OCR Biology A Exam Thread (Breadth - May 26, 2016 and Depth - June 7, 2016)

Reply 60

alevelyh

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what topics does everyone find the hardest? i hate the t tests calculations and yh

Reply 61

Yesitisi

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Original post by alevelyh

what topics does everyone find the hardest? i hate the t tests calculations and yh

Biodiversity is my worst topic, it has so much boring content. My idiotic teacher skipped it all and told us to do it in our own time and didn't bother to teach us anything. Anyone know how to make it easier to learn?

Reply 62

ChelK321

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Original post by Yesitisi

Biodiversity is my worst topic, it has so much boring content. My idiotic teacher skipped it all and told us to do it in our own time and didn't bother to teach us anything. Anyone know how to make it easier to learn?

Omg skipped it all? My teacher skipped out some of biodiversity but I'd say along with plant defences it's the most boring so they're probably my worst. As for making it easier to learn maybe try some youtube videos? I'm going to try that because it must be more interesting than out of the textbook 💤

Reply 63

alevelyh

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same with our teacher she skipped most of our biodiversity

Reply 64

matt1306

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I'm not sure why but I just can't seem to get my head into biodiversity...

Reply 65

plower

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You guys know what kind of statistical calculations we need to know?? T-test? Chisquared, spearmans rho??

Reply 66

Gogregg

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Does anyone know the sort of extent we need to know the plant defences?
I know the different ones they have and i know callose deposition and necrosis in detail, but do we have to do the same for phenols, terpenoids and alkoloids?

Also, what sort of questions are there on classification and evolution? Still haven't really learnt them...

Reply 67

OddFuturez

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man I got a B is gcse maths and the math in both papers is gonna **** me

Reply 68

plower

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Original post by Gogregg

Does anyone know the sort of extent we need to know the plant defences?
I know the different ones they have and i know callose deposition and necrosis in detail, but do we have to do the same for phenols, terpenoids and alkoloids?

Also, what sort of questions are there on classification and evolution? Still haven't really learnt them...

You can find what you need to learn in the Ocr syllabus, just type it up for our year 2016. You actually scare me with phenols, terpenoids and alkoloids?is that even biology, I've not come across that

Original post by OddFuturez

man I got a B is gcse maths and the math in both papers is gonna **** me

Same 😂 I think they give you formulas for like Simpsons index and standard deviation but you need to learn all the little calculation, it's not that hard once you know them all

Reply 69

Gogregg

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Original post by plower

You can find what you need to learn in the Ocr syllabus, just type it up for our year 2016. You actually scare me with phenols, terpenoids and alkoloids?is that even biology, I've not come across that

Same 😂 I think they give you formulas for like Simpsons index and standard deviation but you need to learn all the little calculation, it's not that hard once you know them all

I guess we probably don't, then, but the specification is just so vague sometimes, i have no idea what to learn and what not to :colondollar:

Edit: it only says 'to include the production of chemicals' what does that even mean? What chemicals!?

Reply 70

ChelK321

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Phenols, terpenoids and alkaloids?? What 😳😨 :redface:

😂

Reply 71

ChelK321

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http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/171693-specification-accredited-as-level-gce-biology-a-h020.pdf

Reply 72

OddFuturez

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Original post by ChelK321

Phenols, terpenoids and alkaloids?? What 😳😨 :redface:

😂

It's in the textbook?

Reply 73

PanickingYear12

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Original post by OddFuturez

It's in the textbook?

Oh goshh what page?? I'm really scared for bio tbh

Reply 74

Gogregg

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Original post by PanickingYear12

Oh goshh what page?? I'm really scared for bio tbh

I feel like that's how everyone feels :lol:

These exams are not going to go well :s-smilie:

Reply 75

PanickingYear12

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Original post by Gogregg

I feel like that's how everyone feels :lol:

These exams are not going to go well :s-smilie:

Have you done the specimen papers? Our teacher set the breadth one as a mock exam in class, but the multiple choice was so hard we all ended up talking and struggling through it together. In the end he just let us use the books and share our answers it was that hard!

Reply 76

plower

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Original post by OddFuturez

It's in the textbook?

Pretty sure that's chemistry...

Original post by Gogregg

I guess we probably don't, then, but the specification is just so vague sometimes, i have no idea what to learn and what not to :colondollar:

Edit: it only says 'to include the production of chemicals' what does that even mean? What chemicals!?

Oh I get it, it means plants have chemical defences against pathogens as well as physical defences,because they produce antimicrobial chemicals which kills pathogens or inhibit their growth, etc. There's some example to it that you probably should know as well, These should be in your textbook!!

Reply 77

Gogregg

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Original post by PanickingYear12

Have you done the specimen papers? Our teacher set the breadth one as a mock exam in class, but the multiple choice was so hard we all ended up talking and struggling through it together. In the end he just let us use the books and share our answers it was that hard!

Yeah, i have, we did a paper made up essentially of multiple choice from the specimen papers we don't have access to, and i just scraped 50% looking back on it, the multiple choice isn't as difficult now, still scary though...