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whatever4321

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Re: Biology exam discussion!
« Reply #15 on: October 31, 2014, 12:45:45 pm »
Sorry to be annoying but could someone post more detail about the question on translation? I just did the exam but I can't remember such a question and now I'm freaking out...
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Re: Biology exam discussion!
« Reply #16 on: October 31, 2014, 12:47:25 pm »
Some of the S.A questions weren't too bad, there were probably 2-3 that were a bit tricky.
The rest just required proper analysis of knowing what the question is asking.
The M.C was good, but I realised I stuffed up some simple M.C questions after the exam :/
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Re: Biology exam discussion!
« Reply #17 on: October 31, 2014, 12:48:02 pm »
Quote from: whatever4321 on October 31, 2014, 12:45:45 pm
Sorry to be annoying but could someone post more detail about the question on translation? I just did the exam but I can't remember such a question and now I'm freaking out...
Where it asked for the synthesis of the 'polymer' :)
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Re: Biology exam discussion!
« Reply #18 on: October 31, 2014, 12:50:54 pm »
The MC question on turgidity and the one on floresiensis confused me... ::)
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Re: Biology exam discussion!
« Reply #19 on: October 31, 2014, 12:52:02 pm »
Quote from: Reus on October 31, 2014, 12:48:02 pm
Where it asked for the synthesis of the 'polymer' :)

They were so sneaky in the wording of that question. :')
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Re: Biology exam discussion!
« Reply #20 on: October 31, 2014, 12:52:32 pm »
Quote from: katiesaliba on October 31, 2014, 12:50:54 pm
The MC question on turgidity and the one on floresiensis confused me... ::)

Yeah same, but I think I ended up picking option D which is when that thing closes water moved out of Moter cell by osmosis or something
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Re: Biology exam discussion!
« Reply #21 on: October 31, 2014, 12:53:05 pm »
Quote from: Coralista on October 31, 2014, 12:52:32 pm
Yeah same, but I think I ended up picking option D which is when I that thing closes water moved out of Moyer cell by osmosis or something

Same!
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Re: Biology exam discussion!
« Reply #22 on: October 31, 2014, 12:53:27 pm »
Quote from: Coralista on October 31, 2014, 12:52:32 pm
Yeah same, but I think I ended up picking option D which is when I that thing closes water moved out of Moyer cell by osmosis or something
Yas went with D too, A and B did were incorrect so I was stuck with C and D. Hahaha
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Re: Biology exam discussion!
« Reply #23 on: October 31, 2014, 12:54:33 pm »
Quote from: Coralista on October 31, 2014, 12:52:32 pm
Yeah same, but I think I ended up picking option D which is when I that thing closes water moved out of Moyer cell by osmosis or something
Good, I did the same.
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Re: Biology exam discussion!
« Reply #24 on: October 31, 2014, 12:56:47 pm »
does anyone remember what they wrote for the female and male diploid short answer question? i think that was a tricky one...
i wrrote 32 and 16 respectvely,
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Re: Biology exam discussion!
« Reply #25 on: October 31, 2014, 12:57:53 pm »
I seemed to be the only one in my school who found it hard... :'(
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Re: Biology exam discussion!
« Reply #26 on: October 31, 2014, 12:58:08 pm »
Phew! What did you guys think of the last question on pedigree analysis? The one talking about what the study of traits expressed by the twins may reveal?
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Re: Biology exam discussion!
« Reply #27 on: October 31, 2014, 12:59:26 pm »
Quote from: Coralista on October 31, 2014, 12:58:08 pm
Phew! What did you guys think of the last question on pedigree analysis? The one talking about what the study of traits expressed by the twins may reveal?
That was such a tricky question imo...
I didn't really know what to answer.
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Re: Biology exam discussion!
« Reply #28 on: October 31, 2014, 01:00:35 pm »
I was so glad that DNA replication wasn't on the exam. One topic that I have not understood all year!
I do agree that MC was generous. I wasn't really surprised by the enzymes questions or the experimental design question - I thought they were pretty standard.
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Re: Biology exam discussion!
« Reply #29 on: October 31, 2014, 01:01:13 pm »
The one with the female and male diploid? I think that was about the queen bee, and how she produced eggs and if they are fertilised then its a female, whereas if its a male 'drone' its unfertilised and therefore haploid.
yeah i got 16 for the male somatic cell and 32 for the female somatic cell.
And then the question about why male drones exhibit genotypic variation, and how that benefits the species or something like that
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