Biology SL Paper 3 Discussion

[IBisfunjustkidding]

So how was it for you?

[maereth]

I think it wasn't bad at all... especially that I wasn't fully prepared and I had much less practice than with p1 and p2, I answered all questions and hopefully most of what I wrote will be matching the markscheme ;d

I did options A and E and I'm TZ2 btw

[Kirimin]

So, how did you find it?

I did options E and H and I was really happy with the questions that came up They were basically all the bits that I'm best at - which was really nice! I'm hoping for a 7 in that paper (fingers crossed)

[madame_lexie]

I did E and H too! I'm really happy with paper 3, I knew all the answers, maybe in option H a little bit better than in option E.

[cjy]

This is SL for the two above posters I did A and B and it went okay, considering I crammed B the night before.

[Kirimin]

Wait...I tried to start a HL thread, why did my post get put in here??

[IBisfunjustkidding]

Maybe the threads were merged?

[Kirimin]

Hmm strange

[BJD]

TZ2, Option E and G

Paper 3 was really good, of course you never know what to expect with the graph questions but I usually think of them as 14 bonus points. The questions I did prepare for were there and I feel really confident with it except for one, niche concept? I spoke about fundamental and realized niche as well as the meaning of niche but I don't know if that's what they were looking for?

Edited May 15, 2013 by BJD

[Gemma B]

TZ2 options A and C. What did people think of the last question on the option c graph, about how to use uv lighting in the food industry.....

[jlacks]

I'm TZ1 and did D and G. I thought it was pretty good overall except G had a weird data based question graph that took me a while to figure out..

[MaximumX]

I did options A and E. One thing I know I messed up on was labeling the eye. I didn't bother studying the eye and put the retina instead of the choroid. I'm also a little nervous about the 'Evaluate....' questions.

[littlelionwoman]

I did A and G.. it was alright overall, wasn't too happy with either of the options, but it will have to do.

[khalid]

TZ2, Option E and G

Paper 3 was really good, of course you never know what to expect with the graph questions but I usually think of them as 14 bonus points. The questions I did prepare for were there and I feel really confident with it except for one, niche concept? I spoke about fundamental and realized niche as well as the meaning of niche but I don't know if that's what they were looking for?

The nice concept is a description of where an organisms lives (its habitat), its feeding activities and its relationship with other organisms ( Mutualisim, predation etc). It has nothing to do with fundamental and realized niche. Yeah it was a weird question. I hated the question bout extinction of a named species

[IBisfunjustkidding]

I'm TZ1 and did D and G. I thought it was pretty good overall except G had a weird data based question graph that took me a while to figure out..

That triangle thing? Yeah that was a mess, I turned my paper every which way during the exam to understand that graph.

[Meena]

I did option B and E (TZ2, I think. Norway). I think it went pretty well. I managed to answer all the questions, I even drew a diagram for contra-lateral processing :-P The questions I was most unsure about were the data questions, as it is sometimes hard to know what they expect you to write. For option E it was what the implications are for humans of a study on mice's brain activity I dint't really know what to write. But overall, it was the exam I was most happy with. Anyone else with option B? In that case, was the sarcomere contracted or relaxed?

Edited May 17, 2013 by Meena

[cjy]

I did option B and E (TZ2, I think. Norway). I think it went pretty well. I managed to answer all the questions, I even drew a diagram for contra-lateral processing :-P The questions I was most unsure about were the data questions, as it is sometimes hard to know what they expect you to write. For option E it was what the implications are for humans of a study on mice's brain activity I dint't really know what to write. But overall, it was the exam I was most happy with. Anyone else with option B? In that case, was the sarcomere contracted or relaxed?

Option B. I thought it was contracted because there was a large dark band and a thin light band but apparently it was relaxed.

[Tina St]

I studied A and G and I am very mad that my teacher didn't taught us A. I learned it by myself and I think I did very good

[FarFromCreative]

We didn't have time to study the other option at school at all, so I ended up cramming Evolution (option D) the night before p3. Definitely not a recommendable move to make, but they asked all the stuff that I had memorized well! So I think I did okay in the end. My other option was A... I can't even remember the questions they had on A because I was so focused on the D, all I remember is that I knew what to answer to every question so I guess I did fairly well )