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Stick

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Re: Biology exam discussion!
« Reply #75 on: October 31, 2014, 02:36:20 pm »
One of my poor students thought the end of question 11 was the end of the exam, due to the "this page has been left blank" page, and lost at least 6 marks. :( I hope this doesn't apply to anyone else here!
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Re: Biology exam discussion!
« Reply #76 on: October 31, 2014, 02:39:12 pm »
Quote from: Stick on October 31, 2014, 02:36:20 pm
One of my poor students thought the end of question 11 was the end of the exam, due to the "this page has been left blank" page, and lost at least 6 marks. :( I hope this doesn't apply to anyone else here!
Damn that sucks! Someone please check with me that the last question was on the woolly mammoths?
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Re: Biology exam discussion!
« Reply #77 on: October 31, 2014, 02:39:58 pm »
Quote from: Stick on October 31, 2014, 02:36:20 pm
One of my poor students thought the end of question 11 was the end of the exam, due to the "this page has been left blank" page, and lost at least 6 marks. :( I hope this doesn't apply to anyone else here!

oh no that's so unfair :( hope no one else had this happen to them
but saying that why would they leave a blank page like that? like seriously why?
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Re: Biology exam discussion!
« Reply #78 on: October 31, 2014, 02:40:24 pm »
Quote from: Reus on October 31, 2014, 02:39:12 pm
Damn that sucks! Someone please check with me that the last question was on the woolly mammoths?

well that's what i thought
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Re: Biology exam discussion!
« Reply #79 on: October 31, 2014, 02:44:44 pm »
What do people think would be required for the experiment question, with the polypeptides???   :)
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Re: Biology exam discussion!
« Reply #80 on: October 31, 2014, 02:45:09 pm »
Quote from: vcestudent123 on October 31, 2014, 02:29:55 pm
It was Migration.

I thought it was natural disaster because there was only one genotype in the population that survived. It couldn't be migration that only that genotype migrated could it?
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Re: Biology exam discussion!
« Reply #81 on: October 31, 2014, 02:49:50 pm »
A+ cut off prediction? I think I lost about 13 marks most cause of silly mistakes :( then probs a few more for examiners being harsh
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Re: Biology exam discussion!
« Reply #82 on: October 31, 2014, 02:50:03 pm »
Quote from: skybluemaniac on October 31, 2014, 02:45:09 pm
I thought it was natural disaster because there was only one genotype in the population that survived. It couldn't be migration that only that genotype migrated could it?

They were talking about migration for behavioural evolution as a result of bipedalism, but anyways, I see your question as well. The question specifically asked for the founder effect. So it had to be migration.
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Re: Biology exam discussion!
« Reply #83 on: October 31, 2014, 02:52:28 pm »
Quote from: SteakMan on October 31, 2014, 02:49:50 pm
A+ cut off prediction? I think I lost about 13 marks most cause of silly mistakes :( then probs a few more for examiners being harsh

Seeing how last years was 93/110, and this years appears to be slightly harder, I'd say probably around 87-88. Maybe even 85, but that's probably a bit too far.
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Re: Biology exam discussion!
« Reply #84 on: October 31, 2014, 02:58:58 pm »
Quote from: SteakMan on October 31, 2014, 02:49:50 pm
A+ cut off prediction? I think I lost about 13 marks most cause of silly mistakes :( then probs a few more for examiners being harsh

How do you know? Do you have a copy of the exam? :)
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Re: Biology exam discussion!
« Reply #85 on: October 31, 2014, 03:01:09 pm »
Teacher had a copy so went through some answers with her but couldn't take it cause she only had the one :S
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Re: Biology exam discussion!
« Reply #86 on: October 31, 2014, 03:03:33 pm »
guys for the mammoth question would allopatric speciation get any marks? I was going to change to bottleneck but I didn't at the end..
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Re: Biology exam discussion!
« Reply #87 on: October 31, 2014, 03:04:57 pm »
Quote from: skybluemaniac on October 31, 2014, 03:03:33 pm
guys for the mammoth question would allopatric speciation get any marks? I was going to change to bottleneck but I didn't at the end..

Yeah I described allopatric speciation.
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Re: Biology exam discussion!
« Reply #88 on: October 31, 2014, 03:14:54 pm »
ANYONE HAVE A COPY OF THE EXAM THEY CAN POST UP?
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Re: Biology exam discussion!
« Reply #89 on: October 31, 2014, 03:24:02 pm »
Did you guys get Xlinked recessive for the pedigree in the short answer ?
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