hey i've got my exam over with ,havnt u guys given your exam
My exam starts in 5 hours
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hey i've got my exam over with ,havnt u guys given your exam
I'm sorry if this might seem like a stupid question but, when dealing with x2 values, t values, standard errors and deviations, how many significant figures should we write our answers to? Is there a specific number?
No matter how the exam turns out to be, I want to thank everyone esp knowitall10
This is my last IGCSE exam ever and XP was a big part of that IG experience.
Good luck everyone, keep the curve low
When can we discuss?
Thank youuuuuuThankyou soo much.... May Allah bless u with the best grades
Thanks alot ....
Or we can use a thermostatically controlled water bath to control temperature
never mind..
anyways thnx a lot... ur tips r vry useful
Organism Growth:
Planning Questions:
- source: corn syrup, glucose, protein, low grade NH3
- never write nutrient broth
- mention 2 examples at least
- same amount or conc of nutrient broth to the two sets of specimen
- the nutrient supply must be kept constant
- mention flow rate through fermenter
- For batch culture: note the amount of time the organism is left in the fermenter
- keep in mind the O2 supply, temperature, pH
- sterility of the fermenter is very important [so that no other organism grows and acts as a competitor]
- sterility is important in both batch and continous culture- in fact, every time you set up a batch culture, sterility must be mainatained
Reliability:
- decide what the experiment is on (like diffusion, osmosis, photosynthesis)
- use the same apparatus; describe what you're going to vary and what must be kept constant- decide which is the dependant and independant variable (eg light intensity? CO2 conc? or gas produced?)
- how will you vary (count bubbles? use gas syringe?)---always ask yourself: is it a comparison
- units--same volume, same mass, same concentration
- What are the constants? How will you keep them constant?
- give brief discription of the steps; if time is required, BE SPECIFIC.
- inference: in some exps you need a control, but don't write anything which isn't required otherwise
- precautions (FREE MARK!!!)
> give time for caliberation
(Calibration time is adjusting time)
>Repeat 3 times to be certain that the results are consistent-do not change the parameter
>large sample size
Why repeat?
Accuracy:
- increases the certainty that the results are consistent
- so that anomalous results can be removed
- permit variance from mean
- to take an average
- means measuring in a reliable manner. Eg
- weighing scale
- thermometer
- verneir caliper
- measuring cylindrer
- gas syringe
Control:
- use of a buffer solution to maintain pH
- using sol of known conc (by serial dilution)
- comparing colors of sol by a colorimeter
- larger number of known conc
- washing syringes and pipettes
- mixing and stirring for uniformity to prevent settling of suspension
- in microscopy: eye-piece graticule
- to measure the surface area, the specimen is placed on a grid, where the full squares, half or more than half are taken into consideration
- FILTERING AND CENTRIFUGING: the suspension spins and the more dense sinks at the bottom
- in an exp with living organisms, the control must be a dead organism
- whatever factor is being used in the question is emitted from the control
- For counting chromosomes and making them visible, the growing regions of the plant are cut
- cut surface of the specimen
- chromosomes are counted by placing cut surface under a high power light microscope(with high magnification)
- How to make chromosomes visible?
- > add dye/stain them
- > Examples of dyes:
So that's all that was dictated to me, I hope it is helpful inshAllah!
- methylene blue
- aceto-carmine
- aceto-orcein
Organism Growth:
Planning Questions:
- source: corn syrup, glucose, protein, low grade NH3
- never write nutrient broth
- mention 2 examples at least
- same amount or conc of nutrient broth to the two sets of specimen
- the nutrient supply must be kept constant
- mention flow rate through fermenter
- For batch culture: note the amount of time the organism is left in the fermenter
- keep in mind the O2 supply, temperature, pH
- sterility of the fermenter is very important [so that no other organism grows and acts as a competitor]
- sterility is important in both batch and continous culture- in fact, every time you set up a batch culture, sterility must be mainatained
Reliability:
- decide what the experiment is on (like diffusion, osmosis, photosynthesis)
- use the same apparatus; describe what you're going to vary and what must be kept constant- decide which is the dependant and independant variable (eg light intensity? CO2 conc? or gas produced?)
- how will you vary (count bubbles? use gas syringe?)---always ask yourself: is it a comparison
- units--same volume, same mass, same concentration
- What are the constants? How will you keep them constant?
- give brief discription of the steps; if time is required, BE SPECIFIC.
- inference: in some exps you need a control, but don't write anything which isn't required otherwise
- precautions (FREE MARK!!!)
> give time for caliberation
(Calibration time is adjusting time)
>Repeat 3 times to be certain that the results are consistent-do not change the parameter
>large sample size
Why repeat?
Accuracy:
- increases the certainty that the results are consistent
- so that anomalous results can be removed
- permit variance from mean
- to take an average
- means measuring in a reliable manner. Eg
- weighing scale
- thermometer
- verneir caliper
- measuring cylindrer
- gas syringe
Control:
- use of a buffer solution to maintain pH
- using sol of known conc (by serial dilution)
- comparing colors of sol by a colorimeter
- larger number of known conc
- washing syringes and pipettes
- mixing and stirring for uniformity to prevent settling of suspension
- in microscopy: eye-piece graticule
- to measure the surface area, the specimen is placed on a grid, where the full squares, half or more than half are taken into consideration
- FILTERING AND CENTRIFUGING: the suspension spins and the more dense sinks at the bottom
- in an exp with living organisms, the control must be a dead organism
- whatever factor is being used in the question is emitted from the control
- For counting chromosomes and making them visible, the growing regions of the plant are cut
- cut surface of the specimen
- chromosomes are counted by placing cut surface under a high power light microscope(with high magnification)
- How to make chromosomes visible?
- > add dye/stain them
- > Examples of dyes:
So that's all that was dictated to me, I hope it is helpful inshAllah!
- methylene blue
- aceto-carmine
- aceto-orcein
Sure I can always give it a trycan you explain oct/nov/53 q1 b(i concentrations part
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