IAS Biology Chemistry 2019 May/June Discussion

r u doing edexcel IAS bio?

Original post by Roha125

how is answer D in the mcq.
Won't it be B cuz artial systole means contraction of atrium so many blood reached ventricle and graph shows ventricle volume in y axis

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it is D because when the right atrium is at systole most of the blood is forced out of the right atrium to the right ventricle, and at D there is most volume of blood

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Yes it is May 2017 unit 1,
Exam is next month 😥

Original post by Ailurophile03

r u doing edexcel IAS bio?

Reply 5

ikrr
btw from which country r u giving it?

Original post by Roha125

Yes it is May 2017 unit 1,
Exam is next month 😥

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found some IAL practical notes of unit 3
may come in help
file:///C:/Users/fahima/Downloads/AS_biology_core_practical_summary.pdf

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Original post by Ailurophile03

ikrr
btw from which country r u giving it?

Bangladesh.You?
How many subjects are you giving this time.
BTW i am giving the exam on the new syllabus are you too,what extra prep are taking for that

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omg same, i am also giving it from bangladesh
i am giving 2 this time (bio and chem) physics and math on jan 2020
i am basically just ticking off from the specification of the new syllabus, i dont know what else to do :frown:

Original post by Roha125

Bangladesh.You?
How many subjects are you giving this time.
BTW i am giving the exam on the new syllabus are you too,what extra prep are taking for that

Reply 9

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Giving all four AS this time.Jan 2019 Pure Maths (Still not sure whether i will take it or not)

Worrying like hell,what if the marks scheme points changes,question pattern changes.Have you done the specimen papers and 2019 Jan Unit 1s?

Original post by Ailurophile03

omg same, i am also giving it from bangladesh
i am giving 2 this time (bio and chem) physics and math on jan 2020
i am basically just ticking off from the specification of the new syllabus, i dont know what else to do :frown:

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Our teachers are giving us Cambridge Q papers as they already had the new stuffs.

Original post by Roha125

Giving all four AS this time.Jan 2019 Pure Maths (Still not sure whether i will take it or not)

Worrying like hell,what if the marks scheme points changes,question pattern changes.Have you done the specimen papers and 2019 Jan Unit 1s?

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ikr, i wish i had registered for old spec!
i am mostly worried for unit 3 bio as the specimen paper was soo different from the old past papers
yup i have done some of the specimen paper, didnt go so well tho, wwhat about u

Original post by Roha125

Giving all four AS this time.Jan 2019 Pure Maths (Still not sure whether i will take it or not)

Worrying like hell,what if the marks scheme points changes,question pattern changes.Have you done the specimen papers and 2019 Jan Unit 1s?

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ohh what is the paper code? what else do u do?

Original post by Roha125

Our teachers are giving us Cambridge Q papers as they already had the new stuffs.

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Not full paper,he gave us single questions for
Hardy Weinberg equation (9700/M/J/17 Number-3)
dihybrid cross (9700/41/O/N/18 No.2 and 9700/42/F/M/17 Number-5)
microscope eye piece calciulations(9700/33/O/N/12 Number-2b and 9700/35/O/N/13 Page-13)
Cell drawing (9700/33/M/J/14 Page 10)
No question from DNA methylation 😢
(Original post by Ailurophile03)

ohh what is the paper code? what else do u do?

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ohh thanksss
good luck with the revision mate :h:

did u finish all the edexcel qp, i didnt :redface:

i think im gonna get doomed this time

Original post by Roha125

Not full paper,he gave us single questions for
Hardy Weinberg equation (9700/M/J/17 Number-3)
dihybrid cross (9700/41/O/N/18 No.2 and 9700/42/F/M/17 Number-5)
microscope eye piece calciulations(9700/33/O/N/12 Number-2b and 9700/35/O/N/13 Page-13)
Cell drawing (9700/33/M/J/14 Page 10)
No question from DNA methylation 😢
(Original post by Ailurophile03)

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No way,in o levels i finished every single one of them but now i have no chance,
The QP i finished is Bio Unit 3 cuz it was easy but now i think it was complete waste of time.

Original post by Ailurophile03

ohh thanksss
good luck with the revision mate :h:

did u finish all the edexcel qp, i didnt :redface:

i think im gonna get doomed this time

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sameee, do u know whether the new spec has a bibliography thing where we need to put the info in order?

Original post by Roha125

No way,in o levels i finished every single one of them but now i have no chance,
The QP i finished is Bio Unit 3 cuz it was easy but now i think it was complete waste of time.

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Thats the most controversial topic,will it come or not.
I think we read the teacher's guide for new biology and for unit 3 it says that teacher could skip Question number 2 as most of it not required now(except some e.g. implications).So we stopped doing it but our new IAS books has Reference in the Thinking Bigger Portion.I was so confused that i did every thing and swiped nothing

Original post by Ailurophile03

sameee, do u know whether the new spec has a bibliography thing where we need to put the info in order?

(edited 5 years ago)

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ohh i seee
so to recap what are the major things added for unit 3 bio?

Original post by Roha125

Thats the most controversial topic,will it come or not.
I think we read the teacher's guide for new biology and for unit 3 it says that teacher could skip Question number 2 as most of it not required now(except some e.g. implications).So we stopped doing it but our new IAS books has Reference in the Thinking Bigger Portion.I was so confused that i did every thing and swiped nothing

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