<p>hhahahha ^^, I’m sorry no offense aquamarine its just very funny that both ur retakes were this test.</p>
<p>xD I found myself laughing when I recognized the diagram of the cricket. I nearly died.</p>
<p>It was easier this time around though. I can’t believe I still remembered those questions! Hopefully no need to cancel this time around. Gosh…</p>
<p>that’s the great thing about collegeconfidential SAT discussions: you remember each question cuz you analyzed them to death :)</p>
<p>anyway, i thought that the question about determining evolutionary relationships asked what would NOT be considered evidence. (Although, nobody seems to think this so i probably read the question wrong). I ended up putting carbon dating.</p>
<p>Amniotic egg = protection from dehydration. Remember that amphibians are not able to lay eggs on land because they do not have an amniotic membrane to prevent desiccation.</p>
<p>Chordates do not have exoskeletons (this was definitely an answer).</p>
<p>The legs on the grasshopper came from the thorax (the middle). I had to look closely to see this though.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure that DNA is broken down into nucleic acids that are used in the construction of our own DNA. This is an excerpt from cliffnotes:
“Nucleic acids are used for the construction of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), ribonucleic acid (RNA), and ATP. Animals obtain their nucleic acids from plant and animal tissues, especially from cells that contain nuclei. During digestion, the nucleic acids are broken down into nucleotides, which are absorbed into the cells.”</p>
<p>I also put that veins cannot be voluntarily contracted but who the heck knows. I’m more inclined to think it was the diaphragm one now. </p>
<p>I skipped 3 on the test (the disease question that asked which was caused by a protist, the product of an inversion DNA question, and I can’t seem to remember the last one right now…)</p>
<p>What were the other choices for the chordates? I want to make sure I didn’t do something stupid. Hahaha.</p>
<p>2 Questions:</p>
<p>Number of atoms in reaction (I think it was like photosynthesis or something?)
I remember some of the answers being like 18, 36</p>
<p>The High Cliff/Low Cliff thing
What would happen if middle cliff?</p>
<p>I put that the one would go to higher ledges (i can’t remember which right now) and that the other one would go lower ledges.</p>
<p>Yeah, I put that too.</p>
<p>Do you remember the choices for the chordates question?</p>
<p>the notochord, pharyngeal gill slits, muscular tail, and i cant remember the last one. the three i mentioned are chordate trademarks tho so they are not the answer.</p>
<p>I was really unsure of the one that talked about the spindle being cut and the chromosome moving toward the pole but then the spindle is reattached and it moves toward the center. i’m getting confused just writing it…hahaha. i put that it says that the formation of the spindle marks the end of metaphase. i was going to put that the spindle pulls from both sides but i didn’t think that they do.</p>
<p>Okay good. I probably put exoskeleton then. </p>
<p>I put that it pulls from both sides… What they described didn’t realllly support the other answers. Anyone else have any idea?</p>
<p>that was a terrible question. I thinK i guessed</p>
<p>those diseases were killer… got the government and “most people affected” (smallpox, malaria) confused with “protozoan parasite (malaria?)” and “can be treated with antibiotics (strep throat?)”</p>
<p>Most people died = malaria
Protozoan = malaria
antibiotics = strep</p>
<p>what did you get for the spindle one?</p>
<p>since the spindle is only attached at one end of the chromosome, it can’t pull from both sides, can it ???</p>
<p>also what was the one about the yeast cell and why the plasmid joins the chromosomes or something like that</p>
<p>The question stated that since the needle poked one side and broke it, the chromosome moved to the opposite side. However, when a new spindle generated, it moved back to the center. It really seems like the spindle pulls from both sides. That was my logic… somewhat xD</p>
<p>Do you remember the answer choices for the yeast one? I can’t recall that question too well.</p>
<p>that makes waaaaay more sense. don’t listen to me.</p>
<p>do you remember what was the one about the yeast cell and why the plasmid joins the chromosomes or something like that ??</p>
<p>this test was really hard…I think I got like around 10 wrong. oh well I’ll probably cancel and hopefully take an easier test in January.</p>
<p>lakshmi, do you remember the answer choices? I can probably tell you if you tell me the answer choices. hahaha</p>
<p>for those of you who took the M section, was it like 3 D’s in a row and then 5 E’s in a row ?!? (starting with question 80)</p>
<p>I got a lot of D’s. Not so sure about a lot of E’s though. I think I got a ton of D’s throughout the entire test xD</p>
<p>Argh, so it’s not protein? Ugh, I got so many wrong…
I got a lot of D’s in the beginning portion of the test. 
Didn’t get THAT many E’s.</p>
<p>Don’t worry. I think we all missed more than usual. Curve will make up for it… Hahaha. I won’t panic about my score like I did last time. I probably would have gotten a somewhat decent (atleast 740+) score had I not canceled. ■■■■■■■■ I was. People who thought they were going to get a 760 or so actually got 800’s.</p>