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« Reply #15 on: November 05, 2007, 04:20:29 pm »
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No sorry I haven't seen it. Would like to get my hands on it though, give you guys my thoughts.

In regards to mtDNA, it does actually mutate at a slower rate than normal DNA either in non coding regions or in coding regions and the in the other part it mutates at a much faster rate than normal DNA. Can't remember which one though, but that is definetly the case. Very nitpicky question though...

I know some people at my school didn't finish and my old biol teacher said it was one of the harder exams he has seen (he used to be a marker, and teacher for approx 20 years)

Thats a bit silly that there wasn't much on hominid evolution. It's a friggin' area of study... So I assume it was heavily balanced to basic evolution and basic genetics... hmmm...

GOOD LUCK FOR THE RESULTS GUYS!

*also if you found any strategies that worked for you in your study, add it into the exam tips thread and if it is a good suggestion I'll add it to the first post :)

CONGRATULATIONS!

as my old biol teacher would say: "you have crossed over from year 12 biol to (hopefully) university biol"

lol. oh how so cheesy

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« Reply #16 on: November 05, 2007, 04:35:30 pm »
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as my old biol teacher would say: "you have crossed over from year 12 biol to (hopefully) university biol"


The border is learning Chemistry :)

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« Reply #17 on: November 05, 2007, 04:37:21 pm »
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as my old biol teacher would say: "you have crossed over from year 12 biol to (hopefully) university biol"


The border is learning Chemistry :)


Yeh, i think VCE biology is waking up to that, Unit 3 is refered to as "The molecules of life" and is starting to examine some of the chem behind bio, especially with the properties of water

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« Reply #18 on: November 05, 2007, 04:38:04 pm »
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No sorry I haven't seen it. Would like to get my hands on it though, give you guys my thoughts.

In regards to mtDNA, it does actually mutate at a slower rate than normal DNA either in non coding regions or in coding regions and the in the other part it mutates at a much faster rate than normal DNA. Can't remember which one though, but that is definetly the case. Very nitpicky question though...

I know some people at my school didn't finish and my old biol teacher said it was one of the harder exams he has seen (he used to be a marker, and teacher for approx 20 years)

Thats a bit silly that there wasn't much on hominid evolution. It's a friggin' area of study... So I assume it was heavily balanced to basic evolution and basic genetics... hmmm...

GOOD LUCK FOR THE RESULTS GUYS!

*also if you found any strategies that worked for you in your study, add it into the exam tips thread and if it is a good suggestion I'll add it to the first post :)

CONGRATULATIONS!

as my old biol teacher would say: "you have crossed over from year 12 biol to (hopefully) university biol"

lol. oh how so cheesy


there was also barely anything on protein synthesis / DNA ... copying (I've already forgotten the term) ....
EDIT: DNA replication  :oops:

at my school, after each chapter we got a "blue sheet" with dot points of everything we needed to know, and I got together all my ref material and made summary notes based on the "blue sheet". after my exams I'll see if I can scan them up :)
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« Reply #19 on: November 05, 2007, 05:43:57 pm »
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The biology exam was sooooooooooo easy!!!

And I managed to finish the whole exam!!!!

WOOOHOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fantastic!

What did everybody else think?


What the fuk, that exam was harder than mid yr. I totally screwed the meiosis question. :cry:
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« Reply #20 on: November 05, 2007, 06:41:45 pm »
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Quote from: "munto"
as my old biol teacher would say: "you have crossed over from year 12 biol to (hopefully) university biol"


The border is learning Chemistry :)


oh don't worry i do do that. given that i do think the biol course is more relevant than that bullshit we have to know for the production of aluminium using the hall heroult cell... L-A-M-E

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« Reply #21 on: November 06, 2007, 11:33:04 am »
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The biology exam was sooooooooooo easy!!!

And I managed to finish the whole exam!!!!

WOOOHOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fantastic!

What did everybody else think?


What the fuk, that exam was harder than mid yr. I totally screwed the meiosis question. :cry:


Nah...Mid year was harder

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« Reply #22 on: November 06, 2007, 01:49:29 pm »
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I thought midyear was sooo much easier ....... i had like 30 mins left to spare in that. this one i had none
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« Reply #23 on: November 06, 2007, 10:23:36 pm »
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agree. i found midyear much more relevant and easier.

This paper barely tested knowledge on human evolution, human intervention and tested all this random comprehension.

It reminded me of one of those long comprehension tests.

Lucky enough I was one of the few students who actually got to the last question.

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« Reply #24 on: November 07, 2007, 12:18:43 am »
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Lucky enough I was one of the few students who actually got to the last question.


Really?

Wow, i finished with 5-7 minutes to go. I thought i struggled, haha.

I well aware of the arrogance of the remark, but meh . .i should be sleeping

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« Reply #25 on: November 07, 2007, 09:25:13 am »
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I thought midyear was sooo much easier ....... i had like 30 mins left to spare in that. this one i had none


I didn't even finish the last two pages of the midyear...dats why I ended up with a stupid B as a grade

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« Reply #26 on: November 08, 2007, 06:58:03 am »
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I found the BioloGAY exam gay.

It was like you study all this garbage in the study design and you get other rubbish in the test>>>

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« Reply #27 on: November 08, 2007, 07:12:55 am »
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This biology exam was not difficult. It was just wierd, ambiguous, quiet vague and a bit out of place.
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« Reply #28 on: November 08, 2007, 09:06:28 am »
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I'm with you Kido.

The exam itself wasn't difficult, I just found it to be ambiguous.

I had a horrible midyear, (didn't like that exam at all).

This time round I'm pretty sure I nailed it. I am so relieved.

Maybe I can salvage a reasonable study score.

Oh well don't think it will be in my top 4!!!!!!!!!!

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« Reply #29 on: November 09, 2007, 02:27:04 pm »
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I am so over bio.
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