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* Ag Science Predictions / discussion / aftermath * (One thread please)
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15-06-2011 6:23pm#1Okay so after history not goin as well as id planned i really need to do well in ag to make up the points. Iv done a good project so if i pass the paper il get a C2 or C3 but would love a B iv got a week off before its on so iv some serious cramming to do
has anyone got any tips on what i should focus on or predictions for what will come up or can you even predict for ag???any help please???? 0
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NotExactly wrote: »Pfft, it's some peoples next exam. It's not all 'bout you y'know:rolleyes:
In fairness, I did say "for me"
(indicating that I'd be checking in with this thread later). 0 -
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Make sure you have a general knowledge of everything. They always throw in a stinker of a question or two, sometimes not even on the syllabus. I also wouldn't leave out any section. Study every topic, even if you only have the most basic knowledge of some of them. Anything could come up in the short questions, and sometimes you'll get 2 topics within one of the later questions
Jeeeeeesus, you're really testing me here. Errr, I think it's something to do with ions and cations, and the soil particles forming lumps (crumbs)Farmer poet wrote: »
Can someone tell me what soil flocculation is? I never really covered it.
Sorry, I've drank all my Ag. Science knowledge away *shivers* It'll be in the experiments section, anyway. Surely you have a revision book? I like how rainbowtrout thanked the post, and didn't answer you No more free answers on here anymore, you've to buy the book 
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Make sure you have a general knowledge of everything. They always throw in a stinker of a question or two, sometimes not even on the syllabus. I also wouldn't leave out any section. Study every topic, even if you only have the most basic knowledge of some of them. Anything could come up in the short questions, and sometimes you'll get 2 topics within one of the later questions
Jeeeeeesus, you're really testing me here. Errr, I think it's something to do with ions and cations, and the soil particles forming lumps (crumbs) Sorry, I've drank all my Ag. Science knowledge away *shivers* It'll be in the experiments section, anyway. Surely you have a revision book? I like how rainbowtrout thanked the post, and didn't answer you No more free answers on here anymore, you've to buy the book
I thanked it because it was good advice 0 -
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Hey..
I wouldnt leave anything else to be honest :
Question 7 (my favourite )
A. Definitions
Gametes, Alleles, Haploid, Diploid, Heterozygous, homozygous, incomplete dominance, sex linkage, multiple alleles, mutation, Dominant, recessive, inbreeding, crossbreeding... Anything else you can think of !
B. your crosses
*Monohybrid cross
*Dehybrid cross
*Back cross
*Incomplete dominance
C. Applied Genetics
*Embryo transplantation
*Micro propagation
*Performance ant progeny testing
*Polyploidy
*AI
*Hybrids
Question 2
A. Factors affecting soil formation
*Parent material
*Climate
*Topography
*Living organisms
*Time
B.Soil Profiles
Usually you have the choice. Podzol is the easiest !
C.Soil Forming process
*Calcification
*Acidification
*Gleisation
D.Lime
Adv. + Disadv. of liming
E. Properties of Soil
Physical properties (i.e. texture, water, structure etc..)
Chemical properties (I.e. Cation exchange capacity..)
Biological properties (i.e. earthworms .. )
F. Experiment
*pH
*CEC
*Soil capillarity
*%water
*Drainage
Any else you can think of !
For question 4 simply study your experiment copy.. an experiment takes about 15 mn to learn it's really no big deal
These are not predictions but I just would not take the chance to leave out anything..0 -
If i leave out grassland and soil will i still be able to pass??? il still have the biology,crops,animals,genetics and phylum covered i just really dont have time to do grassland and soil too??????
Sure you'll pass, but I'd recommend grassland..One of the easier parts of the course I think!0 -
frenchy1992 wrote: »Hey..
I wouldnt leave anything else to be honest :
Question 7 (my favourite )
A. Definitions
Gametes, Alleles, Haploid, Diploid, Heterozygous, homozygous, incomplete dominance, sex linkage, multiple alleles, mutation, Dominant, recessive, inbreeding, crossbreeding... Anything else you can think of !
B. your crosses
*Monohybrid cross
*Dehybrid cross
*Back cross
*Incomplete dominance
C. Applied Genetics
*Embryo transplantation
*Micro propagation
*Performance ant progeny testing
*Polyploidy
*AI
*Hybrids
Question 2
A. Factors affecting soil formation
*Parent material
*Climate
*Topography
*Living organisms
*Time
B.Soil Profiles
Usually you have the choice. Podzol is the easiest !.................
I tend to opt for these two questions also. Q.2 is ALWAYS on soil, Q.7 ALWAYS genetics, Q.4 is the experiments and Q.9 is the scientific explainations, Q.1 is the mixed bag of questions and then i'm left to choose one nice one from whatever is left. I find it the easiest way to do the exam. I'm hoping the experiment questions are nice, theres just so many to learn.
My teacher posted me out some extra notes last week on organic farming and a note to say she thinks there may be a question thrown in somewhere about it.
Eg. Differences between fertilizers spread on a field with normal potatoes and one that is organic.
Something along those lines. I wouldnt go into too much detail on it though.
Have to say the AG Pre's this year were way to easy and I seem to have done less study since.
MOO0 -
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Do the last 8 years of Q9s, they'll help your general knowledge of the course for 12/16 marks questions on other areas. Then just go through the papers and do any questions relating to livestock / tillage / grass + silage.
If you do the previous 8 years of Q9s you'll be bound to see 3/4 of them pop up in other questions, they're very easy and pretty much general knowledge type questions.
thanking you! thats a big help!Farmer poet wrote: »Beef might be worth looking over...late maturing breeds, suckler beef production, EUROP...
yeah man i'll do that! thanks for the reply so quick!;)0 -
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I'd actually go with Jackson's predictions for Ag Science in this case. His predictions for History were awful and his predictions for Chemistry defy logic, but his predictions on experiments and what's coming up for Ag Science actually do make sense.
I dont see them either ! Neither on his fb page nor on his youtube page 0 -
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I know all 54.. Just sayin'...
EDIT: Well, 56 really. There are two not in the Revise-Wise.
What's the point in that ?:eek:
Some of these 56 experiments you've learnt definitely won't come up on thursday !
I think it's pointless to learn more than 20-25 exp as you can guess the one that are likely to come up.. but that's just my opininon.0 -
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Will you only be asked about experiments in question 7?
question 7 is based on genetics and if you have done biology then this question is very easy marks. if you havnt covered it in biology then its still not that hard.frenchy1992 wrote: »What's the point in that ?:eek:
Some of these 56 experiments you've learnt definitely won't come up on thursday !
I think it's pointless to learn more than 20-25 exp as you can guess the one that are likely to come up.. but that's just my opininon.
but learning those experiments will help in parts of other questions too. so i wouldnt regard it as pointless.0 -
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rainbowtrout wrote: »Ya, myself and another teacher (westsa on here) have written a new ag science book. We thought it was about time. Details over on the main ag science thread
Fair fecks to ye, I've been workin from my revisewise and Farmers Journal handouts for the past 2 years!0 -
rainbowtrout wrote: »Ya, myself and another teacher (westsa on here) have written a new ag science book. We thought it was about time. Details over on the main ag science thread
Any last minute hints or tips from a teachers point of view?0 -
Any last minute hints or tips from a teachers point of view?
I would just say that ag science is impossible to predict. I never predict anything for my classes.
So when you get in there take your time and read the paper, it's not as long an exam to answer as other papers (in my opinion). Do not panic if you see something that you are not familiar with or don't quite understand or a question is asked in a way you weren't expecting. You may re-read it later on and in the meantime you may remember something that is relevant.
When I did my own LC, I did Biology. There was a genetics question on it every year and it ALWAYS included a cross. I liked genetic crosses, so in my wisdom neglected a lot of the genetic theory on the course at the time because I think the structure of the question tended to be a few definitions and a cross and it was like that since the dawn of time. Figured I'd have one full question with full or close to full marks just from the cross. Day of the exam came. I opened the paper and went straight to the genetics question thinking 'I'll get this one over with quickly and have one in the bag in a few minutes and then I can get on with the rest of the paper' Read the question. No genetics cross. Read it again just to make sure. Nope, still not there. Ended up not doing the question at all because I hadn't learned the rest of the theory properly. It definitely threw me for the rest of the paper because I now had to find one more question out of the remaining ones as my 'definite' one could no longer be counted. Moral of the story: don't count on anything to definitely be asked and don't get thrown off by anything that isn't asked how you expected it to be.
As has already been said, Q2 is always soil, Q7 is always genetics and Q4 is always experiments so it makes sense to go over those sections well.
Q1 is worth 60 marks and while there are 10 parts to do 6, I would always advise my own class to do all 10 parts if possible. Don't leave blanks. You cannot get marks for a blank space. If you write something, it may be correct. Everything you write will be corrected and you will be awarded your best 6 out of the 10.
For anyone choosing to do those four questions, that only leaves two more from the remaining ones, considering the remaining questions would normally cover livestock, plant and animal physiology, grassland and crops etc , you have a very good choice.
I've usually found in my own classes that some just do not like genetics or soil and tend to leave out one or the other, but I would advise against leaving out both (studywise) as it limits your choice on the paper. Particularly when they are both guaranteed questions. You may choose not to answer either on the day, but you could be left kicking yourself if you don't study either and a question comes up that you could have answered if you had done the revision.
When my own class did the mocks a couple of months back I warned them about leaving out those topics. So they went and they studied them, but a few said afterwards, 'I studied soil but I didn't like the question on the day, so I chose something else' but at least they had the choice to do that.
Make sure you don't answer both options in Question 3 as two of your six questions. If you answer both question 3s, both will be corrected but only one of them can be counted in your total.
You may choose to answer an extra question, nothing wrong with this but make sure you have answered your first six questions to the best of your ability first, rather than rushing through them to get an extra one done.
Ag is the last exam for many students (unless you are in the Italian, Applied Maths, Religion category) and you may be tired and fed up of exams by the time you get to Thursday or you may feel that you should give one final push to get over the finishing line. Don't stay up half the night trying to cram those last facts in. Get a good night's rest so you will be fresh in the morning.
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