Science Exam 2011

DarkDusk

Thursday 16th June 2011.
Morning 9:30 - 11:30

Didn't see a thread for this so I'd thought I'd make one myself. So, how are ye fairin' up for it??

mixery

Every job is a self portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your work with excellence.

My real face is going to come out tomorrow...

Lucan Bohs

Feeling confident, at least a B

AllisonB

used to be great at science but recetly I neglected it as i got 98% in pres so I really have to get my act together tonight

AllisonB

does anyone know how much the experiment book at project is worth?

Tiffy6666

AllisonB wrote: »

does anyone know how much the experiment book at project is worth?

Like 10%

Desire.

Hoping for an A. Bit sketchy on the Chemistry though.

AllisonB wrote: »

does anyone know how much the experiment book at project is worth?

Experiments - 10%.
Investigations - 25%.

phenomenale

Pretty confident I'll get an A. Science is my best subject :cool:

Slow Show

Yay, Science. Gonna be a nice break from writing loads (exempting French and CSPE) and I feel reasonably well-prepared for it, gotta look over some of the crappier parts of Physics and some annoying biology definitions. Should be OK, I think I did a fairly good project thing so fingers crossed it goes well.

Bruckey2345

I was just wondering if i was to study 5 topics from biology , chemistry and physics tonight which ones one you suggest , as i am screwed for science!!!

Desire.

Bruckey2345 wrote: »

I was just wondering if i was to study 5 topics from biology , chemistry and physics tonight which ones one you suggest , as i am screwed for science!!!

You can't really predict Science, a bit of everything comes up.

Someone posted some predictions in the "Screwed for Science" thread if you look there.

Bruckey2345

Sound

rorrissey

Ughh, I'm a bit worried. I've neglected Science so much, even though I really like it. I'm grand at Biology but I'm just worried about Chem and Physics.

FatRat

I'm expecting this and German to be absolute trainwrecks for me. Especially after doing so well in the past 6 subjects.
Highest I'll get is a B in both I'd say! Even that's kind of unlikely.

Does anyone know if they could find out if you lied about your experiments book?
I haven't handed it in. And even though I ticked the boxes in coursework B, my teacher says that he needs to sign a sheet for each individual saying whether or not coursework A is handed in. But another class in my year said the teacher only signs one thing for the whole class.
Which is true? Because I'm definitely destined for a C if I lose that 10%.

toxicgasmask

I think im like the only person i know who find biology waaaaaaaaay harder than chem and physics. in the mocks i almost got full marks in chem and physics and only got about half of biology

robman60

FatRat wrote: »

Does anyone know if they could find out if you lied about your experiments book?
I haven't handed it in. And even though I ticked the boxes in coursework B, my teacher says that he needs to sign a sheet for each individual saying whether or not coursework A is handed in. But another class in my year said the teacher only signs one thing for the whole class.
Which is true? Because I'm definitely destined for a C if I lose that 10%.

The teacher just signs saying that all experiments were completed, not if each individual has written in every experiment. You are leaving a risk though, because an inspector could look at your copies and 0% for sure then!

Lucan Bohs

I hate chemistry >:(

dylanlolwut

the science exam is half nine tomorrow and i still havent began to study for science because some assh*le stole my science book! if anyone has any websites or predictions of will be coming up i would really appreciated

Desire.

dylanlolwut wrote: »

the science exam is half nine tomorrow and i still havent began to study for science because some assh*le stole my science book! if anyone has any websites or predictions of will be coming up i would really appreciated

Don't worry. ThePhysicsTeacher.ie

You're pretty much sorted with that.

AllisonB

Desire. wrote: »

Hoping for an A. Bit sketchy on the Chemistry though.



Experiments - 10%.
Investigations - 25%.

sound thanks

robman60

Mock result: 85%
Predicted result tomorrow: 68%

I seem to be unable to retain scientific definitions and points for more than two weeks. At my second year parent teacher meeting (yes, second year) my teacher was saying "ya, A in the JC no bother" I don't want to let her down, but I feel it's on the cards at the moment.

Desire.

Pre Result: 73%.
Predicted Result: 88%.

Hope so anyway. :cool:

AnnKiins

Mock result-67
Predicted JC result- 48

Oh Dear...

AnnKiins

Desire. wrote: »

Don't worry. ThePhysicsTeacher.ie

You're pretty much sorted with that.

THAAAANKKK YOOOUUUU SOOOOO MUCHHHHHHHH

Desire.

AnnKiins wrote: »

THAAAANKKK YOOOUUUU SOOOOO MUCHHHHHHHH

No problem! Excellent website to be fair to the teacher.

VenomousFish

I'm really looking forward to tomorrow, science is my best/favourite subject!!!

VenomousFish

dylanlolwut wrote: »

the science exam is half nine tomorrow and i still havent began to study for science because some assh*le stole my science book! if anyone has any websites or predictions of will be coming up i would really appreciated

Well, if you're just looking for general advice, don't focus too much on any chapter, cos the science paper covers everything pretty much equally. Try and remember any chemical equations that could come up, like the ones for the production of Oxygen or Carbon Dioxide. Make sure you understand the calculations in physics, as they always seem to catch people out. And, for the love of god don't get your units wrong, they're the easiest marks you'll ever lose. Always here to help! :cool:

P H A 7V T O M

This.... Is going to be easy.

Indiego

mock result- 94%
predicted result - A, or ill cry XD
I love love love science, along with maths, I actually get genuine enjoyment out of learning it :L Aiming high for the exam, as long as my project work doesnt let me down :L
only section I'm worried about is physics - praying we don't get any tricky questions :L

one piece of advice I can give to everyone - learn the production of oxygen annd carbon dioxide, the neutralisation and the respiration/photosynthesis chemical eqns, at least one of them is bound to come up ^^

leavingcert.

toxicgasmask wrote: »

I think im like the only person i know who find biology waaaaaaaaay harder than chem and physics. in the mocks i almost got full marks in chem and physics and only got about half of biology

I was the same last year when I was doing it for the JC...thought there was way more to learn and way harder stuff in the biology section. I got an A

ended up doing chemistry and biology for leaving cert, would have done physics, too, if it wasn't for the "subject lines" system in my school :pac:

Moromaster

I found my experiment book in my bookcase when I was studying... am I screwed?

pawelz8

If I get full marks from the Coursework and I will get 65% from the test will I get an A ?

omg a kitty

pawelz8 wrote: »

If I get full marks from the Coursework and I will get 65% from the test will I get an A ?

65% in the written test will be 42% overall so no. you need 77% in the written and the 35% from coursework to get an A

omg a kitty

Moromaster wrote: »

I found my experiment book in my bookcase when I was studying... am I screwed?

You need to find your teacher, they definetly hasn't sent it away cos your test is supposed to go with it. And IF they have one of those spare folders or whatever they are , I'm sure they won't mind opening your old one putting them both in a new one.

shadowninty

Pre result - 75%
Predicted result - 85%

mixery

Wow, I passed anyway! Maybe even a C will fly in. To be honest I was expecting a bit more challenge from the J.C .

I hate isotopes:(

Indiego

dafuq? no experiments? huh?
ah well, yay
went unbelievably well, in an ideal world I got 100%, except, that seed question, whats the name of the Inside? I said food supply, can't find it in my book lol

at about 10:55 there was a mass exodus from the hall, and everyoneeee left at the same time hahah XD I was finished by 10:15 so I looked over it for 45 mins (zzzzzzz)

VenomousFish

went unbelievably well, in an ideal world I got 100%, except, that seed question, whats the name of the Inside? I said food supply, can't find it in my book lol

You're right, it's called the food supply! But what was going on with that question about the plant and the hair dryer? Some of the questions were just ridiculous...

juniorcertlol

toxicgasmask wrote: »

I think im like the only person i know who find biology waaaaaaaaay harder than chem and physics. in the mocks i almost got full marks in chem and physics and only got about half of biology

im exactly the same

Desire.

Some of the questions were a bit strange.

Definitely got a B, hoping for an A.

TheRedDevil10

yoke was solid

Indiego

VenomousFish wrote: »

You're right, it's called the food supply! But what was going on with that question about the plant and the hair dryer? Some of the questions were just ridiculous...

that question was to do with how heat and wind effects the rate of transpiration in a plant, but I can't really remember the specific questions lol

AnnKiins

Eeppp, so happy with that!
No experiments- Thank you God
And most of the questions were common sense really >.<

Btw, what was the splitting on light into 7 colors?
I had it in the back of my head but then forgot it while going into the exam x__x

ScummyMan

Disgusting test, dafuq was the yoke with the copper and water on about?

There goes my A

Slow Show

Everyone I've talked to said that test was kinda horrible...some of the questions were very strange indeed, usually doing science papers I only find maybe one part for each section that catches me (and I don't mind writing about experiments, so ugh) but there were loads of niggling things in this...I did alright in Biology looking back (I said the food supply was on the inside, and I just wrote the testa for the outside, fairly positive that's wrong though...and I said that a snake was an invertebrate, WHY did I do that?), CHEMISTRY let me down...and I never ever get caught by Chemistry, I was sickened by it...I didn't do horrendously like, but there were waaay too many questions I don't think I got right...and I wrote some messed up definition for molecules...and that plastic question kinda caught me a little, I answered it though and I think I did alright, same with the magnesium question, made a decent try...But Physics was really lovely, I don't think I lost more than a few marks in it, and it's usually my weakest section. So yeah, for Physics right now.

Anyway, hopefully I scraped an A in that paper but I'm not sure I did. If I got a B, well, hopefully my project and experiments will bring me up (and whoever said experiments copies get sent away with the exam paper, they don't). Still hoping and feel I can get an A, but I can't be too sure. Sigh, Science wasn't meant to be one of my borderline subjects...

Lucan Bohs

Looked through the paper and was like WTF but once I started writing I remembered most of the answers

AnnKiins

Man.UnitedLad wrote: »

Disgusting test, dafuq was the yoke with the copper and water on about?

There goes my A

I thought it was grand ^-^
I thought that the copper was heated from the hot water and then after a few minutes the cold water turned hot.
Something about conduction or convection? I wasn't show so I didn't write any of those words down.

Lucan Bohs

AnnKiins wrote: »

Eeppp, so happy with that!
No experiments- Thank you God
And most of the questions were common sense really >.<

Btw, what was the splitting on light into 7 colors?
I had it in the back of my head but then forgot it while going into the exam x__x

Dispersion

AnnKiins

Lucan Bohs wrote: »

Dispersion

Darn ittt! Excuse me while I slap myself for getting such an easy question wrong...

Slow Show

What did people say for that colour yoke on the dispersion? I said 'red' and 'violet'. Please have saved me, Richard of York...

Also, y'know the first question on the rays, what was the answer to that? And was the next answer 'refraction?'

ScummyMan

AnnKiins wrote: »

I thought it was grand ^-^
I thought that the copper was heated from the hot water and then after a few minutes the cold water turned hot.
Something about conduction or convection? I wasn't show so I didn't write any of those words down.

Damn.

I bull****ted on about it reacting with the water or something :pac:

Terrible questions this year, loads that would catch most people out.