<p>I hate the Plants section and it always screws me over. All of that Xylem and Phloem stuff sort of flies over my head.</p>
<p>This year, what do you think the expected ratios will be? Like will half the test probably be on plants?</p>
<p>study your plants! about 1/6 of the exam is about plants.</p>
<p>EW. that’s way depressing. I guess I’ll read cliffs over a few times, I just absolutely abhor plants. I feel like there’s so much information…</p>
<p>Thanks though:)</p>
<p>the 2008 released exam was basically AP botany… lol</p>
<p>I’m surprised though. I hate the animal stuff, cuz I honestly can’t remember anything about the immune system, nervous system, or the endocrine stuff. I like plants, they’re are interesting. When I took a few released exams, I noticed that while there are a lot of questions on plants, the questions were pretty basic. So study the plants, but review the overarching concepts rather than the specific details. Know the plant hormones though! that’s something specific that you can’t skip.</p>
<p>Yeah I heard the 08’ exam was ALL plants. Is that true for 09’ as well?</p>
<p>Animal stuff sticks with me because that’s mainly what we focused on it baby bio, and yeah I’m good on all of the auxin/ethylene stuff, it’s just every single thing about monocots and dicots. The difference between phloem and xylem, it gets to be a bit much. But considering the fact that I waited for the last weekend to cover this stuff, it’s sort of my fault:)</p>
<p>hahaha. aren’t we all procrastinators? I started studying for Bio about 3 hours ago. But my goal is to get a 4 so i’m not too worried since the curve for bio is extremely generous. </p>
<p>from what i remember:</p>
<p>phloem carry nutriets: glucose, etc. Has sieve tube and companion cells.
Xylem carry water and minerals dissolved in water.</p>
<p>The fluids travel because of root pressure caused by transpiration. Water can travel up the stem due to hydrogen bond/cohesion/adhesion (forget which one).</p>
<p>Yeah, is it adhesion or cohesion? I’m pretty sure it’s cohesion. Just read through the Cliff’s section on plants:) About to hit up Animal Form and function. </p>
<p>Is the curve good? Because I’m pretty sure I’m not on that 5 level right now. I guess I’ll try to take a practice test, but I’m not sure if I’ll have enough time. I so wish there was more Animal behavior on the test, it’s the easiest part:)</p>