Biology 2007 Exam

eoiner

does anyone have any idea, or has anyone been givin some topics that are expected in the biology exam.....

here is what my teacher thinks....

1. short answer

. food
. digestion
. cell division
. enzymes
. plants general

2. experiments

. investigate catalyse factors
. light intesnsity on photosynthesis (deffinate)...
. iaa growth regulator
. germination factors
. starch agar digestive activity

3.

. ecology
. genetics
. human/plant reproduction
. respiration..with some photosynthesis/energy carriers...
. selection questions!
.bacteria
.hormones
.human defence/viruses(hence water here in galway)..
.fungi
.propogation

has anyone anything else to add, that there teacher could have said? this selection is for the honours course only!.......

eoiner

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top topics

Steve01

With regards to the experiments my predictions are:
Photosynthesis exp.
To show digestive activity in seeds/ conditions for germination
Heat or Temperature experiments with Enzymes

As for Section C, Ecology and Genetics are definites. I'd say Respiration will be up this year too. After that - defence system and viruses/ reproduction/ breathing/ the senses/ endocrine system

Selphie

The IAA came up last year, did it not? Or did I just dream that?? Long questions on enzymes, genetics and viruses would be super.

yurmothrintites

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ya IAA exeriment came up last year. Enzyme exeriments are expected this year!

eoiner

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enzymes experimemnts are a big probalility.... as for a long answer on enzymes alone, the chances are slim. it will probably appear along with some other topic, but more than litely not on its own......

Nehpets

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Tomorrow and the next day I am going to complete your list (OP). That'll give me something to do

Corruptedmorals

Well genetics, reproduction, plant stuff, ecology, photosynthesis and/or respiration come up every year so..

Enzyme experiments would be nice..I hate that pondweed one...>_<

Gangsta

When exactly did the water get f'd up in galway? I can't actually remember. eoiner you doin it in galway as am I? what school are you in?

Lucas10101

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I would say their will be definitely:

(i) Enzymes and possibly a graph on it.
(ii) Human Defence System
(iii) Diversity of Organisms like Bacteria etc.
(iv) Reproduction( Human and Plant ).

There will defo be a long question on Genetics and Ecology but I'm leaving them out for study, instead I'm covering genetics experiments and DNA section in case section A or exp for Sec. b comes up.

Hoping for Respiration/Photosynthesis, Reproduction the most.

eoiner

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Gangsta wrote:

When exactly did the water get f'd up in galway? I can't actually remember. eoiner you doin it in galway as am I? what school are you in?

doin it in st endas, salthill......

eoiner

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did anyone else listen to the biology "getting it right" podcasts....
try it, just copy it to browser and download

there is other ones too, just search - getting it right - in google.



http://pc.rte.ie/2007/pc/pod-v-290307-24m40s-gettingitright.mp3

JSK 252

eoiner wrote:

doin it in st endas, salthill......

Jaysus, what a coincidence. I got this video sent to me by one of my friends just tonight on bebo of a teacher getting jocked by some guy(what a brave guy) and I found out that it was St Enda's in Galway. Is that the same St Enda's which the video is from? Im really shocked though that school was mentioned on boards when just five mintes ago I was looking at a video. Freaky.

If I was to give any advice to anyone doing Biology this year, there is no doubt that Ecology is a defo for a section A type question or section C type question. My teacher said it was unlikely that it will come up as an experiment.

eoiner

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JSK 252 wrote:

Jaysus, what a coincidence. I got this video sent to me by one of my friends just tonight on bebo of a teacher getting jocked by some guy(what a brave guy) and I found out that it was St Enda's in Galway. Is that the same St Enda's which the video is from? Im really shocked though that school was mentioned on boards when just five mintes ago I was looking at a video. Freaky.

If I was to give any advice to anyone doing Biology this year, there is no doubt that Ecology is a defo for a section A type question or section C type question. My teacher said it was unlikely that it will come up as an experiment.

yeh i saw that video many times and it is said to look like mr kavanagh, however i can assure you that it isnt

eoiner

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eoiner wrote:

did anyone else listen to the biology "getting it right" podcasts....
try it, just copy it to browser and download

there is other ones too, just search - getting it right - in google.



http://pc.rte.ie/2007/pc/pod-v-290307-24m40s-gettingitright.mp3

soo i want to know what people think.... advice, predictions

Anto mc

I would say that Human Breathing and excretion might be coming up in section C Q 13 or 14

Genius16

Well, Boner....i mean eoiner,
I would pay close attention to the sections on exrection and human/plant reproduction,bacteria,fungi...ts of plant etc:
as these tend to occupy q's 14 and 15 in recent years and if you know the topics well you will get full marks...where as even if you study repiration you still may sruggle to achieve full marks as the questions tend to be more difficult as students expect this.

eoiner

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Genius16 wrote:

Well, Boner....i mean eoiner,
I would pay close attention to the sections on exrection and human/plant reproduction,bacteria,fungi...ts of plant etc:
as these tend to occupy q's 14 and 15 in recent years and if you know the topics well you will get full marks...where as even if you study repiration you still may sruggle to achieve full marks as the questions tend to be more difficult as students expect this.

! let me guess, do i know you !.....

parky1303

Has anybody else realised that almost EVERY topic on the biology course has been mentioned on this!

And IAA did not come up lastyear, it was just mentioned as part of a question...it is due

eoiner

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parky1303 wrote:

Has anybody else realised that almost EVERY topic on the biology course has been mentioned on this!

And IAA did not come up lastyear, it was just mentioned as part of a question...it is due

still is worth concentrating on some sections rather than others. it is a very big course...

Nehpets

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What about blood, it hasn't come up before (correct me if I am wrong). Might see something on that

Steve01

Nehpets wrote:

What about blood, it hasn't come up before (correct me if I am wrong). Might see something on that

It came up as a 9 marker in Section C last year afaik. Tbh I can't see it coming up this year and if it does there won't be much on it - its a relatively short section to begin with

Nehpets

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Yeah 2 short questions on RBCs.

Marshy

I dont think osmosis has ever appeared

ninebeanrows

I'm punting a full Human Reproduction Question and a Question on the Heart. Along with Respiration and Genetics. And of course the study of an ecosystem = 4 Questions at least , Enjoy

Photosynthesis mini question
Endocrine mini question

eoiner

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there is only for full long answer questions, nd i hope to god its not on the heart. respiration is the big one and yeh i agree, reprodution as a full answer would be good.....

what were peoples mock papers like, they can sometimes give ideas....
i know mine had
1. ecology
2. human reproduction
3. photosynthesis/respiration
4. genetics

dajaffa

Tbh with the way the paper is since they brought in the new syllabus a few years back, its very dangerous to go making predictions.

Basically the only likelihoods are

In section b the exps will come from different areas of the course, its likely that one will be an ecology one. Most of the exps are simple enough, just read over them all + make sure you know the reasons you do each step (like for that DNA one, why do you only use the blender for 3 secs, etc etc).

In section C there'll be an ecology Q, a genetics Q, either photosynthesis or respiration will be at least half a question, as will reproduction.

Oh + make sure you do all of section A, doing all 6b doesn't take much longer than 5, + when I did it I made a hames of one of the parts + doing all 6 got me my A1, which I desperately needed!

eoiner

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wouldnt it be great if the person who wrote the paper was reading these....
by the way thanks to "dajaffa", are you doin the leaving cert again..... or are you just generous enough to come back and share your wisdom with us?

are people gonna reply after the exam.... I WANNA KNOW HOW PEOPLE DID..

dajaffa

eoiner wrote:

wouldnt it be great if the person who wrote the paper was reading these....
by the way thanks to "dajaffa", are you doin the leaving cert again..... or are you just generous enough to come back and share your wisdom with us?

I'm in college doing physio, took me 2 goes to get into it so I might as well put all that experience to good use!

Patricide

Ok one question here, looking over my papers there i realised that ecology has come up as a long question every year? We likely to get it this year again?

Also what are the odds of there being a long question on photosynthesis?

I know these two topics backwards but not much else atm, shoulda really put in more work during the year

sd123

the guy on 606 said that there's a 98% probability of getting plant reproduction as a long question. LEARN IT!!!!!!!!
:rolleyes:

eoiner

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sd123 wrote:

the guy on 606 said that there's a 98% probability of getting plant reproduction as a long question. LEARN IT!!!!!!!!
:rolleyes:

where did he get his information from...

dajaffa

Patricide wrote:

Ok one question here, looking over my papers there i realised that ecology has come up as a long question every year? We likely to get it this year again?

Also what are the odds of there being a long question on photosynthesis?

I know these two topics backwards but not much else atm, shoulda really put in more work during the year

Ecology will nearly always have a full secion C question, + there's a very good chance either photosynthesis r respiration will come up, if u can do one of them u can do both!

ninebeanrows

sd123 wrote:

the guy on 606 said that there's a 98% probability of getting plant reproduction as a long question. LEARN IT!!!!!!!!
:rolleyes:

But Plant Reproduction makes me sick, it's so long and borrrring! I was planning on leaving it out:rolleyes:

sd123

duno where he got his info from and i didnt even hear it, someone told me that they heard it. but it DID come up last year as half a question???

Corruptedmorals

Ah plants are so boring, but doesn't take long to cram it all. Hoping for several plant question now

ninebeanrows

Corruptedmorals wrote:

Ah plants are so boring, but doesn't take long to cram it all. Hoping for several plant question now

I planned on leaving out the Plant stuff from Section 3

Off to my room i go ............................

eoiner

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plants are easy, all that people sometimes find hard is sexual reproduction of a flowering plant, but just learn off the procedure....

KnifeWRENCH

according to institute of education supplement that came with the irish independent, units 1 and 2 along with the experiments are worth 80% of the marks...so im concentrating on 1 and 2.
in section C this is what im expecting:

1 Q. from unit 1 - ECOLOGY
2 Q. from unit 2- GENETICS aND RESPIRATION

if all that goes well,iv 3 of my 4 questions answered....for my final question i'll probably do one of the "answer 2 out of 3" type questions,theres two of those on the paper

from unit 3 im focussing on:
human reproduction
viruses
rhizopus (didnt come up last year,i think)
auxins and growth regualtors
circulatory system
maybe a bit on plant reproduction

blondie07

square_igloo wrote:

according to institute of education supplement that came with the irish independent, units 1 and 2 along with the experiments are worth 80% of the marks...so im concentrating on 1 and 2.
in section C this is what im expecting:

1 Q. from unit 1 - ECOLOGY
2 Q. from unit 2- GENETICS aND RESPIRATION

if all that goes well,iv 3 of my 4 questions answered....for my final question i'll probably do one of the "answer 2 out of 3" type questions,theres two of those on the paper

from unit 3 im focussing on:
human reproduction
viruses
rhizopus (didnt come up last year,i think)
auxins and growth regualtors
circulatory system
maybe a bit on plant reproduction

That is exactly the approach im taking. i know unit 1 and 2 backwards, so im gona do all the short questions and experiment questions on those 2 units and then in the long questions im doing ecology, genetics, photosynthesis/respiration. they also have to ask at least half a question on plants, according to my teacher, so that only leaves me with a 30 mark question to attempt, so going for reproduction, breathing system, senses, digestion. if none of them come up im not too pushed, can still get a high B, low A

eoiner

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you seem to know what your at, whats the story with sexual repreduction of a flowering plant... that was considered a deff from a guy before

eoiner

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i hope they dont catch us out with difficult questions on the experiments

eoiner

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does anyone else have any deff hints, in need at least a b2

Steve01

Its getting harder to predict whats coming up. I've a feeling the department will have a few surprises in store. Like maybe putting photosynthesis and excretion up as a long questions again (hopefully not) or another one of those stupid experiments they had on last year. Those are nasty folk down in the department

Eddie Ere

I have been warned to look out for: (Ordinary Level)

Humans:
CNS, PNS and parkinsons disease.
Defence and viruses (because of the recent Galway water scare)
Male reproductive system

Plants:
Root structure and function, Tropisms - IAA exp, and Protection
Monoct V's Dicot
Storage of food

Food:
Vitamins and Minerals.



And then of course Photo instead of Respo, Genetics and Ecology.

eZe^

Last years paper was probably the easiest leaving cert paper in any subject Ive seen, so this years will probably be a little more challenging. I reckon food will come up in C seeing as it hasnt come up there in a very long time. Reproduction always comes up, genetics, cell metabolism and responses to stimuli.

carlowboy

JSK 252 wrote:

Jaysus, what a coincidence. I got this video sent to me by one of my friends just tonight on bebo of a teacher getting jocked by some guy(what a brave guy) and I found out that it was St Enda's in Galway. Is that the same St Enda's which the video is from? Im really shocked though that school was mentioned on boards when just five mintes ago I was looking at a video. Freaky.

If I was to give any advice to anyone doing Biology this year, there is no doubt that Ecology is a defo for a section A type question or section C type question. My teacher said it was unlikely that it will come up as an experiment.

I know what video you're talking about. Every school is claiming it!

carlowboy

eZe^ wrote:

Last years paper was probably the easiest leaving cert paper in any subject Ive seen, so this years will probably be a little more challenging. I reckon food will come up in C seeing as it hasnt come up there in a very long time. Reproduction always comes up, genetics, cell metabolism and responses to stimuli.

Isn't food in Section 1? I don't think it can come up in Section 3 then can it unless ecology doesn't come up which would be a huge call.

Genius16

I bet they go photosynthesis again.....hope they do what there supposed to (respiration)
Enzymes wont be far away.......ph/temp enzmye experiments have a good chance

Genius16

carlowboy wrote:

Isn't food in Section 1? I don't think it can come up in Section 3 then can it unless ecology doesn't come up which would be a huge call.

The go for food in one of the sample papers....I think it's the department one too

carlowboy

It is but tbh, the chances of it displacing ecology in Section C are minimal. Its the kind of thing that would come up in the short questions.