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

how much do we need to know about plant defenses? my textbook has many different plant defenses and names for the chemicals produced, should i learn those?
also how much should we know about laser confocal microscopes?

When you say plant defenses what exactly are you referring to? Laser confocal Ive literally learnt that they use point illumination which cause neon colours to glow due to the fact the specimen is tagged with a fluorescent dye. They can show different depths have a high resolution and are non-invasive. That's all I've learnt

the production of callose, and names of insect repellents/anti-fungals/etc. if i recall correctly this is the new part of the spec

and okay that's literally all i know too!! the other thing i forgot to mention was biosensors... how much should i know about that because i've honestly forgotten about it lol

Ngl I have no idea about plant defense Im pretty sure that isn't on the new spec as I only went over the spec a couple of days ago and I definitely don't remember seeing that on it! Not entirely sure regarding biosensors I have learnt: They can be used to test chemicals in a solution. It uses a biological molecule to detect a chemical. The biological molecule produces a signal which is converted to an electrical signal by a transducer. The electrical signal is then processed to work out other info (e.g. initial concentration)

Does anyone have any good revision resources?

Or any links to websites where I can get test questions from (not the specimen paper though, already done that)???

I'm screwed for this exam because I have English lit and Latin aswell, so I may just skip classification lool

Does anyone have any good revision resources?

Or any links to websites where I can get test questions from (not the specimen paper though, already done that)???

Same! I can't believe English Lit and Biology are on the same day, they're my worst exams, fml

So is it unlikely they will ask like explain step by step how to do a serial dilution and instead maybe just say like name the procedure/method the student has done or like suggest an experiment the student could do?

Hi Guys,
i was wondering what your predictions are for the longer mark questions. For example, i feel like the examiners are going to put in a question asking us to describe the the cardiac cycle, or to explain the process of Translocation and transpiration.
What do you think?

how much do we need to know about plant defenses? my textbook has many different plant defenses and names for the chemicals produced, should i learn those?
also how much should we know about laser confocal microscopes?

You doing OCR lit?

The CGP biology revision guide for the new specification is absolutely incredible. It is exactly according to the specification- I can safely say CGP has never released a more spot on revision guide. Seriously the best revision guide. Just go to a shop and check it out- you will not be disappointed!

The CGP biology revision guide for the new specification is absolutely incredible. It is exactly according to the specification- I can safely say CGP has never released a more spot on revision guide. Seriously the best revision guide. Just go to a shop and check it out- you will not be disappointed!