Junior Cert 2010: Geography

Bears and Vodka

TBH it was a really simple Geog. paper. Wrote like a full A4 page on the Mediterranean Climate

shauna110

Overall, wasnt too bad.. not like amazing tho!
did questions 2,4, 5
kinda fecked up the bit on coniferous forests though started going on about early settlers, wasnt really that relevant
Id hope for a B altogether:)

katiemce

mista_2k10 wrote: »

Ya i said about podzols, but i dont actually know if there was..

Yeah I said podzols. Im 99% sure thats right because podzols occur in hilly areas where the soil is infertile

katiemce

fiestapower wrote: »

Yeah arable farming refers to tillage, etc.

I did q's 3,4,5.. Reeeeally hope I gota B cause im upset about irish p2 yesterday where i messed up the studied sceal..
Oh well, theres my all b plan ruined.

Youre not the only one who messed up Irish! Trust me on that one.

katiemce

M&S* wrote: »

Same it was a pure guess though!

Ah! Me too! soo happy now

katiemce

Namabillion wrote: »

In geography, arable land (from Latin arare, to plough) is an agricultural term, meaning land that can be used for growing crops

Do you think if I said tillage I would have got the marks?

katiemce

tracy wacy x wrote: »

So dya all think ya gott A's [/QUOTE

Nah. Getting an A in geog is extremely difficult.

rob.oc

katiemce wrote: »

Yeah I said podzols. Im 99% sure thats right because podzols occur in hilly areas where the soil is infertile

I dont think you would get full marks for this because theres no proof of podzols on the map...

CookieMonster.x

My friend's teacher was waiting outside and she said yeh, it would be that it's hilly and give a grid reference for the height and I can't remember what the other thing she said was but I said it may have been a bog or peaty area because when peat's used up they plant conifers and also podzols. Oh and I said there was a forest and a nature trail

patakadarragh

for that i said it was hilly due to close contours so impractical and difficult to farm.
The 2nd reason i had none so isaid on mountains the soil is usually shallow and not suited to farming.


what in the haystacks is arable farming?

Toyota_Avensis

Far easier than I expected because I reckoned due to the simplicity of last years one, that they would've tried to make this year's one harder.
However, couldn't really complain...
Tipped myself for an A in this as managed an A in the Mock but I didn't think I performed aswell, today, ran outta steam or sumthin to that effect... But tis over and done now, hopefully managed a B as I've some cred! No Roll on the second week mother fuk'ers like Science and History

CookieMonster.x

Arable farming is growing crops eg cereals like barley, wheat. Pastoral farming is keeping animals.

patakadarragh

thanks...i know about the pastoral farming.....mmmmmm so i suppose keeping sheep aint arable farming then..hehe

Ally7

Anyone think I'd get marks in the question about the coniferous forest if I said that farmers may have given it to forestry? I know it's kinda a crap point, said I'd throw it down anyway!

Gaeilge-go-deo

katiemce wrote: »

Yeah I said podzols. Im 99% sure thats right because podzols occur in hilly areas where the soil is infertile

no they were planted on a south facing slope which meant it got more sunlight??

katiemce

rob.oc wrote: »

I dont think you would get full marks for this because theres no proof of podzols on the map...

yeah but on the map the contours were close on the land near the conifers so it obv indicates that there is high/hilly land there. Soil in hilly land is generally rocky and infertile, i.e podzols and conifers are the types of trees that are suited to podzols because they don't need particularly fertile soil in order to grow. I said that aswell as the fact that it makes up a wee forest for the hill walkers to go and have a stroll!! lol. Right, theres my geography lecture over.

katiemce

Gaeilge-go-deo wrote: »

no they were planted on a south facing slope which meant it got more sunlight??

I said that too! I added 3 points just to be safe but I think that's right? I wasn't sure because coniferous trees grow in cold climates and don't really need much heat/sunlight, but whatever! Maybe they'll give me attempt marks?? lol nahh actually..

Gaeilge-go-deo

katiemce wrote: »

I said that too! I added 3 points just to be safe but I think that's right? I wasn't sure because coniferous trees grow in cold climates and don't really need much heat/sunlight, but whatever! Maybe they'll give me attempt marks?? lol nahh actually..

well i didnt actually write that down... had given up on that question after i couldnt draw the river right.. :L the other ones were just too easy !:p

K4t

Colm! wrote: »

Yup. I assumed concave = cave in = steep end, but sadly not

EDIT: wait what? I googled it again and got a different answer :O

This one is correct. My brother remembered a story his old teacher had for understanding it, about an angry teacher who had a vain bulging out on his forehead as he was always in a vex, hence convex. I fear for the child.:pac:

katiemce

Gaeilge-go-deo wrote: »

well i didnt actually write that down... had given up on that question after i couldnt draw the river right.. :L the other ones were just too easy !:p

Yeah they were fine! I did them all except the question on climates. I knew the answers to 1 and 2 but i was certain about 3 so I didnt bother wasting my time!! Yeah my river looked a bit dodgy alright :L

katiemce

K4t wrote: »

This one is correct. My brother remembered a story his old teacher had for understanding it, about an angry teacher who had a vain bulging out on his forehead as he was always in a vex, hence convex. I fear for the child.:pac:

Thanks for the tip lol it'll come in handy in science!!

padocon

Gaeilge-go-deo wrote: »

no they were planted on a south facing slope which meant it got more sunlight??

1.I said land was difficult for developing ideal for trees
2.Land is wet and leached due to high altitude it experiences wet, windy weather ect. Trees can handle this weather, crops can't.

I elaborated on this.
Are the points ok?

irishlad.

youngcardinal wrote: »

Did anyone who did the OS Map question get the last part on why the coniferous plantation was planted there?
It's been bugging me cos no one seemed to get it in my year.

I said because it was bad rocky ground and was good for nothing else, didnt do a second.

(first post, hello to all)

_LilyRose_

the town in the OS map and photo (Carrick-on-Suir) is the town my school is in! We all sat down and like a few seconds later evryone went 'hey!!' we were all pissin ourselves some ppl who liv in town wer like, 'there's my house!!!!'
tbh tho it ddnt make any diff! one girl wrote about a shop or something thats not on the map so it only made it harder because ppl knew the place too well:L:L overall the exam was easier than i thought... did Q1,2,all parts of 4 and 5 so hope i did well! reli hate geography delighted to never hav to look at it agen tbh (:

Jackobyte

mista_2k10 wrote: »

S***e!:mad: I had the convex and concave things right first, but i changed them around

Same! *hugs*

DylanS09 wrote: »

I have " New Complete Geography third edition" By some dude called Charles Hayes!
He must have forgotten to put it in....silly, silly Charles!:pac:

He does Shortcuts to Sucess History as well!

tracy wacy x wrote: »

Hayes is a **** :mad:

Please, please stop writing in italics and bold the whole time. It is really annoying.

Happy enough with paper. Not sure about c) of sketch map. I said altitude and about leaching.

Did q's 1, 2, 4 and 5.

padocon

I did 1,4,5

DylanS09

I did 1,3 and 5...!

suitcasepink

I did 1,3,4,5

bluejay14

I did 1, 2, 4, 5.

RML

I did 1,4 and 5

RML

youngcardinal wrote: »

Did anyone who did the OS Map question get the last part on why the coniferous plantation was planted there?
It's been bugging me cos no one seemed to get it in my year.

I said that they are planted at the north because of highland and i named the spot height also.....cant remember what the other point was

Spattersonox

katiemce wrote: »

yeah but on the map the contours were close on the land near the conifers so it obv indicates that there is high/hilly land there. Soil in hilly land is generally rocky and infertile, i.e podzols and conifers are the types of trees that are suited to podzols because they don't need particularly fertile soil in order to grow. I said that aswell as the fact that it makes up a wee forest for the hill walkers to go and have a stroll!! lol. Right, theres my geography lecture over.

Exactly what i said - minus the stroll :P

Vivara

Spattersonox wrote: »

Exactly what i said - minus the stroll :P

Well if you had looked at your key the

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in the forest was a track for walking, and the slightly thick green line indicated that it was a National Park!

Ed.

Luno

Anyone think the picture wasn't that clear? What happened to a glossy photo and map? Recession must be hitting the State Exams Commission!

Spattersonox

Vivara wrote: »

Well if you had looked at your key the

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in the forest was a track for walking, and the slightly thick green line indicated that it was a National Park!

Ed.

but i recall the question asking why they were there.. it wasn't absolutely necessary to mention the tourist adv....

bluejay14

M&S* wrote: »

Anyone think the picture wasn't that clear? What happened to a glossy photo and map? Recession must be hitting the State Exams Commission!

That's what they get for getting most of them printed in England.

suitcasepink

What about the question about rural settlement?
Wtf is rural settlement, isnt settlement housing and housing urban?

Jackobyte

deise_girl wrote: »

What about the question about rural settlement?
Wtf is rural settlement, isnt settlement housing and housing urban?

I said there was nucleated settlement at one point that had developed due to scenery of Glen River and I said that there was dispersed settlement at another point that had developed due to farming on the fertile soils of the river basin.

Lalala xxx

any1 know what the type of arable farming was in the short qs?

suitcasepink

Jackobyte wrote: »

I said there was nucleated settlement at one point that had developed due to scenery of Glen River and I said that there was dispersed settlement at another point that had developed due to farming on the fertile soils of the river basin.

I said there was dispersed and liner settlement and gave grid references.. Think I'd get anything for it?

Jackobyte

Lalala xxx wrote: »

any1 know what the type of arable farming was in the short qs?

I just said wheat growing?

deise_girl wrote: »

I said there was dispersed and liner settlement and gave grid references.. Think I'd get anything for it?

Should get the marks for the first part of the question
Did you explain why one of them developed at the grid reference for the second part of question?

Ally7

Jackobyte wrote: »

I just said wheat growing?

Should get the marks for the first part of the question
Did you explain why one of them developed at the grid reference for the second part of question?

said wheat growing too! Just said I'd put it down when I saw no form of tillage on the bar chart

suitcasepink

Jackobyte wrote: »

I just said wheat growing?

Should get the marks for the first part of the question
Did you explain why one of them developed at the grid reference for the second part of question?

I cant even remember if I did...
I hope I did...

Glee_GG

Ally7 wrote: »

said wheat growing too! Just said I'd put it down when I saw no form of tillage on the bar chart

wooops i thought they wanted an example from the chart!!! how bad!:p

Vivara

Spattersonox wrote: »

but i recall the question asking why they were there.. it wasn't absolutely necessary to mention the tourist adv....

Um, but the question could have been interpreted as to why they haven't been removed for development, etc. It doesn't have to be why they GREW there.

Ed.

katiemce

Jackobyte wrote: »

I just said wheat growing?

Should get the marks for the first part of the question
Did you explain why one of them developed at the grid reference for the second part of question?

Pffttt I just gave a grid ref for linear and nucleated and I wrote one sentence for the second part. "The houses at S whatever are nucleated because 4 third class roads meet at this point and nucleated settlements form at the convergence of roads" Whatevzzz I probably get like 3 out of 9

katiemce

M&S* wrote: »

Anyone think the picture wasn't that clear? What happened to a glossy photo and map? Recession must be hitting the State Exams Commission!

I know right? I was like what is this?! Wheres the nice paper??

fiestapower

yeaah i did 3,4,5..

RML

Jackobyte wrote: »

I just said wheat growing?QUOTE]



I said wheat growing too and thats correct because i asked my teacher and she said its right

Spattersonox

Vivara wrote: »

Um, but the question could have been interpreted as to why they haven't been removed for development, etc. It doesn't have to be why they GREW there.

Ed.

Yes But It isn't absolutely necessary as to say to tourist trail so i'm not at all worried as to the fact i dint say that.. how many marks was it woth again?