**SAT II Biology E/M Discussion October 2016**

Any last minute cramming advice?

That was hard

Yeah the M was hard

for real with the cliochene whatever and vitamin question

this was same as october 2013

Lol that was one of the hardest SAT bio tests I’ve seen. What’s the curve going to be like? It’s usually -2 for 800, but hopefully it’ll be more lenient

People claimed they missed five and got 800 on october 2013 thread

That was hard!!

I didn’t really study though. But I’ve taken honors bio, Env science, and AP bio. Praying for 700! Not likely though.

What was the two gene questions for the M test at the end for knowing what genes to compare for animals bacteria and plants, and the other one?

What was number 3

Number 3 was ammonium I remember

1 was CO2 and 2 was PO4

Was number 2 ammonium also

Nah 2 was phosphate because it talked about energy storing molecules (ATP)

How was the Ecology part?

what were the questions for 1-4, I’m pretty sure ammonium wasn’t an answer what was question #3 specifically ?

Didn’t think it was too bad at all, expected much more about organismal biology on the test. Was surprised that the M section was 25% mendelian inheritance problems. Does anyone know the answer to the vitamin question? I said that they can’t be synthesized by the body.

Yea I put ammonium for 3. I remembered nitrogen fixation because it talked about “specific bacteria” that synthesized it.

Numbers 5-7: natural selection, mutation, genetic drift?

I know for sure I missed the gene families question (right answer was duplication, I put transformation) and what organ stores glycogen (liver).

For the animals least likely to be on the same trophic level, was it sheep and wolf?

What did you guys get for the pine tree/shrub question? I picked the one with evaporation but that’s probably wrong…

Also, was anaphase the phase most likely to be disturbed by changes in microtubules?

@buckfoy I put that at first but I remembered the body can synthesize some vitamin D, so I changed my answer to something about catalysts because their main function is to help enzymes function properly. But humans generally can’t synthesize vitamins so you may be right.