I am having problems rembering biology facts! i have a BIG test coming up! any study tips?

Question

Everytime we have a test i seem to go blank as soon as i read the first question and i know i know the stuff. any tips for how i can keep the anwers in my head?

Answer 1

1) start at the end of the test and work backwards (the hardest are sometimes at the end)
2) do what you know (scroll through and answer what you know first, then back track)
3) breath - it's just a test
4) believe in yourself, get enough sleep, food, and don't worry
5) it doesn't matter who finishes first. i always turned in my test last so i could look it over

Answer 2

Hi Lioness, I tried to find "objectified" and "objectification" in the dictionary and no joy. Well, I'm not exactly sure I understand your queston, but think I might have an idea. Anyway, have you ever heard of the "bell curve"? It's a curve that is shaped like a bell and does a good job of representing statistics. As for beauty, at one end of the curve we have the least attractive and at the other end the most. The same would be true for income ... poorest on one side and richest on the other. In the middle of the bell we have all the average folks. I think what you're saying is true, but just simply a fact of life. We have the full spectrum for both genders. As for why guys don't protest ... I guess they realize that it's just the way things are and protests are unlikely to change anything. Hope this helps!

Answer 3

Oh ho, I have first-hand experience with this recently. There are a lot of facts to remember for biology, and I mean a lot.
My number one study habit for biology?
Flash cards.
Pretty common answer, but they work. They take a while in making 'em, but in the process, you are summarizing and re-wording the content of your notes so it's easier to remember. Put questions about the contents on the front of the card, and the answer on the back. This helps you recall the information so that when similar questions appear on the test, you've already practiced recalling cell parts and their functions. This'll prevent blanks, 'cause your brain is used to digging through your facts for the answer.
Also, getting a mini-white board is useful for practicing drawing diagrams and labelling them (if that's part of the test). They are also useful for writing the answers to the questions you have on the flash cards. For example, "What is the formula for photosynthesis?". Write it on the white-board. This helps your brain practice recalling, and your brain is more likely to remember because you actually wrote it down. And if you're a visual person like me, you can remember what you wrote "looks" like (it's like photographic memory kinda.)
This "habit" helped me get 95 percent on bio tests.

Answer 4

Record all your notes on a tape recorder several times. The words you have difficulty spelling out -- spell them out on the recorder. When your done, play the tape where ever you go -- get to the point your repeating and reading along as the recording plays. Rewind and continue playing it -- do it for long time. Once you comfortable with all of it and you have it really locked into your memory, stop. The next day or several hours later -- play the tape again and again.

This may sound mundane --- but it does work. I know -- I've done it.

Answer 5

I used to play little tricks and games with myself to remember facts for a test. For instance, to remember the rainbow colors in order, I always told myself that the leprachaun's name at the end of the rainbow was Roy G. Biv (Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet). To remember what an adverb was, I told myself that it was a word that "ADds to the VERB". See the 2 words in adverb? If you make up little pictures, scenarios, and acronyms in your mind, test-taking actually becomes a fun game. You'll be in competition with yourself, plus you'll be more relaxed :)

Answer 6

there are several ways to remember stuff :
1 try the nemonic method: give your self hints for example if you have 3 names: jack , eve and raven remember Jer
2 while studiing if you have to remember many details you should make a poem and by the exam youll remember the rythm and words. this really works.
HOPE THIS HELPS

Answer 7

simple don't read the first question, skip it and read the second. lol jk.
make up a song about everything your learning in biology then sing it to yourself a few times every day until the test.

Answer 8

I recommend writing shortened reminders down (frantically, if you'd like) before the test as if you were making a cheat-sheet. I'm TERRIBLE at visual learning, I'm a totally haptic learner, and yet it works great for me.

Answer 9

STUDY STUDY. make short answer clues to each question. or get a tape recorder tape you talking about the questions and answers and sleep with the headphones on!

Answer 10

Keep summarising your work till you end up with single words/ trigger words so that when you think of certain words it trigger the process it is apart of.