Tip of the day: Biology Paper 1 Think of Paper 1 as basically a massive trip through all the smallest details of the syllabus. This is where having a copy of said syllabus and running through it very closely will be your key to success. Some examples of the little things often forgotten include... 1. Calculating magnification. 2. Memorising statistics relating to the human genome project and the size of the human genome - like how many genes we have in total! 3. Appreciating the relative sizes of a virus vs bacteria vs organelles etc. 4. Being able to identify structures ON AN ELECTRON MICROGRAPH e.g. of e.coli. It all looks like poorly photocopied black fuzz, so try to find some pictures and get familiar with them. 5. Not just knowing the cell cycle, mitosis, meiosis etc. but theyll often ask you for specifics - what number of ____ is present at which stage? type stuff. Try to be clear on this, especially with chromosome numbers at different stages. 6. Gene stats questions - ABO blood group questions and probability of different types of offspring, its nice to practice these questions and be sure youre doing it all correctly. They also like to ask a lot of labelling questions in Paper 1, so dont think that just because its multiple choice you dont need to be well up on your diagrams. The best way to revise for Paper 1? Well, know the syllabus really well but also, do lots of past Paper 1s. They often ask you things in a way you dont expect that suddenly becomes difficult to answer. You might know a process overall (e.g. an action potential) but if they gave you a graph with an arrow and asked for the ion at this point, would you be able to do it? Basically they test on details, so if youve thought about those details and broken things down into stages where youre very clear on whats happening at each stage in advance - it helps you a lot with the exam itself!
Posted on: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 18:44:03 +0000
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