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    #122
    awaitingdrummer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28 ✭awaitingdrummer


    Came out of that damned exam thinkin i mite have scraped an A2 and now as i look through the paper again i realise that i prob got a C2. i also left the exam hall with my short questions had 2 leg it back in to put it in my folder LOL!


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    #123
    andrew
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 3,372 Mod ✭✭✭✭andrew


    Nato! wrote: »
    the timeing was grand i was finished the test with 30 mins to spare so i made up my own geoecology question and did that WITH MY LEFT HAND. . . not

    thats impossible, everyone knows that left handed people can't be educated.

    Probably didn't help that i realised only a couple mins from the end that my sketch map had to be on graph paper and had to redraw it


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    #124
    Barrys-Tea
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭Barrys-Tea


    My whole year thought it was really hard... !! For ocean/atmosphere option.. What was that global warming question all about ??


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    #125
    melboix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 64 ✭✭melboix


    Ino112 wrote: »
    I'm glad to find out I'm not the only one :P

    A teacher told us to use the one (the tiny one) which is printed on all the OS maps (legend side) to guide us, but I think it messed mine up even more. My West side was..let's just say..interesting..

    Ahaha, I did the same thing! That stupid little map was not Ireland. My South-West/West was deffo the most 'interesting' of mine too. I'd say they get it all the time though, Ireland is an undeniably difficult little island to draw.


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    #126
    donmeister
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,158 ✭✭✭donmeister


    BJC wrote: »
    It was low oblique, Im about 80% sure (with my fingers crossed)

    are you sure?:confused:i was thought that if you can see a portion of the horizon,its low,otherwise its high if you cant,who is wrong here!LOL :D


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    #127
    blue-army
    Registered Users Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭blue-army


    andrew wrote: »
    Probably didn't help that i realised only a couple mins from the end that my sketch map had to be on graph paper and had to redraw it
    That hardly matters! I did it in the booklet for the pre and got 16/20.....


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    #128
    abcxyz123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 215 ✭✭abcxyz123


    donmeister wrote: »
    are you sure?:confused:i was thought that if you can see a portion of the horizon,its low,otherwise its high if you cant,who is wrong here!LOL :D

    exactly what my teacher told me


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    #129
    mattfender
    Closed Accounts Posts: 602 ✭✭✭mattfender


    andrew wrote: »
    thats impossible, everyone knows that left handed people can't be educated.

    Probably didn't help that i realised only a couple mins from the end that my sketch map had to be on graph paper and had to redraw it

    It had to be on graph paper???!!!


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    #130
    RA253195370HK
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭RA253195370HK


    Doubt it you'd lose much for that though would you?


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    #131
    mattfender
    Closed Accounts Posts: 602 ✭✭✭mattfender


    I didnt think it was neccessary..


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    #132
    RA253195370HK
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭RA253195370HK


    I only did the one on unemployment figures, that one specifically said to do it on graph paper. Dont know about any of the others...


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    #133
    nyangnyang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40 ✭nyangnyang


    i didn't do it on graph paper,doubt I'll lose any marks. For the changes to Irish landscape I said tara mines and transport infrastructure(roads,port) in dublin.Are these off the point? Also I think I messed up change due to a member state of EU,i didn't stress the EXPANSION of the EU,only noticed it at the end. Also for the ocean and atmosphere about the interaction between the two do you just go on about the global winds and ocean currents??


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    #134
    moonflower
    Registered Users Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭moonflower


    ^I was told you lose half marks for not doing it on graph paper.

    I was really pleased with the exam, I didn't study for it at all really but I think I managed to do quite well.


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    #135
    Boink08
    Closed Accounts Posts: 47 ✭Boink08


    I thought it was a loooovely paper. You couldn't hope for a better geoecology question!

    I misread the part C of physichal and thought it was the same question they've bought up in the years before (examine how human processes interact with river processes) and was horrified when I discovered it wasn't after having done the parts A and B. Nonetheless I made a stab at it! Started dumping everything I knew about dams down and I was happy with myself that I thought to bring in the Sacramento Valley irrigation scheme in California.

    My regional was also a bit poor :p But I still think I'm definately in the run for an A1, or at least an A2!

    By the way: for all the people who didn't know the faultines question
    - A = Normal
    - B = Transform
    - C = Reverse
    - D = Transform

    And about the aerial photograph: I too had heard the rule that horizon = low oblique, no horizon = high oblique. So I'm thinking (and hoping :)) it was a high oblique.

    edit: Messed up the order of the faultlines, I was listing them by reading order rather than by letter order :p


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    #136
    delta214
    Registered Users Posts: 227 ✭✭delta214


    Yeh like i said there is one book that has the aerial photo thing wrong.
    The correct way is the way Boink said. Horizon = Low, No horizon = High

    EDIT: After some research it seems that the opposite is true. Varied accounts from the internet. Fantastic.


    Also for the sketch map not being on graph paper, last year they took away 2 marks.


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    #137
    moonflower
    Registered Users Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭moonflower


    delta214 wrote: »
    Yeh like i said there is one book that has the aerial photo thing wrong.
    The correct way is the way Boink said. Horizon = Low, No horizon = High

    EDIT: After some research it seems that the opposite is true. Varied accounts from the internet. Fantastic.

    So horizon = high, no horizon= low? That's how I learned it, and answered in the exam.


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    #138
    delta214
    Registered Users Posts: 227 ✭✭delta214


    Yeh there seems to be more places saying horizon = high than the other way round.
    Anyways, point is one of the books is wrong therefore everyone should get the marks :D:D


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    #139
    muffinman
    Registered Users Posts: 494 ✭✭muffinman


    delta214 wrote: »
    Yeh there seems to be more places saying horizon = high than the other way round.
    Anyways, point is one of the books is wrong therefore everyone should get the marks :D:D

    Unless they ticked vertical :p


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    #140
    quirkster
    Registered Users Posts: 331 ✭✭quirkster


    mattfender wrote: »
    characteristics of desert biome was so easy

    i spoke bout :
    lack of precipitation
    floral adaption
    fauna adaption

    conclusion and an intro

    that ok you think?3 pages?


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    #141
    oliveroldc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭oliveroldc


    i am about 90% sure that that aerial photograph was low oblique. and the fault lines were as follows
    A=normal
    B=transform
    C=reverse
    D=transform


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    #142
    Ri na hEireann
    Registered Users Posts: 287 ✭✭Ri na hEireann


    quirkster wrote: »
    i spoke bout :
    lack of precipitation
    floral adaption
    fauna adaption

    conclusion and an intro

    that ok you think?3 pages?

    I did location and climate,Flora,Fauna....

    6pages but I ran out of time in the end and only managed to half-write an answer on part C of my regional quaestion...Hoping to compensate with full marks in the biome though.


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    #143
    donmeister
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,158 ✭✭✭donmeister


    Boink08 wrote: »

    And about the aerial photograph: I too had heard the rule that horizon = low oblique, no horizon = high oblique. So I'm thinking (and hoping :)) it was a high oblique.

    it was,+4 marks?;)


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    #144
    NaiveMelodies
    Registered Users Posts: 3,172 ✭✭✭NaiveMelodies


    It was 200 percent low oblique, the camera is at a low angle and therefore is not taking the horizon.
    High=high angle=includes horizon.

    Teacher told us after.

    So i got 80 for short q's, 80 for biome, and the 3 part A's=60 marks.
    If i get 19 percent in my project, thats a b3 without counting my b's and c's............. SAVAGE


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    #145
    MaltEagle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 191 ✭✭MaltEagle


    That was the quickest 2 hours and 50 minutes of my life! I didn't feel the time pass, until the superintendent said '5 minutes left', got everything done, just about.


    I did think the short questions were more diffucult than previous years though.


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    #146
    Michellenman
    Registered Users Posts: 11,195 ✭✭✭✭Michellenman


    SRFC90 wrote: »
    Can someone confirm the amount of questions you need to do in each section!?

    Thanks:o


    Answer the short questions, one questions from the physical geography, one from regional, one from electives, one from options


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    #147
    conormob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16 ✭conormob


    Yeah i loved the Higher level paper but the exam supervisor stopped the exam in my school as there was some confusion over what questions to answer in the ordinary paper, can someone tell me what the hell they were in about.:pac:


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    #148
    conormob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16 ✭conormob


    Everyones talkin about how good they were writing pages and pages but that guy on the radio said almost every topic can get full markes if its about a page long its grade on how many valid points you made. I wrote a lot in the mocks but didnt cop on i had very little valid statements in it.:o


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    #149
    Reganio 2
    Registered Users Posts: 3,732 ✭✭✭Reganio 2


    muffinman wrote: »
    Anyone sure about the High or Low Oblique?

    I haven't read through all the thread (1st 3 pages) but has this been answered? My mates and I were discussing it after as well I am fairly sure its High Oblique as in low oblique you can see the mountains if I am not mistaken.

    EDIT: Never mind seen it above


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    #150
    donmeister
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,158 ✭✭✭donmeister


    only1stevo wrote: »
    It was 200 percent low oblique, the camera is at a low angle and therefore is not taking the horizon.
    High=high angle=includes horizon.

    Teacher told us after.

    So i got 80 for short q's, 80 for biome, and the 3 part A's=60 marks.
    If i get 19 percent in my project, thats a b3 without counting my b's and c's............. SAVAGE

    jesus,at least your not short on confidence............


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    #151
    dshalloo
    Registered Users Posts: 27 ✭dshalloo


    Ri na hEireann wrote: »
    I did location and climate,Flora,Fauna....

    6pages but I ran out of time in the end and only managed to half-write an answer on part C of my regional quaestion...Hoping to compensate with full marks in the biome though.

    I wrote about
    location climate
    soil
    flora
    fauna
    human interatction

    Same with the regional just threw down bullet points when i ran out of time


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