users Posts: 1,374 ✭✭✭Indestructable


    Am I the only one that said the male ducks didn't want to have to put up with the female ones for the whole of Winter so they went further away...alone??


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    #247
    Platinum2010
    Closed Accounts Posts: 452 ✭✭Platinum2010


    bradleyboy wrote: »
    was it normal to find glucose in the urine? i put yes but i wasnt 100% sure?

    I think that's a positive test for diabetes or something ...not entirely sure


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    #248
    Platinum2010
    Closed Accounts Posts: 452 ✭✭Platinum2010


    Sineadlc wrote: »
    I don't think I did as well as I wanted! How well would I have 2 do just 2 get a C3 n all of the sections. I thought the paper this year was very messy and not really put together properly...

    A load of B****x looks like it was thrown together in a half hour tbh


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    #249
    Dbstf
    Registered Users Posts: 80 ✭✭Dbstf


    bradleyboy wrote: »
    was it normal to find glucose in the urine? i put yes but i wasnt 100% sure?

    No, because it means that the person has diabetes. That's kind of what I said anyway.


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    #250
    tcurry93
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    Anybody remember what they got for the genetic cross??

    Usually can do them so well but confused me today :rolleyes:


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    #251
    macskanadrag
    Closed Accounts Posts: 71 ✭✭macskanadrag


    bradleyboy wrote: »
    was it normal to find glucose in the urine? i put yes but i wasnt 100% sure?

    I'd say it's no - all your glucose should have been reabsorbed. If glucose is found in urine, you have a fair chance of being diabetic.


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    #252
    xaoifsx
    Registered Users Posts: 329 ✭✭xaoifsx


    Platinum2010 wrote: »
    I think that's a positive test for diabetes or something ...not entirely sure

    oh floop it..i think thats right......darn i said yes coz they can filter through or something...
    was it no for the other answer ...?


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    #253
    Indestructable
    Registered Users Posts: 1,374 ✭✭✭Indestructable


    Cydoniac wrote: »
    How did you figure it out? Or did you know?

    Tis in the book lads. :P


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    #254
    J_E
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,734 ✭✭✭J_E


    macskanadrag wrote: »
    I'd say it's no - all your glucose should have been reabsorbed. If glucose is found in urine, you have a fair chance of being diabetic.
    I said that too.

    For the duck question...just ugh. I said something along the lines of the females would be dormant especially if pregnant and the males would be the main hunters/providers, hence going south.
    tcurry93 wrote: »
    Anybody remember what they got for the genetic cross??

    Usually can do them so well but confused me today
    Can't remember but definitely all white flower small stem on the side of my Punnitt square.


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    #255
    Anita Blow
    Registered Users Posts: 1,933 ✭✭✭Anita Blow


    Eggy Baby! wrote: »

    Plus you had to draw a bloody pelvis under it...wtf...
    It wasn't the actual pelvis you had to draw, it was the Renal Pelvis


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    #256
    Sineadlc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭Sineadlc


    Platinum2010 wrote: »
    A load of B****x looks like it was thrown together in a half hour tbh

    Ya like seriously t looks like a few people who never looked at an exam paper before put it together. The diagram of the nephron was ridiculous. I could have drawn a better one myself...


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    #257
    Exothermic
    Registered Users Posts: 230 ✭✭Exothermic


    bradleyboy wrote: »
    was it normal to find glucose in the urine? i put yes but i wasnt 100% sure?


    No, it should be reabsorbed up by the proximal convoluted tubule. I guess if you had diabetes you would, but that's not the normal situation.


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    #258
    xaoifsx
    Registered Users Posts: 329 ✭✭xaoifsx


    doctorg wrote: »
    Where did you find that? I am pretty sure its 21. Its asked in protein not specifically for Humans.

    are there no home.ec ppl here?!?! theres 20 common amino acids!! there are more but there is only 20.. 10 essential, 10 non essentail. you didnt need to put that second bit down buts it twenty!! 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20...twenty!


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    #259
    xaoifsx
    Registered Users Posts: 329 ✭✭xaoifsx


    Cydoniac wrote: »
    I said that too.

    For the duck question...just ugh. I said something along the lines of the females would be dormant especially if pregnant and the males would be the main hunters/providers, hence going south.


    Can't remember but definitely all white flower small stem on the side of my Punnitt square.

    your duck answer makes sense too... i say they could take a various amount of answers!


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    #260
    GerardB
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    tcurry93 wrote: »
    Anybody remember what they got for the genetic cross??

    Usually can do them so well but confused me today :rolleyes:

    RrTt x rrtt

    f1 progeny:
    Rrtt
    RrTt
    rrTt
    rrtt

    what a paper ^^


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    #261
    Platinum2010
    Closed Accounts Posts: 452 ✭✭Platinum2010


    Sineadlc wrote: »
    Ya like seriously t looks like a few people who never looked at an exam paper before put it together. The diagram of the nephron was ridiculous. I could have drawn a better one myself...

    The layout was different for other years and It was disgraceful there was nothing about the nitrogen cycle or the bones


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    #262
    G.J.
    Registered Users Posts: 155 ✭✭G.J.


    tcurry93 wrote: »
    Anybody remember what they got for the genetic cross??

    Usually can do them so well but confused me today :rolleyes:

    I got:
    Cr - Red, Cw - White, CrCw - Pink, T - Tall, t - short

    25% Pink tall (CrCwTt)
    25% Pink short (CrCwtt)
    25% White tall (CwCwTt)
    25% White short (CwCwtt)

    Lucky, I did a cross exactly like this one last night!

    CrCwTt x CwCwtt will always come out in a 1:1:1:1 ratio.


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    #263
    Indestructable
    Registered Users Posts: 1,374 ✭✭✭Indestructable


    GerardB wrote: »
    RrTt x rrtt

    f1 progeny:
    Rrtt
    RrTt
    rrTt
    rrtt

    what a paper ^^

    Thank **** :D


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    #264
    macskanadrag
    Closed Accounts Posts: 71 ✭✭macskanadrag


    tcurry93 wrote: »
    Anybody remember what they got for the genetic cross??

    Usually can do them so well but confused me today :rolleyes:

    I'm amazed myself but yes, i can remember :P
    pink tall
    pink small
    white tall
    white small

    Don't tell me if it's wrong, haha


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    #265
    bradleyboy
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    has anyone done out the questions again to get the answers?


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    #266
    B_Fanatic
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    doctorg wrote: »
    Where did you find that? I am pretty sure its 21. Its asked in protein not specifically for Humans.

    F*ck it, I'll have a look in the book. Google is failing me miserably. I'm getting all sorts of answers


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    #267
    Platinum2010
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    xaoifsx wrote: »
    are there no home.ec ppl here?!?! theres 20 common amino acids!! there are more but there is only 20.. 10 essential, 10 non essentail. you didnt need to put that second bit down buts it twenty!! 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20...twenty!

    I'm a home ec person lol just shows how messed up i did in this cert 3 cheers for repeating


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    #268
    Platinum2010
    Closed Accounts Posts: 452 ✭✭Platinum2010


    I thought the QS asked how many non essential amino acids are there


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    #269
    BrendaN_f
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    Platinum2010 wrote: »
    The layout was different for other years and It was disgraceful there was nothing about the nitrogen cycle or the bones

    i don't know why you keep going on about the nitrogen cycle, it's such a small, obscure part of the course, why would you concentrate on it? (implying there is enough to concentrate on)


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    #270
    ._.
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    That was a nice paper.

    The positive to that is I did very well in it (pretty sure I got my A), but the negative to that is that a lot of other people did very well in it too, which gives me less of a competitive advantage..


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    #271
    Platinum2010
    Closed Accounts Posts: 452 ✭✭Platinum2010


    BrendaN_f wrote: »
    i don't know why you keep going on about the nitrogen cycle, it's such a small, obscure part of the course, why would you concentrate on it? (implying there is enough to concentrate on)

    Our teacher told us it was worth a lot of marks and quite easy once you get your head round it


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