AQA Biol4 15th June 2012

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  1. Rizzy J's Avatar
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    AQA Biol4 15th June 2012
    Hey thought I'd make a thread for the JUNE 2012 AQA BIOLOGY UNIT 4 (BIOL4) exam in a couple of weeks.
    Feel free to share notes/tips/materials/questions and thoughts on the exam.
  2. Kandy_Kain_94's Avatar
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    Re: AQA Biol4 15th June 2012
    (Original post by Rizzy J)
    Hey thought I'd make a thread for the JUNE 2012 AQA BIOLOGY UNIT 4 (BIOL4) exam in a couple of weeks.
    Feel free to share notes/tips/materials/questions and thoughts on the exam.
    Just started revising for this unit now, shouldn't be too hard I mostly need to work on exam technique
  3. Rizzy J's Avatar
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    Re: AQA Biol4 15th June 2012
    Haven't started revising yet, just so lazy and U4 is so boring don't even want to open the book and read and learn anything
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    Re: AQA Biol4 15th June 2012
    (Original post by Kandy_Kain_94)
    Just started revising for this unit now, shouldn't be too hard I mostly need to work on exam technique
    same here. I did this exam in january and messed up because I didn't know how to do the paper!
    How're you brushing up on exam technique? Any tips??
    I'm so lost cos teacher said there wasn't any gaps in my knowledge...
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    Re: AQA Biol4 15th June 2012
    (Original post by Rizzy J)
    Haven't started revising yet, just so lazy and U4 is so boring don't even want to open the book and read and learn anything
    Well said! :yy:

    Only respiration / photosynthesis / genetics (towards the end) made Unit 4 bearable for me - there was just too much ecology!
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    Re: AQA Biol4 15th June 2012
    anyone find the specimen paper ridiculously ambiguous
  7. navarre's Avatar
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    Re: AQA Biol4 15th June 2012
    Not resitting it, doing it for first time. My school doesn't do January exams, which is good. SO many people screw up in January, seems pointless to do it then. May as well do it in summer.
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    Re: AQA Biol4 15th June 2012
    heyy
    im resitting too and cannnot bring myself to go over the whole unit again
    does anyone have the jan2012 paper for unit4?
    xxxxx
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    Re: AQA Biol4 15th June 2012
    (Original post by sofiaj)
    heyy
    im resitting too and cannnot bring myself to go over the whole unit again
    does anyone have the jan2012 paper for unit4?
    xxxxx
    http://www.school-portal.co.uk/Group...urceId=4497804

    http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/atta...6&d=1331386803
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    Re: AQA Biol4 15th June 2012
    How are you guys revising this? I'm resitting and don't really want to go through the whole unit AGAIN!
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    Re: AQA Biol4 15th June 2012
    Can someone please give me some advice on how to tackle this paper. I thought i knew the stuff, but when i got onto the past papers .. they seemed incredibly difficult. Same thing happened in January, I don't know how to handle this paper!
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    Re: AQA Biol4 15th June 2012
    whats the difference between the light independent/dependent reactions and non cyclic photophospohorylation
  13. ds4143's Avatar
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    Non cyclic phosphorylation is a part of light dependent stage :/ confused


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  14. ds4143's Avatar
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    Ah im doing it for the first time too! My sixth form does unit 5 in Jan first..and then unit 4 in June, how are you finding the revsion?


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    Re: AQA Biol4 15th June 2012
    (Original post by ds4143)
    Ah im doing it for the first time too! My sixth form does unit 5 in Jan first..and then unit 4 in June, how are you finding the revsion?


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    I didnt think you could do unit 5 in jan?
  16. ds4143's Avatar
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    (Original post by jessplease)
    I didnt think you could do unit 5 in jan?
    Ooh you defo can coz I did it in Jan ...but in that paper one question had a unit 4 question in it -.- so i couldnt answer it

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    Re: AQA Biol4 15th June 2012
    (Original post by ds4143)
    Ooh you defo can coz I did it in Jan ...but in that paper one question had a unit 4 question in it -.- so i couldnt answer it

    This was posted from The Student Room's Android App on my HTC Desire HD A9191

    Are you definitley doing AQA?
  18. ds4143's Avatar
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    (Original post by canthardlywait)
    Are you definitley doing AQA?
    LOL oops sorry im OCR got confused -.-

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    Re: AQA Biol4 15th June 2012
    (Original post by ds4143)
    LOL oops sorry im OCR got confused -.-

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    Lol aww, i got soo confused aha
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