***2015 LC Biology - All levels - June 9th***

AulBiddy

Bah_Humbug wrote:

I'd say that genetics Q where male and female were reversed probably tripped up a few who didn't read the question

Oh no......

Magnate

Bah_Humbug wrote: »

Supposed to be my best subject but that was definitely the hardest paper yet

I'd say that genetics Q where male and female were reversed probably tripped up a few who didn't read the question

SH*T!

The worst part was I accidentally thought male was XX at the start, so had all the answers right and then changed them...

That actually makes a lot of sense, I seemed to have more than 1 choice available when answering.

BM5000

As this is my first post on Boards.ie I wish to express my gratitude to the owners of this fine forum for providing such an excellent resource to practice my procrastination skills. Secondly can we all agree that biology 2015 was a very challenging paper with a broad range of topics covered and an in depth knowledge assumed by the examiner across all aspects of the paper especially in the short questions that were at times fit for a position in the middle of a tough long question. You will be hearing more from me in the future but I do not agree with emotive post exam complaints as I agree this can lead to a hardened case of paralysis by analysis. #BlingMaster5000

kellyerica97

Does anyone know if answers will be available soon? Is anyone going to do out the paper? Like with maths

ShaunDaSheep

for the gentics question on the birds i wrote my answers based on the male being XX and female being XY however i was very unsure because the question was so badly phrased so i wrote underneath how i didnt understand which way the question was looking for the answers and said that if it was female XX and male XY then these would be the answers in brackets. Bascially i wrote out a conifident well presented answer and afterwards i wrote out the answer again incase I misphrased the question. Will i get docked marks or will i get any marks at all ?

Fiona G

How the hell do you differente between different virus types?!

Noire

Also, what are meninges? And how many layers? I left those parts blank

Peg14

Fiona G wrote: »

How the hell do you differente between different virus types?!

Is it their different shapes?

Bartekm1996

Exams like this should eventually get rid of lazy teachers who don't cover topics in detail. Hoping for a C (Hl)

AnnaTorvFan

For the genetics question, diagram c was the answer to question 2, 4 and 6 yes? And D was X-gl?

lcstudent1234

My teacher said very little marks (1 or 2) will go to qs like naming a virus that effects plants, piloerection, vasoconstriction, because he shouldn't ask them.
Tricky exam would've liked an A but felt like a B... Considering I'm not the only saying that someone has to get the As so I'm hopeful
Also think it's silly I got away with no human or plant biology bar q6, but in greatful for it
HL

Fiona G

Peg14 wrote:

Is it their different shapes?

Oh god was it really that obvious? I wrote some convoluted thing about DNA...

westernfrenzy

I just had a look at the HL paper online. God you guys are so unlucky. That looked absolutely awful and insanely difficult.

lcstudent1234

AnnaTorvFan wrote: »

For the genetics question, diagram c was the answer to question 2, 4 and 6 yes? And D was X-gl?

D could be X-gl or Y-gl no? I got the same for 2,4,6 tho

AnnaTorvFan

Noire wrote: »

Also, what are meninges? And how many layers? I left those parts blank

3 layers, and it's a membrane for protection. (I think)

dairenichat

Is it true the original paper was leaked and we were all given the back up one? This could most likely be pure rumors but interesting none the less.......

Dianabluex

higher level
loved it thank my predictions were right for the experiment

IrishLoriii

Felt awful during that exam like what was that paper..Im hoping that I got a C in that because
I can honestly say it was horrible..what even was Q6?! :O I checked after and its not mentioned
in my book anywhere

AliyaS

Can anyone remember what they wrote for Gas X and Gas Y??

Peg14

AliyaS wrote: »

Can anyone remember what they wrote for Gas X and Gas Y??

CO2 and 02

AliyaS

Peg14 wrote: »

CO2 and 02

CO2 for X or Y?

Peg14

AliyaS wrote: »

CO2 for X or Y?

X

2345

AliyaS wrote: »

Can anyone remember what they wrote for Gas X and Gas Y??

Gas x: CO2
Gas Y : Water Vapour

Peg14

2345 wrote: »

Gas x: CO2
Gas Y : Water Vapour

i said the compound was H20 though yeah don't think I'm right. Didn't look over respiration.

Yeti123

Where is the paper online westernfrenzy?

2345

Peg14 wrote: »

CO2 and 02

You sure it was oxygen because it was respiration so 0xygen has to be sued up.

Peregrine

Yeti123 wrote: »

Where is the paper online westernfrenzy?

examinations.ie

HL
OL

2345

two functions of large intenstine?

randylonghorn

dairenichat wrote: »

Is it true the original paper was leaked and we were all given the back up one? This could most likely be pure rumors but interesting none the less.......

Very unlikely, usual urban myth. It's always a popular one to start when a paper is difficult / surprises people / doesn't follow expectations. Someone inevitably says "oh, I wonder if that was actually the back-up one?" and suddenly it's going round like Chinese whispers.

If there had been a leak, it would be likely to have caused much more furore and be in the public domain (speaking as someone who was on duty for the Night of the Long Knives Englishgate a few years ago when P2 was actually given out instead of Paper 1 in one centre).

Helpmeout123

What was Piloerection about ????