Here are the answers to the questions you've had so far:
1. No, I cannot give you a word bank. IB doesn't allow that, I already asked and tried to get that for you.
2. Saying that I lied is a bit harsh. I thought I was giving you a quiz, I apologize if it was a bit of a shock, however you were originally supposed to have the 'quiz' on everything, including reproduction. Actually, I was supposed to finish the reproduction unit with you guys, but we barely made it through half the material...
3. What diagrams? Didn't we already talk about that in class? There is one diagram, it's worth 6 marks... you have to label and know some of the ... actions of parts of the diagram
man, it's hard to give you hints without telling you what's on it...
4. I said this a few times in class....there are only MC questions for the respiration.
5. Dialysis... Please know what this is. I think that Oxford only covers the Hemotonial dialysis, but it would be good to know the 2 types, how they basically work, and be able to expand to filll, oohh, say, 10 marks? ;)
6. Podocytes are the 3rd layer that the blood encounters when being filtered from afferent vessel to make it to the proximal convoluted tubule.
The blood is forced through the afferent vessel, into the glomerulus, where it encounters 2 layers/membranes.
The first has little windows (it's fenestrated). The second is the basement membrane of the glomerulus. This is not permiable to large objects, such as blood cells and large proteins.
the third layer it encounters is the podocytes of the bowman's capsule. This is another layer that is not permiable to large blood cells (even though it has spaces, those spaces aren't large enough for cell passage).
I don't think I asked you specifically what a podocyte is, but it's good to know incase you have to know for the exam
7. the test is written by me, and also given to Ms.Leone's class....actually, it's not technically written by me, I got most of the questions from the IB exam booklet...I wrote a few questions, because I wanted what I tested you on to be fair, so I didn't put things in that I didn't specifically cover in my lectures. However, you will need to know the depth of OXFORD for your exam, so you'll have to review hormones and things for your test....
uh, did I say test? I meant exam.....
*hint hint, wink wink, say no more*
8. Im totally honoured that at least some of you like my classes. Im trying my best to make it interesting for both of us. To be honest, I haven't really done anything on humans, so this is pretty much new for me (it's been a good 4 or 5 years since I've done this stuff.....).
I really really really love teaching you all. I can't tell you how much I rant and rave to my friends and family about how much I love this class and MPSJ and working with Mr.Laudari. I look forward to seeing each of you every day, and I do truly see you all as a blessing and a gift straight from God.
I won't be gone for long, you'll see me in a month.
I'll be checking this when Im away, so if you have any questions, you can still reach me :)
Ok, back to the test stuff
MC: 20 marks
know some gas exchange stuff, homeostasis, and the kidney
Definitions: 8 marks
I took into account what you said today, and changed it a bit. you have a choice of 4 out of 5 defintions...
Fill in the blanks: 14
Short answer: 7 marks
Diagram: 6 marks... label and know how this thing works
Long answer: 10 marks
you get a choice out of 2 sets of questions.
Bonus:
I forgot to assign how many marks I'll give for bonus...Im thinking 2, but I'll talk to Mr. L about that. just remember a couple of the "interest pieces" we did in class
Stuff to review
- KIDNEY!! KNOW THE NEPHRON, how is it affected by ADH?
- Pancreas... know Hormones, where they are from and how they work
- in fact, tell me about hormones, what types and how they work
- thermoregulation
- excretion
- homeostasis things
There aren't too many things I could possibly test you on
AND one more thing
YOU'RE IBs!!!! I can't spoon feed you anymore, you know this stuff... think about what we do every day in class, I make sure I quiz you on the things I want you to know. We go over it every day. What did I stress each day?
Stop worrying so much about this, you guys will ace it
:)
