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Biology Higher Level

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    #92
    JSK 252
    Registered Users Posts: 1,257 ✭✭✭JSK 252


    For the eukaryotic cells I just said that they have a membrane bound nucleus and can exclusively carry out mitosis.


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    #93
    celtic723
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,211 ✭✭✭celtic723


    JSK 252 wrote: »
    For the eukaryotic cells I just said that they have a membrane bound nucleus and can exclusively carry out mitosis.

    i said they have a true nucleus and membrane enclosed organelles.


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    #94
    leesmom
    Registered Users Posts: 744 ✭✭✭leesmom


    JSK 252 wrote: »
    For the eukaryotic cells I just said that they have a membrane bound nucleus and can exclusively carry out mitosis.
    and organelles with membranes eg mitochondria


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    #95
    phasers
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    Who gets more food, urban or rural foxes? Place your bets here.


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    #96
    celtic723
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,211 ✭✭✭celtic723


    phasers wrote: »
    Who gets more food, urban or rural foxes? Place your bets here.

    rural because their instincts are usable at night and can take advantage of organisms whos senses are compromised by poor lighting (Darkness)


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    #97
    JSK 252
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    My heart was in my mouth though with the genetic cross because I ****ed it up and went back in the end and did it fine!

    My genotypes and phenotypes were squashed so small into the punnet square because i couldnt ask for extra paper because i was running out of time! i wrote at the bottom sorry, about the small writing! end of exam!

    Did gentics, ecology, heart/lung, plus placenta/fungi.


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    #98
    JSK 252
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    celtic723 wrote: »
    rural because their instincts are usable at night and can take advantage of organisms whos senses are compromised by poor lighting (Darkness)

    I just said that they are more adapted to hunting for their normal food sources in rural settings, rather than in an urban area where normal fox food sources arent always available.


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    #99
    JSK 252
    Registered Users Posts: 1,257 ✭✭✭JSK 252


    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.

    Well said!:)


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    #100
    starry nights
    Closed Accounts Posts: 121 ✭✭starry nights


    im an A1student in biology, normally.
    todays paper was HORRIFIC.
    i actually cant believe how pointless all my hard work was.

    :(


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    #101
    Jello
    Registered Users Posts: 2,739 ✭✭✭Jello


    Polarity wrote: »
    Quadrat ;)

    Sh*t I called it a quadrant which seems to be a completely different thing altogether. Hopefully I won't lose marks.


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    #102
    celtic723
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,211 ✭✭✭celtic723


    JSK 252 wrote: »
    I just said that they are more adapted to hunting for their normal food sources in rural settings, rather than in an urban area where normal fox food sources arent always available.

    as long as you give a logical explanation its correct.


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    #103
    starry nights
    Closed Accounts Posts: 121 ✭✭starry nights


    im seriously pissed off.
    the short questions were so hard!!

    i do it through irish but i always get A1s, i defo didnt this time. SO annoyed.

    grrr.

    :mad:


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    #104
    robz18
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    Went generally well for me, I found some of the short questions a bit tough. Section B was great, the dicot stem and germiniation got done in and section C was pretty good. I'm hoping for a B.

    wtf was with that reading comprehension, it was ridiclously easy.


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    #105
    celtic723
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,211 ✭✭✭celtic723


    for the question name two places other than the nucleus where DNA is found what did you's say?


    every exam i've sat in biology that's come up and do you think i learned the answer? no!!!


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    #106
    JSK 252
    Registered Users Posts: 1,257 ✭✭✭JSK 252


    The general consensus is that the short questions are harder and i would agree. You had to cop on to the fact that in the plant short question there was a water source so therefore it was hydrotropism because you would say geotropism otherwise.


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    #107
    JSK 252
    Registered Users Posts: 1,257 ✭✭✭JSK 252


    celtic723 wrote: »
    for the question name two places other than the nucleus where DNA is found what did you's say?


    every exam i've sat in biology that's come up and do you think i learned the answer? no!!!

    Mitochondria and chloroplast.


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    #108
    JSK 252
    Registered Users Posts: 1,257 ✭✭✭JSK 252


    Biology is a subject im counting for an A1 in and in fairness it was tough in parts. Fair but challenging. Diagrams were a disaster. Looked like as though they were photocopied.!


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    #109
    celtic723
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    JSK 252 wrote: »
    Mitochondria and chloroplast.


    hahaha....****!!!!!! what a load of ****. my own fault really.


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    #110
    christina_x
    Registered Users Posts: 701 ✭✭✭christina_x


    awh crap! i said geotropism :o

    found the paper ok, answered all questions (left a few blank parts) but attempted everything i had a clue about! starting to thing now i did worse than i thought because of that geotropism thing:P more mistakes like that probably happened!:(


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    #111
    JSK 252
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    celtic723 wrote: »
    hahaha....****!!!!!! what a load of ****. my own fault really.

    YOU WILL BE GRAND! IT AINT A HUGE THING TO GET WRONG!:pac:


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    #112
    Jammyc
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    Anne-Marie!! wrote: »
    What did yer graphs look like? I had light intensity on the x axis, number of bubbles on the y, so the graph started high and then dropped? But it wasnt a staight line, i wasnt really sure what to do with it....:o
    Mine looked like this only the actual graph looked better:pac:


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    #113
    Jammyc
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    celtic723 wrote: »
    hahaha....****!!!!!! what a load of ****. my own fault really.
    Ahh bolleeeeks.
    Wrote ribosomes for some reason, was gona write mitochondrea but talked myself out of it! Urrg!


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    #114
    Fringe
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    phasers wrote: »
    Who gets more food, urban or rural foxes? Place your bets here.

    I said rural since there's more animals for them to eat whereas in an urban area, it's difficult for them since the food they once had isn't accessible because of wheelie bins.


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    #115
    ya-ba-da-ba-doo
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    Just after realising i skipped q13 b part iii iv and v... OH MY GOD!! Im so pissed off! Anywho.. Wat did ppl get for the gas that triggers deeper breathing? I said co2?


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    #116
    celtic723
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,211 ✭✭✭celtic723


    ya-ba-da-ba-doo wrote: »
    Just after realising i skipped q13 b part iii iv and v... OH MY GOD!! Im so pissed off! Anywho.. Wat did ppl get for the gas that triggers deeper breathing? I said co2?

    yep. body responds to high levels of CO2 not low levels of oxygen


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    #117
    Saffy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 73 ✭✭Saffy


    section A - it was okay but I guessed a few Q's:rolleyes:
    section B - couldn't remember the TS of a dicot :( but did the other 2 anyway.
    section C - LOVED it!!!


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    #118
    KokaNoodles
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    phasers wrote: »
    Who gets more food, urban or rural foxes? Place your bets here.
    Said rural because they're omnivores and theres much more plants in rural area etc, but then again the urban wud have mcdonalds and burgerking so i just dont know!

    said hedgegrow instead of hedgerow think that will matter :D?


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    #119
    Homicidal_jesus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 529 ✭✭✭Homicidal_jesus


    KokaNoodles wrote: »
    Said rural because they're omnivores and theres much more plants in rural area etc, but then again the urban wud have mcdonalds and burgerking so i just dont know!

    said hedgegrow instead of hedgerow think that will matter :D?

    ya i said urban and thought bought omnivore after but either will do once you back it up!!
    I thought it was a really nice paper the alveoli question was dead easy at 14 and 15 had good options!
    Did the entire paper!you have way to much time still had half an hour after doing everything


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    #120
    marshmallow
    Registered Users Posts: 936 ✭✭✭marshmallow


    Was a fair exam I think. Had been quite worried about it, so glad it's over! Will get a C, would love to scrape a B


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    #121
    9wetfckx43j5rg
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    I thoguht about dropping before the exam, considering I failed in the mocks, but the girls in my centre convinced me not to. Glad I didn't now, I liked the paper!


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