biology lc higher level

lcwat2do??

hey everyone any tips for biology??
im stuck really badly and failed the mocks

iv learned ecology,food,photosynthesis,respiration,enzymes and genetics... what elc shud i prepare??
any ideas on experiments ???

Mwah

Plant and Human sexual reproduction and have a quick look over the ear

lcwat2do??

thanx pal ha
what abou experiments???

CosmicLove

Make sure you look at the breathing/pulse rate experiment, my teacher thinks that's one of the most likely to come up!

Also make sure you know how to do genetic crosses! & viruses!

zam

You seem to have covered the most important things Genetic crosses is a big one, as is reproduction as it's come up every single year except last year. Also have a look at the immune system/viruses

aine92

You've done all the big ones, but be sure to know genetics, reproduction, viruses, enzymes INSIDE OUT! They're almost guaranteed to come up every year!!

Breathing is tipped too, apparently so make sure you know that.

Scoobydooo

You seem to have covered most of the main ones, learn your experiments well they're easy marks

hon pa

I reckon you should cover Excretion also, just in case.. 'tis a nasty chapter if you havn't looked over it!

Closed ac

hon pa wrote: »

I reckon you should cover Excretion also, just in case.. 'tis a nasty chapter if you havn't looked over it!

How is it nasty? Cos it's about poop?

happy_feet

DKZ wrote: »

How is it nasty? Cos it's about poop?

thats egestion...

Jammyc

There are always the ole reliables in Biology.

Learn off your ecology definitions and examples of food chains. And know the ecology experiment. Ecology is always (99% sure) a long question.

Next is genetics. Also, always another long question. This con encompass genetic crosses, DNA replication and protein synthesis. So learn these definitlely. Also, the experiment to extract DNA is pretty handy so know that.

As said before, reproduction usually makes an appearance. Wether its plant or animal reproduction can vary though.

For the last few years, its looked like a question has always come up (or at least part ofa question) on photosynthesis or respiration, varying by the years. So maybe take a look at trends and make your own opinion on that one.

For the short question sections, all I can adivise is going through the past questions and learning as you go through. The questions can be from such different parts of the course, itd be impossible to pin down things to learn. But like I said before, the main topics (Genetics/Photosynthesis/Respiration/excretion/reproduction/ecology) tend to make a few appearances.

Best of luck!:D

zoom!

The best way to study any of the sciences at this stage is to open up the front of the papers and go to where it shows the list of topics and where it came up in the exams. I just go through each of them 1 by one. I sit down and study the chapter and the do all of those questions and I go down through the list. BTW The only difficult parts to the course are genetics photosynthesis (which isn't that hard compared to the others), respiration and sexual reproduction (flowers and plants) so you should really put a bit of extra effort into those sections and go over the questions as much as you can.

stainluss

If you hate biology and want to do ok in the exam, learn off Units 1 and 2 well

You can get a B1 without knowing anything about Unit 3 as long as you know the experiments and the first 2 units:)

Tara Kelly

Hey guys,Im new to this but toally brickin it for the leaving cert,do any of ye know any other likely topics for the LC?what do ye think about the eye coming up?

aine92

Tara Kelly wrote: »

Hey guys,Im new to this but toally brickin it for the leaving cert,do any of ye know any other likely topics for the LC?what do ye think about the eye coming up?

The eye is very unlikely to come up because last year was the first time a sense has ever come up so this year, fingers crossed, the ear will show up