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Geography essays MEGATHREAD!!
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PictureFrame wrote: »Sorry, never saw this:
I'll do the full thing for you:
Option Essay- 3.5 pages (with a large diagram)
Physical Essays:
Formation of a Meander: 2 pages (with 2 diagrams)
Geothermal Energy 2 pages (with diagram)
Regional Essays:
Tourism in Paris- 1.5 pages
Agriculture SW USA- 1 page
Human Essays:
Historic Settlement: 1 page
Opportunities and Problems in Cities- 1.5 pages
And I didn't bother going back adding additional SRP's when I had 45 minutes left over.
Thanks for answering PF
My answers always seem to come to nearly 1.5-2 pages but I think my writing is kinda larger than most. Fair play for getting all it done with so much time left..Despite how frantic I write in exams I am always tight for time. Have you corrected yourself yet?How did you get on? 0 -
PictureFrame wrote: »None really. Unless you're discussing soils and need an SRP. I always draw one for Characteristics of Brown earths, I just draw a soil profile or when i'm talking about laterites in the rainforest I sometimes draw a profile to show how leaching has sent the nutrients to the b/c horizons!
Oh, I see! Thanks for all your help. You're a lifesaver when it comes to Geography! :P 0 -
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Thanks for answering PF My answers always seem to come to nearly 1.5-2 pages but I think my writing is kinda larger than most. Fair play for getting all it done with so much time left..Despite how frantic I write in exams I am always tight for time. Have you corrected yourself yet?How did you get on?
Yeah I did, being *kinda* hard on myself with the SRP's I got 92.75% :pac:0 -
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Is everyone just learning all of the primary, secondary and tertiary essays for each of Dublin, West, Paris, Mezzogiorno and India/USA, or are you cutting off a few? I dont know which ones to do, or whether to just learn them all. I know that contrast of Mezzogiorno and Paris may come up, but what else are 'must-knows'?
I learned off all the essays on paris/mezzogiorno off by heart coupla weeks ago, still have to do brazil and irish regions tho
I wont have enough time to learn each essay up so I'm only doing tertiary activities in Irish regions, it's bound it come up, hasn't been up since 08
and primary and secondary Irish regions came up last year!
As for brazil(india in your case) secondary activities in has never come up for it since the course has been changed, so study that, and it'd be good to know the others
developent of dublin/sao paulo(or whatever you did for india/usa) is good to know too, but not paris it came up last year!0 -
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Yesssss it so has to! Depressions came up in 06,08,10 and deserts in 07,09,11, it HAS to I'll actually be devastated if it doesnt...and anticyclones came up in 08 and not 06 or 10 so it'd make sense this year but I prepared an answer without them just in case :P
Eeeeeeemmmmmm I did ages ago, I started one like, but never finished it so I cant learn it haha. Its just regional though, literally the headings are agriculture, tourism andddd I think desertification comes in somewhere :L
Oops just read that there!! Sorry i phrased that wrong ment to ask have you done any essays on climate change or global warming for that section??
Ughh im praying for mid-latitude depressions now!!0 -
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Oh yeah kind of, we did "characteristics of climate change over time - discuss" and its all like the milankovich theories but I'm not learning itOops just read that there!! Sorry i phrased that wrong ment to ask have you done any essays on climate change or global warming for that section??
Ughh im praying for mid-latitude depressions now!! Global warming might come up and it also comes up in global interdependence! Its just like causes, consequences, solutions
Lol same you dont even understand how badly I need it, I'll get 30/80 at best if it doesnt come up :S0 -
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Also, is anyone able to explain the central place theory simply?
I find it to be a complete load of jibberish :L But i think it will definitely come up this year!
Yeah I agree, it hasn't been asked since 2008 (as in explain the theory) so here's a crash course on Central place!
Well a Central Place is an area that provides goods and services for its surrounding area (its hinterland) *so basically it's a town or commercial area
Walter Christaller devised this theory to try and explain why there are few towns and why they're spread apart from eachother.
1. Threshold Population
So basically the first thing you talk about is threshold population, that's a fancy way to say:
'the number of people required to purchase a good or use a service for the shop or whatever to stay in business'
Range
This is simply the distance people are willing to travel to purchase a good or use a service. For example, Croke Park has a large range as people from all over the country travel to use its service (watch sport). Whilst a Local DVD Shop has a small range as only local people would travel to use its services.
Rank Order
This is basically what type of good is it that is being demanded. If the good is bought often, it has a low rank order as it is probably cheap and not difficult to purchase (like a newspaper) whereas something like a car is a high order good as it is expensive to purchase and not purchased often
Frequency of Demand- Low order goods (ones bought often) e.g. newspapers have a HIGH frequency of Demand as they are highly/oftenly demanded.
- High order goods (bought sparingly) like cars have a LOW frequency of demand as they are not bought often
That's basically all you have to discuss with regards Central Place theory! You can stick in Criticisms of the theory if you want. They include:- Christaller simplifies the land into a region that is FLAT and FEATURELESS. Which is more often than not the case. Many areas are divided by relief features such as mountains or rivers etc.
- Central place will occur if 'there is an equal distribution of people in a flat and featureless landscape with equal wealth and access to transport services'. This is also unrealistic as places have varying population densities because of climate/relief (think the Himalayas)
- And finally, Christaller does not take into account that some shoppers have preference where shops are concerned and do not care about the distance they have to travel to purchase the good or use the service
There you go, hope it helps! Was good revision for me too (thought i'd forgotten it!) 0 -
Guys, if ye want to write faster, I would strongly suggest using the papermate comfortmate pen. It's unbelievable! Not only does it make my writing about 10% faster, but an awful lot neater too! My hand doesn't seem to get too sore either. I'm after writing my 3 page option in 19-20 minutes like :P
So yeah if I were ye I'd definitely try it out, it really helps
http://papermate.com/Pages/products.aspx WHICH ONE!!0 -
where you buy them? Anything to make me faster in geog the timings not great!Guys, if ye want to write faster, I would strongly suggest using the papermate comfortmate pen. It's unbelievable! Not only does it make my writing about 10% faster, but an awful lot neater too! My hand doesn't seem to get too sore either. I'm after writing my 3 page option in 19-20 minutes like :P
So yeah if I were ye I'd definitely try it out, it really helps0 -
http://papermate.com/Pages/products.aspx WHICH ONE!!
Papermate comfortmate ultra That said I'd say all those pens are pretty good :Pwhere you buy them? Anything to make me faster in geog the timings not great!
I got mine in Easons in Galway.. they have a huge stack of pens so I was bound to find them there :P But if you look at the link above you'd be able to find them there!0 -
thank you! Might be good for english because i have the worst handwriting in the world:PPapermate comfortmate ultra That said I'd say all those pens are pretty good :P
I got mine in Easons in Galway.. they have a huge stack of pens so I was bound to find them there :P But if you look at the link above you'd be able to find them there!0 -
Wes- are they inky pens? I'm a lefty and any inky pens makes me drag the ink all over the page and on my hand- not good! I'd say i'd get them in Easons in Longford! 'HON LONGFORD..Papermate comfortmate ultra That said I'd say all those pens are pretty good :P
I got mine in Easons in Galway.. they have a huge stack of pens so I was bound to find them there :P But if you look at the link above you'd be able to find them there!0 -
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