I'm on my first week of the S2N 3-month study schedule. I've just read EK Bio Ch. 1, and am working on the first 1/3 of the passage questions. My question is regarding Passage V from Section 8 of TBR Biology II (found on pg. 237).
When I read through EK Bio Ch. 1, I felt pretty confident. Most of the things I had already seen, and was quite familiar with. However, my confidence was shot after trying this passage... That chapter didn't mention anything about the Calvin cycle. The only questions I got right were 24 and 25.
Even looking at the explanations to the answers, I am COMPLETELY lost. I was under the impression that it was unnecessary to memorize the structure and name of intermediates, the specific action of each enzyme in every step, and yet the answers seem to call upon these facts as if they should be known by heart.
I'm a very strong student in school. I've been doing decent at the other passages (never below 60%, often 80ish). Should I be worried, or is this simply a rare, very difficult passage?
When I read through EK Bio Ch. 1, I felt pretty confident. Most of the things I had already seen, and was quite familiar with. However, my confidence was shot after trying this passage... That chapter didn't mention anything about the Calvin cycle. The only questions I got right were 24 and 25.
Even looking at the explanations to the answers, I am COMPLETELY lost. I was under the impression that it was unnecessary to memorize the structure and name of intermediates, the specific action of each enzyme in every step, and yet the answers seem to call upon these facts as if they should be known by heart.
I'm a very strong student in school. I've been doing decent at the other passages (never below 60%, often 80ish). Should I be worried, or is this simply a rare, very difficult passage?