OCR AS Biology A 2018 H020

Hi everyone this is a thread for anyone doing this years OCR AS Biology!

Exam dates
Thursday 24th of May - Breadth in Biology

Monday 4th of June - Depth in Biology

Specification

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

Revision resources

http://www.a-levelnotes.co.uk/ocr-biology-notes.html

http://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/biology-revision/a-level-ocr-a/

https://technocratnotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Technocrat-Notes-Originals-OCR-AS-Level-Biology-Paper-1-and-Paper-2-1.pdf

https://www.brainscape.com/p/1A663-LH-4TUDL

Practice papers

http://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/past-papers/a-level-biology/ocr-a-paper-1-as/

http://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/past-papers/a-level-biology/ocr-a-paper-2-as/

If you have more resources, please share with everyone.

Also, post your answers to the following questions:
1.Favourite Topic
2.Least Favourite Topic
3.Most Confident Topic
4.Least Confident Topic
5.Why are you taking Biology?
6.Have You Started Revising Yet?

Good luck everybody!

(edited 6 years ago)

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Reply 1

ChemisLife

Hi everyone!

1.Favourite Topic - Transport in animals
2.Least Favourite Topic - Biodiversity
3.Most Confident Topic - Cell structure :biggrin:

4.Least Confident Topic - Biological molecules
5.Why are you taking Biology? - Want to study Biochem at uni
6.Have You Started Revising Yet? - Yes

Reply 2

United2

Hey 👋

1. Evolution
2. Biological molecules
3. The heart
4. Diseases
5. I like anatomy
6. Yes

Btw has anyone got the OCR AS papers from 2017?

Reply 3

s0ph13forlife

Original post by United2

Hey 👋

1. Evolution
2. Biological molecules
3. The heart
4. Diseases
5. I like anatomy
6. Yes

Btw has anyone got the OCR AS papers from 2017?

I did the 2017 ones this week and the depth was quite hard however the breadth was easy.

Anyone got any predictions of what could come up this year?

Reply 4

Greenapplepear

Original post by s0ph13forlife

I did the 2017 ones this week and the depth was quite hard however the breadth was easy.

Anyone got any predictions of what could come up this year?

I reckon:

classification
diseases
cell structure
cardiac cycle
translocation

what about you?

Only 27 days to go !

Original post by Greenapplepear

I reckon:

classification
diseases
cell structure
cardiac cycle
translocation

what about you?

I agree with those above because they haven't came up yet much in the 2016 & 17 paper
I reckon diffusion, active transport, diseases, lipids, protein structure possibly

Reply 7

lionike123

Topics that have to come up:
classification/Biodiversity
diseases
cell structure
cardiac cycle
translocation
Chromoragrophy
Spirometer/Potometer
Gas Exchange in Insects

Reply 8

hamzzza501

Do you think there will be loads of practical based questions

Reply 9

fastengines

Original post by hamzzza501

Do you think there will be loads of practical based questions

Not many but there will be at least one I reckon,
How is revision for everyone?

Reply 10

fastengines

Original post by Greenapplepear

Hi, I'm getting confused as to whether there is going to be MCQs on the paper?
How are you finding revision?

Reply 11

Greenapplepear

Original post by fastengines

Hi, I'm getting confused as to whether there is going to be MCQs on the paper?
How are you finding revision?

Hey mate, yeh so the ‘Breadth’ paper (paper 1 basically) has 20 MCQ and the second paper (depth) does not have any MCQ.

And yeh revision is very painful rn 😅

Reply 12

hamzzza501

Original post by fastengines

Not many but there will be at least one I reckon,
How is revision for everyone?

Revision is going well. But I really don’t want a lot of application questions. Or a lot of module 4

Reply 13

hamzzza501

Original post by Greenapplepear

Guys should we put our own answers on here starught after the exam. Like all multiple choices. Because we can easily store them in our calculators

Reply 14

fastengines

Original post by Greenapplepear

Hey mate, yeh so the ‘Breadth’ paper (paper 1 basically) has 20 MCQ and the second paper (depth) does not have any MCQ.

And yeh revision is very painful rn 😅

Trust me,
does anyone have access to the 2017 paper because I'm a private candidate.

Original post by hamzzza501

Guys should we put our own answers on here starught after the exam. Like all multiple choices. Because we can easily store them in our calculators

Good idea. Hopefully the exam goes well.

Reply 15

fastengines

Original post by hamzzza501

Revision is going well. But I really don’t want a lot of application questions. Or a lot of module 4

I feel M4 will come up and yes it is slightly difficult, I'm finding revision a pain to be honest.

Reply 16

hamzzza501

Original post by fastengines

I feel M4 will come up and yes it is slightly difficult, I'm finding revision a pain to be honest.

Will you put your multiple choices on here? As soon as your exam Is done so we can see if we got siniliar answers. What are you hoping to get?

Reply 17

fastengines

Original post by hamzzza501

Will you put your multiple choices on here? As soon as your exam Is done so we can see if we got siniliar answers. What are you hoping to get?

I am hoping to get an A, god willing.
Also have you got the 2017 papers, if so, please PM?
Yeah sure, i will post what i get for them.

What are you aiming for?
How far are you with revision, I just need to go over some parts of Module 4.

Reply 18

hamzzza501

Original post by fastengines

I’m aiming for an A. Module four is mostly understanding to Be fair.

How quickly do you think we should put what we got in here? As soon as we are finished with the exam?

Reply 19

fastengines

Original post by hamzzza501

I’m aiming for an A. Module four is mostly understanding to Be fair.

How quickly do you think we should put what we got in here? As soon as we are finished with the exam?