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[leesh95]

For that question, because it was related to reproductive technologies affecting evolution, was that in regards to the dot point with artificial insem/pollination and cloning, coz thats what I discussed.

Yeh

 

[bangladesh]

For that question, because it was related to reproductive technologies affecting evolution, was that in regards to the dot point with artificial insem/pollination and cloning, coz thats what I discussed.

exactly right.

 

[Queenroot]

Everyone's expecting such high raw's...

That Red light one in communication I was like dafaq. Lol.

 

[Talia95]

Phew!!!!!!!!

Was such a good paper, knew pretty much everything and had finished 80% of the paper with over an hour left. Lots of time to proof read answers and make sure they were correct. Hoping for a band 6!

However I drew my accommodation diagrams in the communication part of the exam in pen!!!!!!!!!!! Will I lose a mark for this? What if heaps of people do it? The diagram was optional so why should I lose a mark for something I went out of my way to do

Nice questions overall, the stuff I hated wasn't in there. A few of the multiple choice questions were so crap though, I mean question 20 has two right answers... B and D.

Surely you won't lose marks just for drawing in pen?

 

[jeffyjojo]

I said substrate concentration
Don't think time is right since aren't we measuring the time taken for the enzyme to function? But I may be wrong IDK

yeah i did concentration too!

 

[Queenroot]

yeah i did concentration too!

I did pH, meh

 

[OversizeSweater]

What did people write for that 8 marker?

 

[jeffyjojo]

What did people write for that 8 marker?

everything i knew about:
findings of sutton, boveri and mendel on chromosomes and structure
reproductive technologies, eg trangenic, cloning, hybridsation and how these arent possible without these findings
and then linked this to evolution

 

[OversizeSweater]

I wrote about cloning, hybridisation and artificial insemination. I wrote some jibberish about chromosomes (I had the biggest mind blank and pretty much forgot whatever i knew about chromosomes).

 

[leesh95]

everything i knew about:
findings of sutton, boveri and mendel on chromosomes and structure
reproductive technologies, eg trangenic, cloning, hybridsation and how these arent possible without these findings
and then linked this to evolution

I also said something about Watson and Crick and discovery of karyotypes, beedle and tatum. Pretty much every scientist we learn of in the module and evolutionary techniques.

 

[Queenroot]

What are the "chemicals" filtered out and reabsorbed by the kidney?

(i.e. why was it two marks? fuck lol)

 

[leesh95]

What are the "chemicals" filtered out and reabsorbed by the kidney?

(i.e. why was it two marks? fuck lol)

Glucose water amino acid --> reabsorbed

Urea, water, drugs etc. filtered out I think

 

[Queenroot]

Glucose water amino acid --> reabsorbed

Urea, water, drugs etc. filtered out I think

Oh fuck why didn't I put water! LOL at drugs
I said glucose Na+ and K+ for reabsorption

 

[obliviousninja]

Was time another controlled variable for that effect of temp on enzyme experiment?

time is the dependent variable.

 

[OversizeSweater]

I also drew my diagrams in pen! is it seriously a big deal? like do you get marks deducted for it??

 

[freakingout2013]

what 2 methods did you guys put for prevention of disease?

I talked about the shift from prayer to actual medicines for treatment (antibiotics, chemotherapy) and the shift from DDT on mosquitos to draining swamps.

 

[freakingout2013]

If you didn't use ALL the time, you probably won't do well.

Actually, it's total bull. The exam length is designed to be the "right" length for the average student. Basically, if you seem to get the average score in EVERY test, three hours was perfect. Hence why getting 90+ in all my tests has lead me to be able to finish, and be confident with an hour to spare.

The kids who walk out at 1 hour and 1 minute past don't usually do well because they actually don't care and leave as soon as they can. One kid just drew dicks for all his answers.

 

[obliviousninja]

I talked about the shift from prayer to actual medicines for treatment (antibiotics, chemotherapy) and the shift from DDT on mosquitos to draining swamps.

I would be praying too, if that answer got full marks.

 

[Queenroot]

I would be praying too, if that answer got full marks.

Hahahaha

 

[freakingout2013]

What did people write for that 8 marker?

* I talked about Sutton and Boveri, then Franklin, Watson and Crick and how they lead us to understand the structure of chromosomes and DNA.
* Then I talked about transgenic salmon and how although they're fantastic for what we use, if they escaped and bred in the wild it could have huge implications on natural population levels of both "natural" salmon and their food source.
* Then I talked about the genetic screening and implications of "perfect children", whose genetics have been mapped and altered so that they do not possess any faulty genes. I mentioned that if this were to occur at the same time as a massive environmental shift then we could lose an entire population, whereas as the "imperfect" genes may have helped us survive and reproduce.

I really didn't struggle with it.