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  1. Simiantics's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Biology 2012 Discussion
    (Original post by Bonzo10)
    Thanks for that.

    I hope they did too. You couldn't comment on the very last comment; chances of photoperiod being accepted? I can't remember if I put 'ism'?
    The photoperiod is the actual time needed to trigger flowering so my gut feeling is they will only accept photoperiodism as they asked for the term describing the actual effect.
  2. qwerty1507's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Biology 2012 Discussion
    (Original post by Simiantics)
    I am a bio teacher also and just finished going over the paper and I agree with the MC answers posted.

    Overall a fair paper imo - hope my pupils did well!
    Yay! 100% in MC
  3. These Streets's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Biology 2012 Discussion
    (Original post by NR09)
    That went quite well!!

    Although I struggled on the 4 mark question on competitive and non-competitive inhibitors
    What question was that, I can't remember anything about competitive and non-competitive.
  4. Simiantics's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Biology 2012 Discussion
    I think that was in the AH paper
  5. Ohtobecanadian:('s Avatar
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    Re: Higher Biology 2012 Discussion
    Does anyone have the actual past paper questions ? :P
  6. LLL17's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Biology 2012 Discussion
    Where is the paper? Can someone post it please so I can check my multiplemchoice answers?
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    Re: Higher Biology 2012 Discussion
    (Original post by Ohtobecanadian:()
    Does anyone have the actual past paper questions ? :P
    (Original post by LLL17)
    Where is the paper? Can someone post it please so I can check my multiplemchoice answers?
    The multiple choice section of the paper has been posted here:

    (Original post by mimx)
    Multiple choice scan:

    http://www.sendspace.com/file/2h6okm


    Answers:

    1. B
    2. A
    3. A
    4. D
    5. A
    6. B
    7. C
    8. C
    9. D
    10. D
    11. C
    12. C
    13. D
    14. A
    15. B
    16. A
    17. B
    18. B
    19. C
    20. B
    21. B
    22. C
    23. A
    24. D
    25. B
    26. D
    27. C
    28. D
    29. A
    30. C
  8. SQA's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Biology 2012 Discussion
    (Original post by qwerty1507)
    Yay! 100% in MC
    WHAT. Wow that's nice! Well done!






    Jel.:sigh:
  9. Ohtobecanadian:('s Avatar
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    Re: Higher Biology 2012 Discussion
    (Original post by qwerty1507)
    The multiple choice section of the paper has been posted here:
    Thanks so much I was wanderin if anyone had the actual questions though as well cause I'd need to see the questions to know wat answers I put down :L
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    Re: Higher Biology 2012 Discussion
    (Original post by SQA)
    WHAT. Wow that's nice! Well done!


    Jel.:sigh:
    Thanks! Sure you've done really well!
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    Think I lost 1 mark on the MC.. totally overthunk the effects of nicotine on fetal development one. Ah well.

    Anyway almost done scanning the rest of the paper.
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    Re: Higher Biology 2012 Discussion
    (Original post by Ohtobecanadian:()
    Thanks so much I was wanderin if anyone had the actual questions though as well cause I'd need to see the questions to know wat answers I put down :L
    A link to the file with the questions is included in that post, just above the answers
  13. TheFOMaster's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Biology 2012 Discussion
    Wonder what the pass mark'll be? It wasn't hard. But it wasn't exactly the easiest paper ever Probably about the same as last year hopefully, with max for an A,B,C being 75%,65% and 55% hopefully
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    Re: Higher Biology 2012 Discussion
    (Original post by SQA)
    Yes! Wrote indicator hehee!

    There's half mark in Biology? Since when :eek:
    Will you need two parts to get 1 mark there then? I wrote indicator species!
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    Re: Higher Biology 2012 Discussion
    (Original post by qwerty1507)
    The multiple choice section of the paper has been posted here:
    What about the actual questions though?
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    (Original post by LLL17)
    What about the actual questions though?
    There aswell. Need to download.
  17. Ohtobecanadian:('s Avatar
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    Re: Higher Biology 2012 Discussion
    I wrote one of my essays on the working sheet by accident and handed it in, I told the invigilator but he just slipped it in with my answer booklet, I'm really worried that someone's going to throw it out thinking it's a working sheet or that it will fall out , That was my better essay as well I really thought I could of got 10 Anyone got any suggestions about what I should do about ? :'(
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    Re: Higher Biology 2012 Discussion
    (Original post by qwerty1507)
    A link to the file with the questions is included in that post, just above the answers
    Yeah that link doesn't work for me :/ anyone got pdh of it?
  19. TheFOMaster's Avatar
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    Re: Higher Biology 2012 Discussion
    (Original post by Ohtobecanadian:()
    I wrote one of my essays on the working sheet by accident and handed it in, I told the invigilator but he just slipped it in with my answer booklet, I'm really worried that someone's going to throw it out thinking it's a working sheet or that it will fall out , That was my better essay as well I really thought I could of got 10 Anyone got any suggestions about what I should do about ? :'(
    You really can't do anything about it :/ You just have to hope for the best...
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    Re: Higher Biology 2012 Discussion
    (Original post by These Streets)
    What question was that, I can't remember anything about competitive and non-competitive.
    Oh, sorry. I misread the title; I did AH
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