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How to score above 300 in jamb
Important tip to score 300+ in jamb this year.
Although it is difficult, achieving a score above 300 is not impossible. You can achieve a JAMB score above 300 like other candidates. The 7 recommendations in this post will be useful if you want to perform well on the JAMB this year and score above 300.
Before we begin, keep in mind that your preparation for the exam plays a significant role in determining your results and whether you will ultimately be admitted to pursue your ideal course at that dream university.
Many candidates are unaware of how important their JAMB results are to their prospects of admission. The majority of schools in Nigeria determine their departmental cut off marks by averaging the candidates' results from the UTME and post-UTME. Therefore, if your JAMB score is high—at least 300—you have a good head start.
Let's go over some tips for getting a JAMB 2023 score above 300 together.
1. Start your preparation early
This is the first and most crucial piece of advice that any knowledgeable individual can offer a JAMBite. The UTME and JAMB exams are more complex and technical than your O'level. Millions of applicants are competing for a few number of spaces in higher education institutions, making it a very competitive exam.
The only way to ensure thorough comprehension of the material and flawless recollection is to make a commitment to early preparation. The development is slow. You won't be able to advance your studies much if you don't have adequate time.
Don't wait until the last minute to begin your JAMB preparations. You might exhaust all of your resources only to have JAMB's technical requirements knock you off balance.
2. Study your past questions thpractice
Review your prior tests numerous times. Be careful to become accustomed to all of the queries. JAMB has a history of including similar questions in its exams.
Your main responsibility is to make sure you are aware of their tactics and the JAMB pattern for posing queries. If you wish to achieve a JAMB score of more than 300, remember this crucial advice.
3.Go for CBT practice
4. Take a timer while practice
5. Consider extensive jamb tutorials
Additional factors that can support a JAMB score of 300 or higher
Five proven tips for effective studying
How to study effectively
HOW TO STUDY PROPERLY
There isn't a "one size fits all" way for studying efficiently, but there are techniques you may employ to enhance your recall and long-term memory.
Keep in mind that every person has a unique learning style. It's possible that what works for some pupils won't for you.
Just keep trying until you find the most effective study strategy.
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1. Get prepared
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Purchase a journal and use it to record upcoming assignment due dates.
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Instead of juggling four courses at once, you will focus on one unit (subject) throughout the course of a four-week "block." Three times a week, three-hour workshops will be the format of your sessions. The remaining time can be used for whatever is most essential to you, such as studying, working, or visiting Stay in class
By paying attention to what your teachers are saying in class and taking notes as necessary, always remember to practice active listening.
3.Take note
4. Ask questions and converse with your teacher.
5. Don't study all at once.
Biology jamb syllable
Biology jamb syllables
A: VARIETY OF ORGANISMS
Toics/Contents
- Living organisms:
- Characteristics
b. Cell structure and functions of cell Components
c. Level of organization
i. Cell e.g. euglena and paramecium,
ii. Tissue, e.g. epithelial tissues and hydra
iii. Organ, e.g. onion bulb
iv. Systems, e.g. reproductive, digestive and excretory
v. Organisms e.g. Chlamydomonas
2. Evolution among the following:
- Monera (prokaryotes), e.g. bacteria and
blue green algae.
b. Protista (protozoans and protophyta),
e.g. Amoeba, Euglena and Paramecium
c. Fungi, e.g. mushroom and Rhizopus.
d. Plantae (plants)
i. Thallophyta (e.g. Spirogyra)
ii. Bryophyta (mosses and liveworts) e.g.
Brachmenium and Merchantia.
iii. Pteridophyta (ferns) e.g. Dryopteris.
iv. Spermatophyta (Gymnospermae and Angiospermae)
– Gymnosperms e.g. Cycads and conifers.
– Angiosperms (monocots, e.g. maize; dicots, e.g. water leaf)
e. Animalia (animals)
i. Invertebrates
– coelenterate (e.g. Hydra)
– Platyhelminthes (flatworms) e.g. Taenia
– Nematoda (roundworms)
– Annelida (e.g. earthworm)
– Arthropoda e.g. mosquito, cockroach, housefly, bee, butterfly
– Mollusca (e.g. snails)
ii. Multicellular animals (vertebrates)
– pisces (cartilaginous and bony fish)
– Amphibia (e.g. toads and frogs)
– Reptilia (e.g. lizards, snakes and turtles)
– Aves (birds)
– Mammalia (mammals)
3.a Structural/functional and behavioural adaptations of organisms.
- adaptive colouration and its functions
c. Behavioural adaptations in social animals
d. Structural adaptations in organisms.
B: FORM AND FUNCTIONS | |
TOPICS/CONTENTS/NOTES |
1. Internal structure of a flowering plant
- Root
ii. Stem
iii. Leaf
b. Internal structure of a mammal
2. Nutrition
- Modes of nutrition
i. Autotrophic
ii. Heterotrophic
b. Types of Nutrition
c. Plant nutrition
i. Photosynthesis
ii. Mineral requirements
(macro and micro-nutrients)
d. Animal nutrition
i. Classes of food substances; carbohydrates, proteins, fats and oils, vitamins, mineral salts and water
ii. Food tests (e.g. starch, reducing sugar, protein, oil, fat etc.
iii. The mammalian tooth (structures, types and functions
iv. Mammalian alimentary canal
v. Nutrition process (ingestion, digestion, absorption,
and assimilation of digested food.
3. Transport
- Need for transportation
b. Materials for transportation.
Excretory products, gases, manufactured food, digested food, nutrient, water and hormones)
c. Channels for transportation
i. Mammalian circulatory system (heart, arteries,
veins, and capillaries)
ii Plant vascular system (phloem and xylem)
d. Media and processes of mechanism for transportation.
4. Respiratory
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- Respiratory organs and surfaces
b. The mechanism of gaseous exchange in:
i. Plants
ii. Mammals
c. Aerobic respiration
d. Anaerobic respiration
5. Excretion
- Types of excretory structures:
contractile vacuole, flamecell,
nephridium, Malpighian tubule, kidney,
stoma and lenticel.
b. Excretory mechanisms:
i. Kidneys
ii. lungs
ii. skin
c. Excretory products of plants
6. Support and movement
- Tropic, tactic, nastic and sleep
movements in plants
b. supporting tissues in animals
c. Types and functions of the skeleton
i. Exoskeleton
ii. Endoskeleton
iii. Functions of the skeleton in animals
7. Reproduction
- A sexual reproduction
i. Fission as in Paramecium
ii. Budding as in yeast
iii. Natural vegetative propagation
iv. Artificial vegetative propagation.
b. sexual reproduction in flowering plants
i. Floral parts and their functions
ii. Pollination and fertilization
iii. products of sexual reproduction
c. Reproduction in mammals
i. structures and functions of the male and female reproductive organs
ii. Fertilization and development.
(Fusion of gamates)
8. Growth
- meaning of growth
- . Germination of seeds and condition
necessary for germination of seeds.
9. Co-ordination and control
- Nervous coordination:
i. the components, structure and functions
of the central nervous system;
ii. The components and functions of the
peripheral nervous systems;
iii. Mechanism of transmission of impulses;
iv. Reflex action
b. The sense organs
i. skin (tactile)
ii. nose (olfactory)
iii. tongue (taste)
iv. eye (sight)
v. ear (auditory)
c. Hormonal control
i. animal hormonal system
– Pituitary
– thyroid
– parathyroid
– adrenal gland
– pancreas
– gonads
ii. Plant hormones (phytohormones)
d. Homeostasis
i. Body temperature regulation
ii. Salt and water regulation
ECOLOGY TOPICS/CONTENTS/NOTES 1. Factors affecting the distribution of Organisms
- Abiotic
ii. Biotic
2. Symbiotic interactions of plants and animals
(a) Energy flow in the ecosystem: food chains, food webs and trophic levels
(b) Nutrient cycling in nature
i. carbon cycle
ii. water cycle
iii. Nitrogen cycle3. Natural Habitats
(a) Aquatic (e.g. ponds, streams, lakes
seashores and mangrove swamps)
(b) Terrestrial/arboreal (e.g. tree-tops of oil palm, abandoned farmland or a dry grassy (savanna) field, and burrow or hole.4. Local (Nigerian Biomes)
- Tropical rainforest
b. Guinea savanna (southern and northern)
c. Sudan Savanna
d. Desert
e. Highlands of montane forests and grasslands of the Obudu, Jos, Mambiland nationalavanna (southern and northern) - c. Sudan Savanna
d. Desert
e. Highlands of montane forests and grasslands of the Obudu, Jos, Mambilla Plateau.
5. The Ecology of Populations:
(a) Population density and overcrowding.
(b) Adaptation for survival
i. Factors that bring about competition
ii. Intra and inter-specific competition
iii. Relationship between competition and succession.
(c) Factors affecting population sizes:
Biotic (e.g. food, pest, disease, predation, competition, reproductive ability).
ii. Abiotic (e.g. temperature, space, light, rainfall, topography, pressure, pH, etc.
(d) Ecological succession
i. primary succession
ii. secondary succession6. SOIL
- a) (i) characteristics of different types
of soil (sandy, loamy, clayey)
soil structure
ii. porosity, capillarity and humus
content
iii. Components of the soil
i. inorganic
ii. organic
iii. soil organisms
iv. Soil air
v. Soil water
Soil fertility:
i. loss of soil fertility
ii. Renewal and maintenance of soil fertility
7. Humans and Environment
(a) Diseases:
(i) Common and endemic diseases.
ii. Easily transmissible diseases and disease syndrome such as:
– poliomyelitis
– cholera
– tuberculosis
– sexually transmitted disease/syndrome (gonorrhea, syphilis, AIDS, etc.
b. Pollution and its control
(i) sources, types, effects and methods of control.
(ii) Sanitation and sewage
(c) Conservation of Natural Resources
(d) Game reserves andNational parksD: HEREDITY AND VARIATIONS TOPICS/CONTENTS/ I) Variation In Population
- Morphological variations in the physical appearance of individuals.
(i) size (height, weight)
(ii) Colour (skin, eye, hair, coat of animals, scales and feathers.
(iii) Fingerprints
b. Physiological variation
(i) Ability to roll tongue
(ii) Ability to taste
phenylthiocarbamide (PTC)
(iii) Blood groups
c. Application of discontinuous
variation in crime detection,
blood transfusion and
determination of paternity.
2. Heredity
- a) Inheritance of characters in organisms;
i) Heritable and non-heritable characters.
b) Chromosomes – the basis of heredity;
(i) Structure
(ii) Process of transmission of hereditary characters from parents to offspring.
c) Probability in genetics and sex determination.
a) Application of the principles of heredity in:
i) Agriculture
(ii) Medicine
Sex – linked characters e.g. baldness, haemophilia, colour blindness, etc.
E: EVOLUTION TOPICS/CONTENTS/NOTES 1. Theories of evolution
- a) Lamarck’s theory
b) Darwin’s theory
c) organic theory
Evidence of evolution
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- . Germination of seeds and condition