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kratos009:
Hey guys
I was wondering whether we need to know the topic concerning diets, and deficiency caused by the lack of some minerals. My teacher said that we don't need to know anything about it and i also didn't see anything on the Biology syllabus about this certain topic. But i just did the May/June 2003 paper 2 for Biology and a whole question came up concerning this topic. I know that there is a possibility that the syllabus may have changed but i want to make sure. So could someone tell me if we are required to know this chapter, and could you also state your source? Thanks a lot, i greatly appreciate it  ;D.

Good luck with Biology tomorrow! ;)

vince_24:
Are you from NZ? What school? What text book do you use?

Nevermind,
If you are using the same text, chapter 12 is a diet chapter. You might want to skim read that. I am pretty sure that is not in the syllabus as my teacher didn't cover it.

kratos009:
Yeah i'm from NZ, i use the Advanced series Biology 1, endorsed by OCR, (a big picture of a sunflower on the front :D), i'm guessing you also use this book cause Chap 12 is Diet. Thanks yeah i'll read over it but i was wondering if we had to know these according to the syllabus. Cause usually the CIE exams only ask questions if they have listed  the topis in the syllabus. Thats why i was worried when they asked the question in the past paper...

vince_24:
If you read the chapter, most of it is common sense anyway so I don't think you should be too concerned.
Only the vitamin questions, which I am pretty sure is not in the syllabus. Download the syllabus and use adobe "search" and search for "Diet" or "Vitamin" and let me know! :]

kratos009:
Ok i just had a check with the biology syllabus and i checked almost all the words that is linked with the diet chapter and i got no results... so i'm guessing we don't need to know it  :).

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