General Thoughts - Biology (3 Viewers)

[risole91]

Re: how did you go?

i did crap...

but i conceeded bio wouldn't count, and thus didnt reaally study, at all.

 

[axlenatore]

Re: how did you go?

It wasn't accurate. The scale was 10mm, not 10um, therefore the red blood cells would have been visible. which they arent. the red blood cells are also bigger than the white blood cells, when irl they arent
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Also you dont see platlets under a light microscope,

Are the exams marked positively ie only pay you if you are correct but dont penalise you if you make an incorrect statement?

 

[samjohnno91]

Re: how did you go?

Yeah i just finished it...finally over...so much shit i study wasnt even on the test! Overall i thought it was ok but there was some tricky stuff..but overall better than i expected.

thats biology lol. i think i did quite well, hoping for a 90. i only think i got the last MC wrong by accident and the thing that ticked me a bit was the biotech question on the sour dough used as a 'starter' for the next mixture/batch of bread. sorta bullshitted a bit, talking about the prac where we made bread. it was yummy!

 

[jozza80]

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Also you dont see platlets under a light microscope,

Are the exams marked positively ie only pay you if you are correct but dont penalise you if you make an incorrect statement?

If you contradict yourself by saying a wrong statement, it will kill you..

Well, thats what my physics teacher told me, as I do it ALL the time!

But they are there to give you marks, not to take them away.. Or are they?

haha..

 

[tau281290]

Re: how did you go?

Oh yeaaaa bio is over, the paper was all right, but the option was a bit challenging.

 

[Tinkluvsyou114]

Re: how did you go?

I didn't think it was too bad. I'm pretty sure I knew (or at least had some idea of) the answer for every question EXCEPT the diagram of the phloem!!!!! It was the year 9 work or something that screwed me up, haha. At least it was only one mark (I think? Better not have been two).

Question: What were the things you had to label on the phloem diagram?

Other than that, I was really happy. I knew I always finish with ages to go so I took a long time on each question and finished on time. If only the english exams had been this good...

 

[russianROULETTE]

Re: how did you go?

It wasn't accurate. The scale was 10mm, not 10um, therefore the red blood cells would have been visible. which they arent. the red blood cells are also bigger than the white blood cells, when irl they arent

i hated that question, we had a useless prac teacher when we studied that section. i saw the 10mm thing, thought 'wtf isn't it um' and then just shrugged my shoulders. the only thing i got right out of what you just wrote was the part about RBC being smaller than WBC. i already knew i screwed that one up, though, so meh.

 

[Lordie]

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I didn't think it was too bad. I'm pretty sure I knew (or at least had some idea of) the answer for every question EXCEPT the diagram of the phloem!!!!! It was the year 9 work or something that screwed me up, haha. At least it was only one mark (I think? Better not have been two).

Question: What were the things you had to label on the phloem diagram?

Other than that, I was really happy. I knew I always finish with ages to go so I took a long time on each question and finished on time. If only the english exams had been this good...

One was the sieve cell - what was the further away thing? I didn't get that...I also think, two features, for 1 mark? Maybe they'll give 1 mark if you get 1/2 correct...as they can't give half marks!

 

[Tarshy]

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What did yous put for for the Wallace/ Darwin Question?

 

[imqt]

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I liked the paper overall - nothing too tricky. I found the hardest question to be the one about the tympanic membrane on the insect in the communication option section.

For the pathogen question I described the agar experiment.

same

 

[aussiechick007]

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^ no, if you get it half correct you get zero for it.

i put sieve plate and sieve tube....

 

[Tarshy]

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One was the sieve cell - what was the further away thing? I didn't get that...I also think, two features, for 1 mark? Maybe they'll give 1 mark if you get 1/2 correct...as they can't give half marks!

I thought that they would give 0. I did the same thing to.

 

[Lordie]

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same

Crappppppppp. I made an experiment using 6 beakers. 2 beakers had no additive, two beakers had the new chemical, and a third had another chemical that's proven to be effective against the pathogen. I then described how to do it that way...

Argh, I forgot all about the agar experiment. Heh, however it was 4 marks, so I believe they should give me something.

Unless they don't give you marks if it's an experiment not in the syllabus?

 

[russianROULETTE]

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What did yous put for for the Wallace/ Darwin Question?

convergent evolution i.e. they evolved to be similar because they're living in similar environments

Crappppppppp. I made an experiment using 6 beakers. 2 beakers had no additive, two beakers had the new chemical, and a third had another chemical that's proven to be effective against the pathogen. I then described how to do it that way...

Argh, I forgot all about the agar experiment. Heh, however it was 4 marks, so I believe they should give me something.

Unless they don't give you marks if it's an experiment not in the syllabus?

pretty sure that would be fine. as long as it does what the question says you're alright.

for the phloem one, i put sieve plate and sieve element... i always sucked at that section lol.

 

[Matt007123]

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That was so easy, Aced it

Subjects: Math, Math ext, Bio, Chem, Adv eng, Business

 

[Daline]

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I put sieve cells and companion cells? but i was unsure.

 

[chomp]

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I completely stuffed up the chemical composition... and that tympannic membrane one was very very weird (i spoke about information gathhering and also modeeling the tymmpanic membrane). But i wrote 5 pages for the 7 marker i.e. blood and for communication technology one

 

[Cob-was-here]

Re: how did you go?

I put sieve cells and companion cells? but i was unsure.

same.

That test was easy except for the 1 multiple choice one i stuffed and the 1 short answer i half stuffed up.

Human Story was soooo easy!

Come to think of it... I cant remember any questions on lymphocytes... were there any?

 

[dolbinau]

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Crappppppppp. I made an experiment using 6 beakers. 2 beakers had no additive, two beakers had the new chemical, and a third had another chemical that's proven to be effective against the pathogen. I then described how to do it that way...

Argh, I forgot all about the agar experiment. Heh, however it was 4 marks, so I believe they should give me something.

Unless they don't give you marks if it's an experiment not in the syllabus?

I did the same thing! The phloem thing was companion cell and sieve plate I think. On iPhone so I will post more thoughts when I get home. But overallgood.

 

[Azurie]

Re: how did you go?

convergent evolution i.e. they evolved to be similar because they're living in similar environments

I did the same