Biological Diversity

[joemario]

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[jaedong]

memorized the whole damn thing in that book. it's a must.

 

[hunterx2]

I just went through that part yesterday, and yeah it sucks hard. My advice is to read over it (and also stuff on plants, ecology, behavior, etc) in the few days right before the test, that way you can just regurgitate it out of your short term memory.

 

[hunterx2]

oh and BTW I just discovered that biological diversity AND plants (the two hardest chapters in that book) only comprise 3 Q's out of 40

http://www.ada.org/sections/educationAndCareers/pdfs/dat_users_manual.pdf

Go to pg 45 where it gives you the breakdown. With any luck you might even get less. It might be safely skipped.

 

[Longcatislong]

oh and BTW I just discovered that biological diversity AND plants (the two hardest chapters in that book) only comprise 3 Q's out of 40

http://www.ada.org/sections/educationAndCareers/pdfs/dat_users_manual.pdf

Go to pg 45 where it gives you the breakdown. With any luck you might even get less. It might be safely skipped.

Thank you for posting this! It's extremely helpful.

 

[joemario]

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[hunterx2]

prob all of them. When there are only 40 questions on the whole test, it makes little sense to the makers of the DAT to waste them on things that you will never need to know as a dentist. Every q they ask about biological diversity, plants, etc, is one less q they can ask about important things like physiology. I would just either ignore them altogether, or cram quickly the day before.

 

[joemario]

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[Imazergling]

you are too funny!😡

 

[free99]

For cliff do I need to read plant section? Dat manual doesn't say anything about it. ...

Na you're good. In fact, you can just skip reading cliffs all together.

I am editing this just in case you thought I was serious, and I'll quote what I said to you in another thread.

I understand the temptation to learn as little as possible to get a good score, but what you're asking has no good answer. I can't tell you exactly what will be on your exam and if something you learn from craig's videos will get you a particular question correct. I suggest you prioritize when you are studying for the biology. By that I mean, don't spend hours studying nitty gritty taxonomy stuff if you're not solid on the basics of another topic (hormones, photosynthesis, whatever). If you cant draw out all the stages of the cell cycle, you shouldn't be wasting your time memorizing if cartilaginous or jawless fish came first. How deeply you learn bio should be largely dependent on how much time you have and how well you're prepared for the other sections.

But if you want a simple answer to your question: yep, learn it, it can't hurt.

 

[joemario]

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[free99]

Lol. Srry about lame question. Just being stressed about bio. Thanks though.

Ha no worries man, I was in the same boat a little over a month ago. I found taking practice tests and comparing my scores to breakdowns on here gave me a sense of where I was at, comparatively, and was a source of relief.

 

[ktran17]

My test was full of biological diversity or ecology questions 5-6 and very little physiology 2 at most. Don't underestimate the randomness of the bio section

 

[joemario]

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[IsaacYankem]

Fairly certain that they are coelomates. Quick google search has Campbell's Bio citing it as such. I believe Campbell is the source for many of the bio questions for whatever it is worth.

 

[J777]

Ya, definitely know those charts. I think they are sufficient in answering a majority of the bio-diversity questions that would arise.

 

[joemario]

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[IsaacYankem]

what is the difference between dentrite cells and macrophage? do they have same function?

For all intents and purpose for the DAT, yes they are both antigen-presenting cells that use MHC markers and interact with T-cells.