Biology Higher Level

Secoundrow

This biology lark could be a disaster i mean it totaly depends on the paper you could get an A or a E

Leggz

totally agree. i'm repeating,got a B1 d last tym but could fail this tym,totallt depends it d paper suits me or not:eek:

mink_man

i thought it was an ok paper, tricky in places, scraped a B id say!

OxfordComma

I don't do biology but...aren't there another two hours left in the exam?:eek:

How on earth could you have scraped a B after an hour?

mink_man

had to come out earky, have to study for DCG!

jen_23

what came up?

poisonated

wow and I though I was bad,Im only doing ordinary level

mink_man

mink_man wrote: »

had to come out earky, have to study for DCG!

How was two hours going to make all the difference to DCG? I mean, you've all day today and up until 2 tomorrow. I think you're after making a big mistake there buddy...

mink_man

-JammyDodger- wrote: »

How was two hours going to make all the difference to DCG? I mean, you've all day today and up until 2 tomorrow. I think you're after making a big mistake there buddy...

i always get A's without studyin, and i studied yesterday! i have a scribe too which makes it even quicker!

That's one fast scribe.

star-pants

Yeah my brother's pretty good and he got out at 11.15...
seems a little early but maybe the scribe is fast?

piggies

thought it was ok...didnt have a choice in the long questions though, had to do genetics, respiration, ecology and the Q14 on fungi and menstruation etc..

didnt study the eye or veg propogation or the heart in much detail..knew EVERYTHING else ha typical!

jen_23

What else came up Piggies?

damienricefan

three hours is far too long for the paper, I left at 11.35 and answered all the long question

Polarity

I had no clue in section B but the rest was grand. Considering I only started studying last night I was very happy!

Edit: Also, LOL @ question 11b. My little brother coulda answered that.

piggies

jen_23 wrote: »

What else came up Piggies?

em short q's..food, plant responses, mitosis, genetic engineering, ecology.

experiments were the digestive activity during germination, transverse section of a dicot stem and the immobilisation of enzymes! (messed that one up completely even thought i knew it just got confused!!)

no more biology EVER AGAIN!

im dying for a drink tonight

phasers

That fox question was amazing!

I actually found section A really tricky... the rest was grand though. Hopefully I'll get my C

jen_23

Thanks Piggie!

That fox question was amazing!

So food web/chain came up? Did you find it okay?

Claypigeon

Dicot stem came up, knew it all apart from what exactly dicotyledonous really meant Just mindlessly learned off the expt without any background. Other than that it was okay.

Fox question was sound, nothing really bio based for 30 marks :S
"Wheely bins are difficult to manage as foxes lack opposable thumbs"
was tempting but I just went for a more subtle "they may not be able to knock them over to get the lid open" lmao

Aisling(",)

my god that went horrifically for me
im a high b/low a student and now i think i may have failed that
i need a d3 in a science for my course and im only aiming for a pass in chemistry
hopefully i passed....maybe

GVNDNN

That went awful for me

Was NOT expeting to see the eye :eek:....

Hoping for a B, lucky if i got a D

aisling.laura

thought that went really well
did all but the last long question and all three experiments and was still out early.
three hours really is way too long for the paper.

couldn't get the short question with the bone but i think the rest were pretty ok, thankfully they only count 5 outta 6

Dr Gradus

Decent enough exam considering i was dreading it the most.

Hopefully i got a B3 or somethin near it.

Couldnt remember some of the experiment stuff.

robdrog

Thought section A was difficult, foxes question was fantastic, struggled through section C but was ok, Section B was fine

TheManWho

I used every second of that exam, do you know why?, because I'm not an idiot. I can see the value of an hour when you put it up against the two months before the results and the 50 plus years after it.

Anybody who left early is either deluded or a biology teacher redoing their leaving cert.

Claypigeon

TheManWho wrote: »

I used every second of that exam, do you know why?, because I'm not an idiot. I can see the value of an hour when you put it up against the two months before the results and the 50 plus years after it.

Anybody who left early is either deluded or a biology teacher redoing their leaving cert.

Anger management issues much? Not everyone is relying on an A1 to set the next 50 years of their lives, get over it.

KokaNoodles

mink_man wrote: »

i always get A's without studyin, and i studied yesterday! i have a scribe too which makes it even quicker!

Do you have a scribe for DCG aswell ?

smndly

The diagrams were a joke. The two letter V's in the eye were pointing at different things which stopped me from doing that question. And the arrows of the blood vessels in the section of the lung were barely distinguishable. Poor paper in comparison to previous years.

phasers

TheManWho wrote: »

I used every second of that exam, do you know why?, because I'm not an idiot. I can see the value of an hour when you put it up against the two months before the results and the 50 plus years after it.

Anybody who left early is either deluded or a biology teacher redoing their leaving cert.

Or maybe you're just a slow writer?

HUNK

Ecology - The Biology reading comprehension was very lol

Claypigeon

Piss and wheelie bins, lovely.

Secoundrow

damienricefan wrote: »

three hours is far too long for the paper, I left at 11.35 and answered all the long question

seriously dont no how ye were out so early I finshed my 4th Q section C at 12:28 exactly and I was Writing non stop the whole time????

Suppose I put down a lot of irrelevent Sh!t ah well F**k it

Its over now!
not the worst paper but pickin a handy 4th long question waz kinda hard i did Q10 , 11 , 14 Fugi nd menstration , nd the hearth one(this waz my dodgy 4th!):rolleyes:

TheCardHolder

Ugh, no idea if I done well or bad. Hate this feeling.

amacachi

smndly wrote: »

The diagrams were a joke. The two letter V's in the eye were pointing at different things which stopped me from doing that question. And the arrows of the blood vessels in the section of the lung were barely distinguishable. Poor paper in comparison to previous years.

Was hard to see where the lines were meant to be pointing, I agree, couldnt see the difference in two of the lines in the lung thing either.

Claypigeon

Secoundrow wrote: »

seriously dont no how ye were out so early I finshed my 4th Q section C at 12:28 exactly and I was Writing non stop the whole time????

Suppose I put down a lot of irrelevent stuff ah well F**k it

Its over now!
not the worst paper but pickin a handy 4th long question waz kinda hard i did Q10 , 11 , 14 Fugi nd menstration , nd the hearth one(this waz my dodgy 4th!):rolleyes:

..Yes

p1akuw47h5r3it

piggies wrote: »

thought it was ok...didnt have a choice in the long questions though, had to do genetics, respiration, ecology and the Q14 on fungi and menstruation etc..

didnt study the eye or veg propogation or the heart in much detail..knew EVERYTHING else ha typical!

Ha ye I was the same!:pac:

leesmom

amazing paper, loovved it!!!! nothing on plants really apart from veg prop and photosynthesis. couldnt have asked for a better paper, although that diagram on the eye was ridicoulous was going to do it as an extra ques but the diagram was very unclear i thought, didnt have time to do it in the end

Secoundrow

Polarity wrote: »

I had no clue in section B but the rest was grand. Considering I only started studying last night I was very happy!

Edit: Also, LOL @ question 11b. My little brother coulda answered that.

Same here read through 2 150page notes copys from the last 2 years las nite:L

Yeah that waz stupid easy:D i mean answers were in the paragraph we got somtin like that in priamary skul

jen_23

What was the evolution question like guys?

celtic723

hope everyone got on alright. was a nice paper but the short q's caught me out.

p1akuw47h5r3it

TheCardHolder wrote: »

Ugh, no idea if I done well or bad. Hate this feeling.

Ha ye I'm the same... Came out thinkin I did real well... Now not so sure... Messed up sec B... Section A was easy enuf... Sec C Q1,2,3 where easy for me but then couldn't anyother one bar the fungi bit in Q14 as I didn't know any of it... So I'm not sure what grade I'll get.

French and Bus I have the same feelin...:mad::(:)

p1akuw47h5r3it

jen_23 wrote: »

What was the evolution question like guys?

It was something like: "Why are inherited variations important for evolution?"

It was mixed in with Genetics

phasers

jen_23 wrote: »

What was the evolution question like guys?

It was OK.

Also just wait until it gets put up an examinations.ie later and you can see the paper for yourself.

Rob!

That was such a bad paper compared to previous years!!

Section A's were doable but seemed more difficult than in previous years.
To be fair, Section B was simple and i had it finished in no time.

It was really the C's that annoyed me. Like how much are you supposed to write for a 'note' on something? i know the ecology was ridiculously straight forward but each other question seemed badly planned.

Biology is the one subject I was really hoping to do well in.......bye bye A1!

Purple Funk

Thought it was a very achievable paper. Will be very surprised if I don't get an A1, a sentiment many others share too.

p1akuw47h5r3it

Rob! wrote: »

That was such a bad paper compared to previous years!!

Section A's were doable but seemed more difficult than in previous years.
To be fair, Section B was simple and i had it finished in no time.

It was really the C's that annoyed me. Like how much are you supposed to write for a 'note' on something? i know the ecology was ridiculously straight forward but each other question seemed badly planned.

Biology is the one subject I was really hoping to do well in.......bye bye A1!

I thought it was simple compared to previous years... OK the note q was dodgy but overall I thought it was "easy" compared to other years

Elli-May

There's so much time...I did every question on the paper and still had time to look over everything

Futurism

Fail number two. Looks like I'm not going to college :pac:

celtic723

Rob! wrote: »

That was such a bad paper compared to previous years!!

Section A's were doable but seemed more difficult than in previous years.
To be fair, Section B was simple and i had it finished in no time.

It was really the C's that annoyed me. Like how much are you supposed to write for a 'note' on something? i know the ecology was ridiculously straight forward but each other question seemed badly planned.

Biology is the one subject I was really hoping to do well in.......bye bye A1!

you speak my thoughts exactly. what the exam lacked in info it had in slyness. i'm still positive i've got my B1 but not without some contemplation. don't worry about it man it's over and done with now and worrying from now until August isn't going to help.

CyberWaste

I honestly dont know if I did good or bad, should have passed anyway.