OCR Biology F212 (Molecules, Biodiversity, Food and Health)- 21st May 2012

Reply 4360

Weasleys_jumper

Original post by imconfused

my brain confuses me....
basically im still laughin which isnt mature... u get me??? hahahah!!!!

haha yeah..maybe I should take a leaf out of your book

Reply 4361

Flyteryder

12

Original post by Onkar-M

I basically wrote the same thing and gave an example (eg use for biological washing powders at lower temps).

Original post by Unsworth

I'm not sure! I put that it might be used in other life processes and so they won't be able to be carried out..

Thanks

What was the letter on the second page? I had no idea so I took a guess at J.

Reply 4362

imconfused

10

My poem is to those who need to be entertained and feel down... (wasted 10 mins of my life for u guys...), as u will clock i cant actually write poems....

Biodiversity is ugly
ocr is fugly
questions were rough
the exam was tough

revision is boring
some are pouring
others are yawning

some are passing
others failing

dont feel ruined
this is just the start;

pain,
regrets,
embarrasment,
tears,
tantrums,
years...

sulking
ashamed
down

...wipe them away....

not worth for the evil ocr

Reply 4363

Ketchup'n'Mustard

13

Original post by Corryms

Genus is first.
The name was:
Soprano Pipistrelle

Wasn't it Pipistrelle pipistrelle?

Reply 4364

Pride

21

Original post by chiny94

Sorry to jump in like this but how did you find the exam? :colondollar:

lol I've been getting that a lot today actually

very difficult. I think there were lots of questions I was really happy about. But lots that were just unbelievable, and they tended to be early on in the paper, so I had to rush through. Skipped about 5 marks worth of the fish questions and didn't get time to come back...

I think I did well, I'm just frustrated because I was aiming for 90+ so that I can ask my school to predict me A*. Now, that's a lot less likely, especially considering the mistake I'm hearing about here, you know the thing on finding the amount of reducing sugar. I was rushing, I was talking about the colorimeter lol.

like I said earlier, I feel sorry for the average student, it was just so out of order, the amount of suggest questions in there... oh man don't get me started :sigh:

what about you?

Reply 4365

otrivine

14

Original post by Weasleys_jumper

yes I also wrote about less kinetic energy therfore less frequent collions but i didn't write about continuous and discontinuous variation :frown:

I wrote about genetic and environmental variation , uugh I'M SUCH AN IDIOT!

that is what i wrote :wink:

we got same answers? and for continous i said like as well some genes becoming active.
for the question what carbohydrate was it glucose? and for reducing why student thing i said other factors could take part like temp e.t.c

Reply 4366

sunflower77

for the question about the two types of variation I wrote about intraspecific variation and interspecific variation but quite a few people here said they wrote about continuous and discontinuous..
did any one else write about intra/inter specific??

Reply 4367

Weasleys_jumper

Original post by HarryMWilliams

I think it was asking about the entire molecule hence poly but you could be right still.

Tis what I thought.

Oh, I hope we're right..

Reply 4368

Adamcfc

[email protected] - If enough people email them, they will at least have to look into the paper.

Reply 4369

babit

Original post by Ketchup'n'Mustard

Wasn't it Pipistrelle pipistrelle?

Yep, because the Soprano whatever is the common name

Reply 4370

username854791

OP

14

Seriously What the hell was the point of that song lyric?? :mob:

Reply 4371

vicky8761

for the one about two types of variation i did continuous and discontinuous....dont tell me ive got it all wrong have i? :confused:

Reply 4372

om-nom ._.

Original post by imconfused

My poem is to those who need to be entertained and feel down... (wasted 10 mins of my life for u guys...), as u will clock i cant actually write poems....

Biodiversity is ugly
ocr is fugly
questions were rough
the exam was tough

revision is boring
some are pouring
others are yawning

some are passing
others failing

dont feel ruined
this is just the start;

pain,
regrets,
embarrasment,
tears,
tantrums,
years...

sulking
ashamed
down

...wipe them away....

not worth for the evil ocr

ha this cheered me up LOL

Reply 4373

phaseshift

12

Original post by Weasleys_jumper

Oh, I hope we're right..

Fingers permanently crossed until the 25th! :biggrin:

Reply 4374

Weasleys_jumper

Original post by otrivine

that is what i wrote :wink:

we got same answers? and for continous i said like as well some genes becoming active.
for the question what carbohydrate was it glucose? and for reducing why student thing i said other factors could take part like temp e.t.c

sorry I have no idea which question you're talking about, I think my mind is becoming numb to the exam (which is what I need as I have a chemistry exam to focus on!)

Reply 4375

Sammiichidz

Original post by Flyteryder

Did anyone else get 11.3% for the percentage difference question? If not, what was the answer?

I got 12.0 :/ but that kinda like in the same range I think :smile:

Reply 4376

Iepnauy

9

On the fish question, there was a question on variables right?
-pH
-Enzyme concentration
-Substrate concentration

Reply 4377

CJRO

Original post by Xotol

Well, that's a waste of time. Unfortunately, they're not going to lower the grade boundaries because people start complaining.

However , the grade boundaries will probably be very low because people will have done badly. There were a lot more 'suggest' and application questions than usual and some were quite difficult to work out which will probably catch people out. I thought that was the hardest paper of the F212 series I've done.

I'm guessing the A grade boundary will be 60-65.

Yes, the grades are subjective to the marks of the cohort. Last paper was 66 for an A. I have seen some papers at 73 for an A. You would be lucky if the even read the letter, never mind consider it valid. Exams are tough, they need to define abilities.