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Qualification => GCE AS & A2 Level => Queries => Topic started by: malissa on May 08, 2010, 12:09:16 pm

Title: PAPER 5 BIO URGENT!!
Post by: malissa on May 08, 2010, 12:09:16 pm
GUYS!! please i need some help on how to study for P5 questions,and how to prepare for the exam,whoever is taking the exam this friday please help!
Title: Re: PAPER 5 BIO URGENT!!
Post by: sm on May 08, 2010, 12:23:40 pm
hey,, my friend is takin bio ,, her teacher told her its better to study the whole syllabus before  paper 5 ,, GD LUCK !
Title: Re: PAPER 5 BIO URGENT!!
Post by: malissa on May 08, 2010, 01:12:46 pm
Woah!! now thats very sad to hear!....
Title: Re: PAPER 5 BIO URGENT!!
Post by: osmosis on May 08, 2010, 01:15:45 pm
Hey Malissa....I'm taking paper 5 too....my teacher told me that we need to know about the standard deviation, standard error, t-test, chi-squared test, null hypothesis and etc....you can find it in your textbook at the appendix...under Statistics....other than that, you'll also need to know how to plan the experiment, determine the manipulated, responding and fixed variable.....besides that, like what sm said, you have to know the syllabus....that's what I can help....do tell me if there are other information that I didn't mention here....

Title: Re: PAPER 5 BIO URGENT!!
Post by: malissa on May 08, 2010, 01:29:26 pm
thx OSmosis! xD nice nick By the way :)
anyways am gonna be heading out to my teachers house for a three hour session only for paper 5 so iam gonna share that info with everyone else later on ^^
Title: Re: PAPER 5 BIO URGENT!!
Post by: osmosis on May 08, 2010, 01:57:37 pm
owh...thanks...hahah! actually, I can't come up with any other name, so I just decided to name myself osmosis....that's cool enough to make me love biology....
I would love to hear the info that you'll get from your teacher....do share with us....
thank you! ^_^
Title: Re: PAPER 5 BIO URGENT!!
Post by: malissa on May 08, 2010, 02:12:12 pm
umm may i ask wer r u from?
Title: Re: PAPER 5 BIO URGENT!!
Post by: osmosis on May 08, 2010, 02:33:09 pm
owh...hahah!  :) I was just about to ask you the same question.....I'm from Malaysia...what about you?
Title: Re: PAPER 5 BIO URGENT!!
Post by: malissa on May 08, 2010, 02:36:00 pm
OMG!! am malaysian too!! but iam living in UAE ( united arab emirates )
Title: Re: PAPER 5 BIO URGENT!!
Post by: osmosis on May 08, 2010, 02:40:10 pm
wow! OMG too! you're from which state?...I'm from Selangor...currently in Kuantan...I'm taking A-level in Kuantan....
so you're in UAE....is it under scholarship or are you a private student? what other subjects are you taking??? what are your plans after this???
Title: Re: PAPER 5 BIO URGENT!!
Post by: malissa on May 08, 2010, 07:41:26 pm
OMG am soo sorry for the late reply :(
but my mommy called me and i had to go!! LOL
so yea iam frm johar,and am a private candidate in UAE,moved here cuz my dad got a good job opportunity xP
 I TAKE CHEMISTRY AND BIO! :(,and am applying for medicine in a uni here in uae :) so can i add u on msn? am malissa_my@hotmail.com ^^
hope we can talk later !
Title: Re: PAPER 5 BIO URGENT!!
Post by: osmosis on May 09, 2010, 08:16:54 am
owh....that's ok... :)
so you're taking Chemistry and Biology...is it for A2??? because I'm taking Chemistry(A2), Biology(AS and A2) and Mathematics...
I think we're on the same ship, huh.....I'm also applying for medicine...maybe after this i'll continue in the private local University...
Sorry, but I don't have msn....I do only have yahoo messenger....do you??? anyways, I'll add your email...
Title: Re: PAPER 5 BIO URGENT!!
Post by: sizbeauty on May 10, 2010, 11:42:58 pm
ne further info abt bio paper 5??

did u guys chek nov 09 pprz??..
Title: Re: PAPER 5 BIO URGENT!!
Post by: sweetest angel on May 10, 2010, 11:49:58 pm
ne further info abt bio paper 5??

did u guys chek nov 09 pprz??..

wat abt them? variant 52 experiment is a whole diff. story. i hpe we dnt get this :/
Title: Re: PAPER 5 BIO URGENT!!
Post by: sweetest angel on May 10, 2010, 11:52:41 pm
thx OSmosis! xD nice nick By the way :)
anyways am gonna be heading out to my teachers house for a three hour session only for paper 5 so iam gonna share that info with everyone else later on ^^

hey am from UAE too taking bio ppr 5. which teacher do u take with? i go to mr.mohan if u knw him. which school?
Title: Re: PAPER 5 BIO URGENT!!
Post by: malissa on May 11, 2010, 10:58:10 am
where in the UAE?! am in alain
Title: Re: PAPER 5 BIO URGENT!!
Post by: sweetest angel on May 11, 2010, 11:14:17 am
am in dubai. At oxford school.
Title: Re: PAPER 5 BIO URGENT!!
Post by: MaNi_DaDuDe on May 11, 2010, 10:37:27 pm
owh....that's ok... :)
so you're taking Chemistry and Biology...is it for A2??? because I'm taking Chemistry(A2), Biology(AS and A2) and Mathematics...
I think we're on the same ship, huh.....I'm also applying for medicine...maybe after this i'll continue in the private local University...
Sorry, but I don't have msn....I do only have yahoo messenger....do you??? anyways, I'll add your email...

haha, that's cool. I'm planning to do medicine as well.

I'm appearing for bio chem phy A2. :D
Title: Re: PAPER 5 BIO URGENT!!
Post by: sizbeauty on May 12, 2010, 12:13:04 am
at SWEETEST ANGEL

yhh dats wat i mnt 2 ask...if u guyz also found it difficult...
sam hea...hope v don't get such kinda paper


are u going thru As syllabus also??
Title: Re: PAPER 5 BIO URGENT!!
Post by: sweetest angel on May 12, 2010, 12:15:49 pm
at SWEETEST ANGEL

yhh dats wat i mnt 2 ask...if u guyz also found it difficult...
sam hea...hope v don't get such kinda paper


are u going thru As syllabus also??

nope i finished it last year. i started my ig's early.
Title: Re: PAPER 5 BIO URGENT!!
Post by: ilmarien on May 13, 2010, 06:50:52 am
I'm taking Bio too and I need much help!
Anyone else have trouble planning out the experiments? They expect us to be so detailed about the clips and the water inside the capillary! Everytime I'm doing paper 5, I usually just assume that everyone knows about them.

Anyone want to share tips for tomorrow?
By the way, you all have "key time" or whatsoever, right? Tomorrow's my first exam, I am so nervous.
Title: Re: PAPER 5 BIO URGENT!!
Post by: sweetest angel on May 13, 2010, 09:56:07 am
I'm taking Bio too and I need much help!
Anyone else have trouble planning out the experiments? They expect us to be so detailed about the clips and the water inside the capillary! Everytime I'm doing paper 5, I usually just assume that everyone knows about them.

Anyone want to share tips for tomorrow?
By the way, you all have "key time" or whatsoever, right? Tomorrow's my first exam, I am so nervous.


dude, whats key time? dont be nervous, am saving my nervousness to math and paper 4 :)
Title: Re: PAPER 5 BIO URGENT!!
Post by: MaNi_DaDuDe on May 13, 2010, 11:49:08 am
I think key time is when your center tells you to stay for an hour or so after the exam in the room with no communication whatsoever.
Title: Re: PAPER 5 BIO URGENT!!
Post by: sweetest angel on May 13, 2010, 05:28:03 pm
I think key time is when your center tells you to stay for an hour or so after the exam in the room with no communication whatsoever.

ooh they do this here in the british council xams only.The school xams on the other hand dont, they mke u go as soon as possible cuse they r normally short on halls.
Title: Re: PAPER 5 BIO URGENT!!
Post by: ilmarien on May 13, 2010, 11:59:18 pm
My exam starts at 8 a.m. local time and the key time is at 12 p.m.
Bio P5 is only 1 hour 15 minutes! I have to wait 2 hours 45 minutes. That sucks big time.  >:(

I'm seriously more worried about Paper 5 (Bio and Physics). They are so random! I suck at these kind of thing.
Good luck to all of us.
Title: Re: PAPER 5 BIO URGENT!!
Post by: MaNi_DaDuDe on May 14, 2010, 12:11:26 am
My exam starts at 8 a.m. local time and the key time is at 12 p.m.
Bio P5 is only 1 hour 15 minutes! I have to wait 2 hours 45 minutes. That sucks big time.  >:(

I'm seriously more worried about Paper 5 (Bio and Physics). They are so random! I suck at these kind of thing.
Good luck to all of us.

Yeah, key time's a *****. :/

Just take some snacks with you or a book for your next exam or whatever.

I usually just write down stuff I didn't get, and discuss with friends. :/ it causes more tension, but I need it; as I'm usually very carefree. . :(