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How to pass Biology HL

  • 04-06-2012 2:10pm
    #1
    Smithwicks Man
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    Hi to all. Gonna cut to the chase straight away. I got a D3 in Biology in the mocks and have not really improved on it since and now I am afraid I will fail it. I need to do higher level to get the points for my course so OL isn't an option. I have difficulty learning the material and I am not too familiar with the Biology exam patterns from previous years.

    My question is this. Are there any questions that come up every single year on the exam that I should focus on and, considering I only need to pass, what would be the best areas of the course to really try and learn before the exam in order to secure a pass?

    Thanks in advance for any help. :o


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  • #2
    allthedoyles
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    Ecology is usually always a question 1 on the long questions, likewise food is always question 1 for the short. Photosynthsis/Respiration usually a long question aswell. There is a pattern if you look through past papers.


  • #3
    Hayezer
    Registered Users Posts: 652 ✭✭✭Hayezer


    ^ And human reproduction


  • #4
    finality
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,763 ✭✭✭finality


    Learn the experiments too, the questions on them are usually really easy.


  • #5
    Smithwicks Man
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    So food, ecology, photosynthesis/respiration and human reproduction. Seems to be a lot of experiments though and they don't look that easy? :o


  • #6
    reznov
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    Experiments will take you at most two hours. Very easy to memorise.


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  • #7
    Namlub
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    Genetic Crosses come up a lot as well, basically units 1 & 2 are 60% of the exam so focus on them. The experiments are fine because you don't need specific measurements so just focus on apparatus, chemicals and results.


  • #8
    Smithwicks Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,377 ✭✭✭Smithwicks Man


    And do yous just look at the experiments straight out of the book? we didn't do most of them at all and I missed a few that we did do.. Cheers to all!


  • #9
    QueenOfLeon
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    Smithwicks Man wrote: »
    And do yous just look at the experiments straight out of the book? we didn't do most of them at all and I missed a few that we did do.. Cheers to all!

    For learning the experiments, use a revision book along with the text book. In some text books they'll leave out the results/conclusions for you to figure out yourself in class, but they should be in the revision book.


  • #10
    CaoimheCweeva
    Closed Accounts Posts: 241 ✭✭CaoimheCweeva


    Smithwicks Man wrote: »
    Hi to all. Gonna cut to the chase straight away. I got a D3 in Biology in the mocks and have not really improved on it since and now I am afraid I will fail it. I need to do higher level to get the points for my course so OL isn't an option. I have difficulty learning the material and I am not too familiar with the Biology exam patterns from previous years.

    My question is this. Are there any questions that come up every single year on the exam that I should focus on and, considering I only need to pass, what would be the best areas of the course to really try and learn before the exam in order to secure a pass?

    Thanks in advance for any help. :o


    I got a D3 too, and need HC3 for my course .. so afraid I'm gong to fail, I haven't even started studying yet, but then again I did no study for the mocks for anything and got 320 ... only need 100 more!


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