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DNA, enzymes, and evolution and classification as they didn't come up much in the january paper, I think it will be light on the food and health and heavy on the biodiversity

What about the different immune responses to disease? and smoking?

Reply 61

Munrot07

Original post by LA_95

What about the different immune responses to disease? and smoking?

yeh smoking always comes up but there is a lot in the health section so it is hard to tell, I think malaria could come up as that hasn't appeared in a while and the immune system could :smile:

it is so hard to tell

Reply 62

upthegunners

Original post by otrivine

Hi want to revise chapter 1

function of golgi apparatus? 3 mmarks.

Reply 63

otrivine

Original post by upthegunners

function of golgi apparatus? 3 mmarks.

golgi apparatous, is that it modifies and packages the protein into vesicle ready for trasport and the vescile moves via ATP (cytoskeleton) and fuses with the plasma membrane in order for the protein molecule to be secreted out of the cell.

Reply 64

purplemind

Has anyone done the evaluative task on plants?

Reply 65

upthegunners

Original post by purplemind

Has anyone done the evaluative task on plants?

yes its easy

you just have to use a dichotomous key

Reply 66

purplemind

Original post by upthegunners

yes its easy

you just have to use a dichotomous key

I remember doing a qualitative task with dichtomous key to identify leaves (got 6 :lol:

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But dichtomous key for evaluation? I don't get how it can be. :tongue:

Reply 67

Munrot07

Original post by purplemind

I remember doing a qualitative task with dichtomous key to identify leaves (got 6 :lol:

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But dichtomous key for evaluation? I don't get how it can be. :tongue:

its not :P the evaluation involved species richness and evenness and the simpson's index

Reply 68

purplemind

Original post by Munrot07

its not :P the evaluation involved species richness and evenness and the simpson's index

Ok, right, thanks. :tongue:

The thing is, I'm doing it next week as my previous evaluative tasks (2) weren't awesome.
I really try to do my best but it is so hard to get the marks. And the grade boundaries are high too. :frown:

Reply 69

Munrot07

Original post by purplemind

Ok, right, thanks. :tongue:

The thing is, I'm doing it next week as my previous evaluative tasks (2) weren't awesome.
I really try to do my best but it is so hard to get the marks. And the grade boundaries are high too. :frown:

evaluatives are hard, just make sure you write as much as possible and tbh i think this one is a harder one i didn't do great on it so had to do a different one, the enzyme one

Reply 70

purplemind

Original post by Munrot07

evaluatives are hard, just make sure you write as much as possible and tbh i think this one is a harder one i didn't do great on it so had to do a different one, the enzyme one

Well, I did this before and I don't remember how many I got, but it wasn't what I wanted to get.
I guess the mark schemes are really specific about the words you use.
I will try to revise the topic from my book and maybe the teacher will hopefully give some advice as well.

Reply 71

Munrot07

Original post by purplemind

yeh they are so specific and you have to mention like 2 or 3 points to get one mark, good luck

Reply 72

purplemind

Original post by Munrot07

yeh they are so specific and you have to mention like 2 or 3 points to get one mark, good luck

Thanks.

Aww, it's really bad.
I do OCR Chemistry as well, and I easily got 20/20 in evaluation.
Biology is just... It's not even a real science. :biggrin:

Reply 73

Munrot07

Original post by purplemind

Thanks.

Aww, it's really bad.
I do OCR Chemistry as well, and I easily got 20/20 in evaluation.
Biology is just... It's not even a real science. :biggrin:

i'm guessing ur dropping bio next year?

Reply 74

purplemind

Original post by Munrot07

i'm guessing ur dropping bio next year?

Yes, I don't find it as enjoyable as before.
And it's not very relevant to what I want to do (Economics). :smile:

Reply 75

Munrot07

Original post by purplemind

Yes, I don't find it as enjoyable as before.
And it's not very relevant to what I want to do (Economics). :smile:

ah ok :P cool :smile:

Reply 76

sadiex1

Original post by Munrot07

ah ok :P cool :smile:

anyone got the 2013 jan paper?

Reply 77

sadiex1

Original post by purplemind

Well, I'd rather get at least a decent A. :biggrin:

But same! I'm not going to do Biology next year. I just find it increasingly boring.

Original post by upthegunners

yea I know, If I can get a low A I'll be so happy..I am definitely not taking Biology to A2- no way.

a2 biology is hell, i regret not dropping it after AS so much.

Reply 78

PK95

Does anyone have any tips of answering the questions in the exam? I know my content really well but when it comes to the actual exam I fail miserably. I am a A2 student retaking F212 and the maximum I have ever got in biology is a C grade and I need to get a B.

Reply 79

phaseshift

Original post by sadiex1

anyone got the 2013 jan paper?

The paper can be found here: http://ifitsgreenitsbiology.wordpress.com/2013/01/10/january-exams-2013/

Original post by PK95

OCR is all about the terminology and using it correctly. People lose marks for either interpreting the question wrong (which is surprisingly easy with OCR!) or waffling about a correct answer and simply not being precise enough. Learn the key terms for every topic and then use them correctly.