[Kidneyjean]

(Original post by jessplease)
What will help you with this, is going through a lot of past papers, like even from specifications that arent ours, as they tend to maintain the same questions, as there is only so much application and so many questions they could ask.
I remember for last years paper, i went through loads of past how science works questions and one question was basically the same! e.g
some really common applciation questions are;
1. factors to consider when deciding sample size: enough for representative, and statistical test, but not too time consuming
2. Why use units per gram or per area: because it allows comparison and there are large variations in overall masses or area size

But yeahh that sort of thing

You pretty much summed up my approach to revising this god-awful unit! (I did it in January). The main reason it's so disgusting is because they ask you seemingly different questions each year, but you can use the same/very similar bullet points as answers every time! It's just a matter of working out which points you need to regurgitate (no science necessary )

Also there are always two or three large 6-markers at the end of every paper which are AO1 heaven, great for clawing back marks lost on the crappy ecology questions that don't make sense...

[heelp.]

(Original post by jessplease)
you mean 1 and 2? 291/300

Well done!! have you done this for unit 4 and 5? if you have could i pleaseeee have them

[ChocolatePearl]

(Original post by Rizzy J)
Unit 4 notes

Those notes are amazing! Have you got similar notes for unit 5?

[Rizzy J]

(Original post by ChocolatePearl)
Those notes are amazing! Have you got similar notes for unit 5?

Yep, they're on the unit 5 thread.

[jessplease]

(Original post by heelp.)
Well done!! have you done this for unit 4 and 5? if you have could i pleaseeee have them

I've done them on paper! sorry!

[jessplease]

I hope there is a "how is carbon from dead plant made available to plant" question!

[Puloot]

(Original post by jessplease)
I hope there is a "how is carbon from dead plant made available to plant" question!

Oh yes! i love that question! Any clue what will we have for the last big questions?

[Bright.Inspiration.]

omfg I hate this unit

[jessplease]

(Original post by Puloot)
Oh yes! i love that question! Any clue what will we have for the last big questions?

No idea

[Bright.Inspiration.]

(Original post by Puloot)
Oh yes! i love that question! Any clue what will we have for the last big questions?

I want massive questions on photosynthesis and respiration <3

[Puloot]

(Original post by Bright.Inspiration.)
I want massive questions on photosynthesis and respiration <3

i would love to have massive questions on nitrogen cycle and carbon cycle

[jessplease]

(Original post by Puloot)
i would love to have massive questions on nitrogen cycle and carbon cycle

What do we actually need to know for the carbon cycle? Could you go through some points I'd be really grateful thanks!

[ChocolatePearl]

Any predictions for the 4, 5 or 6 markers?

[wenger16]

Hey ive done all exam style questions and jan 10, jan 11, june 11 and jan 2012 paper whaty do i do now is there anymore papers? or look at old papers?

[Bright.Inspiration.]

Has anyone done the June 10 paper ?
It's really hard but the grade boundaries are massively low

[alirazayouas]

jan 2012 bio paper :

http://www.school-portal.co.uk/Group...urceId=4497804

[Picture~Perfect]

(Original post by Bright.Inspiration.)
Has anyone done the June 10 paper ?
It's really hard but the grade boundaries are massively low

I'm doing it now, but I'm going through with my notes and the mark scheme, it is really hard.

[Picture~Perfect]

(Original post by Bright.Inspiration.)
I want massive questions on photosynthesis and respiration <3

Agreed, I love it when the ask you to describe the light dependent reaction for five marks, I just draw out the cycle, simples.

[Bright.Inspiration.]

(Original post by Picture~Perfect)
I'm doing it now, but I'm going through with my notes and the mark scheme, it is really hard.

The grade boundaries are amazingly low though... I lost like over 20 marks and managed to get 100UMS

[Picture~Perfect]

I struggle with these exams even though my subject knowledge is usually pretty flawless.
I was wondering what peoples approach to exams was. I'm thinking I might just learn bullet point answers, do you think it would be acceptable to give all my answers in bullet points in a similar way to the mark scheme answers? Will I still get the marks?