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Geography essays MEGATHREAD!!

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    #152
    deathbythelc
    Registered Users Posts: 338 ✭✭deathbythelc


    Manic2 wrote: »
    Ok for the landform development part!

    Most people seem to be doing a waterfall/meander, but would it be ok to learn an Ox bow lake? Like I understand if they ask you to do it from the map and it's not there I'm screwed but it would count for erosion and deposition wouldn't it?

    :)

    If you do learn ox-bow lake do you not have to basically explain meanders in the answer anyway?

    It's a little risky if it's not on the map, but in the end it's up to you! :)


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    #153
    Mysteriouschic
    Registered Users Posts: 4,391 ✭✭✭Mysteriouschic


    In the human section I think historical settlements always comes I had a look at the papers the other day it seems to come up a lot.

    I'm just after remembering I didn't look up urban renewal of Ballymun(I think that was it) I'm not sure if you can use the city centre docklands on that question and write about how it changed over the years . I just wanted to know my teacher hasn't gone through the human section and I remember the year before we covered Ballymun the urban renewal? anyone know :).


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    #154
    Geographyhater
    Registered Users Posts: 65 ✭✭Geographyhater


    Gotten physical and regional learnt ! Now to go through all of human elective and half of geoecology .. Wbu guys much more to learn??


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    #155
    Geo10
    Registered Users Posts: 1,545 ✭✭✭Geo10


    Geographyhater wrote: »
    Gotten physical and regional learnt ! Now to go through all of human elective and half of geoecology .. Wbu guys much more to learn??

    Still have half regional and all human to learn FROM SCRATCH! :(:eek:


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    #156
    PictureFrame
    Registered Users Posts: 3,989 ✭✭✭PictureFrame


    N.B. for Human Elective ~ Urban Problems in Developed world hasn't been up since 2008!


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    #157
    Hayezer
    Registered Users Posts: 652 ✭✭✭Hayezer


    Ok so we need a comprehensive elective list :L :L

    • Overpopulation (Came up last year though?)
    • Historical settlement


    and thats all I know :LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL.


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    #158
    Geographyhater
    Registered Users Posts: 65 ✭✭Geographyhater


    Geo10 wrote: »
    Geographyhater wrote: »
    Gotten physical and regional learnt ! Now to go through all of human elective and half of geoecology .. Wbu guys much more to learn??

    Still have half regional and all human to learn FROM SCRATCH! :(:eek:
    Ha ur like me leaving it to the last week!! Only cse i hate the subject and dont like studying it..


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    #159
    FreeFallin94
    Registered Users Posts: 298 ✭✭FreeFallin94


    What are we meant to learn for human interaction with a biome? I learnt the answer in Exam Skills but that covers two biomes and sometimes they only ask for one which means I couldn't use that answer at all. I have the Today's World geography book but I think the notes for human interaction are useless to be honest. Could I get away with just learning the answer in Exam Skills?


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    #160
    bobjimmy
    Registered Users Posts: 170 ✭✭bobjimmy


    Say if we were asked again for a contrasting regional question again this year, how would you go about answering it? Would you just write out your answer for each region or what?


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    #161
    rkeano5
    Registered Users Posts: 121 ✭✭rkeano5


    Geographyhater wrote: »
    Ha ur like me leaving it to the last week!! Only cse i hate the subject and dont like studying it..

    Cool username bro..:cool:


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    #162
    Geographyhater
    Registered Users Posts: 65 ✭✭Geographyhater


    rkeano5 wrote: »
    Geographyhater wrote: »
    Ha ur like me leaving it to the last week!! Only cse i hate the subject and dont like studying it..

    Cool username bro..:cool:
    Thanks! It speaks the truth!


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    #163
    deathbythelc
    Registered Users Posts: 338 ✭✭deathbythelc


    Quick question, does anyone have a sample answer for meanders? I have one written up but I'm worried that I haven't got enough SRP's in it. :/


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    #164
    PictureFrame
    Registered Users Posts: 3,989 ✭✭✭PictureFrame


    Ok, Plant and Animal Adaptations to the Soil/Climatic Conditions of the Biome HAS TO come up this year! Please god let it come up.. It's only been up once, ever (2007) and has never come up since! 4 years of a gap is too long! They have to ask some Biome Question, they asked Characterisics/Human interference last year, what else can they possibly ask about Biomes?

    PLANTS AND ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS!! PLEASE <3

    Thanks SEC,

    PictureFrame


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    #165
    Cruel Sun
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,323 ✭✭✭Cruel Sun


    PictureFrame wrote: »
    Ok, Plant and Animal Adaptations to the Soil/Climatic Conditions of the Biome HAS TO come up this year! Please god let it come up.. It's only been up once, ever (2007) and has never come up since! 4 years of a gap is too long! They have to ask some Biome Question, they asked Characterisics/Human interference last year, what else can they possibly ask about Biomes?

    PLANTS AND ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS!! PLEASE <3

    Thanks SEC,

    PictureFrame

    Human alterations on a biome me thinks (hopes).


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    #166
    fizzyorange
    Closed Accounts Posts: 592 ✭✭✭fizzyorange


    Plant and animal adaptions in a biome, human interaction with a soil, human interaction with a biome.

    C'MON, pls


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    #167
    Hayezer
    Registered Users Posts: 652 ✭✭✭Hayezer


    Plant and animal adaptations are the easiest aswell I'd think, just listing out all the different animals etc. Actually more interesting than the other ones aswell :D.
    Anyone have any human elective pointers?


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    #168
    PictureFrame
    Registered Users Posts: 3,989 ✭✭✭PictureFrame


    Martin_94 wrote: »
    Human affects me thinks (hopes).
    They asked that last year didn't they? Not saying it won't come up or anything but I think it did!

    Can anyone help me with a quick Soil Question?

    In 2010 they asked about 'Characteristics of a Soil' which is grand. 4 Aspects @ 20 marks each (Texture, Humus Content, pH value and Colour)

    But in 2007 they asked 'Composition and characteristics of a Soil'. How do you structure an answer for this? Do you do a little heading at the start re: Composition and then when you're finished do your 4 characteristics or what?


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    #169
    Mysteriouschic
    Registered Users Posts: 4,391 ✭✭✭Mysteriouschic


    I just finished learning how plants and animals adapt to the tropical rainforest biome :). I really want this question up, I wanted it to come up last year but it didn't maybe it was waiting for this year :).
    I have characteristics done next up is the human impact.

    Would I be safe with those three or should I learn a couple soil essays just to be safe?
    Which biome are you's doing?


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    #170
    PictureFrame
    Registered Users Posts: 3,989 ✭✭✭PictureFrame


    Just plant/animal adaptations! It's so handy! It has to come up this year! Other than that i'm doing Composition/Characteristics of a Soil, Human Interference with Soil and Factors influencing Soil characteristics (although I haven't learnt the last 2 and still have all of regional and some physical to study!)


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    #171
    Boeing777
    Registered Users Posts: 699 ✭✭✭Boeing777


    PictureFrame wrote: »
    Just plant/animal adaptations! It's so handy! It has to come up this year! Other than that i'm doing Composition/Characteristics of a Soil, Human Interference with Soil and Factors influencing Soil characteristics (although I haven't learnt the last 2 and still have all of regional and some physical to study!)

    For the plant/animal adaptations question would you just describe how both have adapted to climate and soils yeah?


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    #172
    Mysteriouschic
    Registered Users Posts: 4,391 ✭✭✭Mysteriouschic


    PictureFrame wrote: »
    They asked that last year didn't they? Not saying it won't come up or anything but I think it did!

    Can anyone help me with a quick Soil Question?

    In 2010 they asked about 'Characteristics of a Soil' which is grand. 4 Aspects @ 20 marks each (Texture, Humus Content, pH value and Colour)

    But in 2007 they asked 'Composition and characteristics of a Soil'. How do you structure an answer for this? Do you do a little heading at the start re: Composition and then when you're finished do your 4 characteristics or what?

    I have a essay done for that it's in the exam skills.
    For the composition paragraph talk about the materials the soils contains.
    So mineral matter, air and water , living things and humus.

    Then the characteristics . After then the variations of brown soils. The acidic , shallow and podzolised soils.


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    #173
    Hayezer
    Registered Users Posts: 652 ✭✭✭Hayezer


    Boeing777 wrote: »
    For the plant/animal adaptations question would you just describe how both have adapted to climate and soils yeah?

    SUE HONAN


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    #174
    PictureFrame
    Registered Users Posts: 3,989 ✭✭✭PictureFrame


    Boeing777 wrote: »
    For the plant/animal adaptations question would you just describe how both have adapted to climate and soils yeah?
    Well at least 1 aspect has to relate to climate and 1 to soil. My answer has:

    -Animal adaptations to climate + soil
    -Plant adaptations to soil
    -Plant adaptations to climate


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    #175
    Mysteriouschic
    Registered Users Posts: 4,391 ✭✭✭Mysteriouschic


    PictureFrame wrote: »
    Just plant/animal adaptations! It's so handy! It has to come up this year! Other than that i'm doing Composition/Characteristics of a Soil, Human Interference with Soil and Factors influencing Soil characteristics (although I haven't learnt the last 2 and still have all of regional and some physical to study!)

    I have most of those to learn too plus all of the human elective. I'm literally memorising them word from word. This is the only way that works for me I've stopped writing them out. I hope I don't get confused or mixed up on the day memorising so many things.


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    #176
    Boeing777
    Registered Users Posts: 699 ✭✭✭Boeing777


    Hayezer wrote: »
    SUE HONAN

    It's amazing how just two words mean so much! :pac:


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    #177
    Hayezer
    Registered Users Posts: 652 ✭✭✭Hayezer


    Mysteriouschic wrote: »
    I have most of those to learn too plus all of the human elective. I'm literally memorising them word from word. This is the only way that works for me I've stopped writing them out. I hope I don't get confused or mixed up on the day memorising so many things.

    I've got flash cards for physical,regional and geoecology done out...gotta learn them all too :L. Haven't looked at elective yet :P.

    I hope when people say 'they know regional' they don't know every single answer to every question :O? I'm basically picking and choosing random answers here and there and hoping it will work on the day


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    #178
    Fergus_
    Registered Users Posts: 2,888 ✭✭✭Fergus_


    I'm studying characteristics of Aridisols and characteristics of Desert Biome, and if I learn Plants/Animals adaption for Desert Biomes, should I be sorted?


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    #179
    Hayezer
    Registered Users Posts: 652 ✭✭✭Hayezer


    Boeing777 wrote: »
    It's amazing how just two words mean so much! :pac:

    Do you have the book ya? Our teacher basically refused to teach us and told us to buy the book :L :L


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    #180
    Wesc.
    Registered Users Posts: 715 ✭✭✭Wesc.


    Actually, I'm not confident at all with one of her answers. In fact I'm not even sure it'd earn full marks tbh. If you look at her answer on Human Interference with Biomes, she doesn't have too much points done out on acid rain's effect on rivers/lakes :confused: Did anyone else notice this? Or, does anyone have any extra SRPs for it?

    pls


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    #181
    Mysteriouschic
    Registered Users Posts: 4,391 ✭✭✭Mysteriouschic


    Hayezer wrote: »
    I've got flash cards for physical,regional and geoecology done out...gotta learn them all too :L. Haven't looked at elective yet :P.

    I hope when people say 'they know regional' they don't know every single answer to every question :O? I'm basically picking and choosing random answers here and there and hoping it will work on the day

    I've left out the EU part I didn't study it this year nor did my previous teacher in my old school. I had a load of answers written but I lost the sheets so learning the exams skills answers again. I've always wondered for the irish region if I could just stick to the bmv as it normally just asks you to talk about a irish region you have studied. I prefer the bmv for writing about it.
    I haven't done much of regional in a while still working on physical and the option there's so much to learn.


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