Geography :D

jclol

So Geography.... surprisingly easy

How did you all find it?


Been having a post mortem on my exam since i got home.... think i may have the A, not sure though. The marking for the 8 mark questions confuses me a bit.. from previous years its

2 reasons. - State each 2 marks.
- Expand each 2 marks.(or 1 mark for reference to table/graph, 1 for expanding).

From that basis questions like 3.B on population pyramids is'nt it kinda impossible not to get ~ 7/8 worst case scenario?

I mean.. its not like Geography is marked like English, its either correct with propper geographical terms or its not ;O

jumpguy

Yeah geography is surprisingly hard to guage. I made a few silly mistakes in the short questions and to my best calculations I should get 55/60. Which is annoying as I wanted to get full marks of just 1 or 2 marks off full.

I think I got full marks in question 1.

Question 2 I might lost a few marks because my argument against aid wasn't too great (countries recieving aid become dependent on aid) and my argument for I fear might've been abit general.

The geographical mix was surprisingly short. I wrote little for the D (ii). I'm abit concerned that they might've wanted more than "The picture was taken in summer. This is because the leaves are fully fledged on the deciduous trees."


I did the OS map question then, all went well but I think I messed up the last 12 marker, so I'm depending on my other questions.

Overall I think I'm in for a good chance for an A. Defo a B.

Dub973

Overall,I don't think I lost 1 mark in the whole exam!!

iamthecheese

It was easy enough but (stupidly) I did the aid question without knowing too much about aid. So even though it said one argument, I had to do a couple for each because otherwise it would have been like one sentence... hopefully they don't dock too many marks for that So basically I blagged my way through it Otherwise, it was siiimple, especially the farming question...

Meller

Disappointed with Geography actually, just because made some ridiculous mistakes on short questions... did a post mortem also and got around 83%-84%, but to get to 85% l'd have to be a bit overly optimistic. Think, if l gauged right, they'll raise me to an A at 84?

jumpguy

Meller wrote: »

Disappointed with Geography actually, just because made some ridiculous mistakes on short questions... did a post mortem also and got around 83%-84%, but to get to 85% l'd have to be a bit overly optimistic. Think, if l gauged right, they'll raise me to an A at 84?

Doubtful. They'll only raise you if you're maybe on the borderline of an E or a D. Maybe even a D or a C. Above that, it's very unlikely even on the borderline for a B or a C.

jclol

From examinations.ie previous marking schemes it appears insanely easy to get an A considering what answers they will take. "Expanding" a point is merely stating why for eg the fact exists :x

jumpguy

jclol wrote: »

From examinations.ie previous marking schemes it appears insanely easy to get an A considering what answers they will take. "Expanding" a point is merely stating why for eg the fact exists :x

Yet in most years only roughly 9% of candidates get an A at higher level. Chief examiners reports.

Ambrosia

You know for one of the short qs it said what is the direction from somewhere to wicklow? What did ye say it was?

mle1324

it wasent too bad for me not my favourite test though

Namlub

Ambrosia wrote: »

You know for one of the short qs it said what is the direction from somewhere to wicklow? What did ye say it was?

South east I think...

Hollaylay

yeah I said South east too

Ambrosia

Oh phew! Thanks.

LoonyLovegood

I was bricking it for Geography, now I'm not sure why I did. I got a B easily, if not the A. I don't actually mind not getting the A, I'm not doing it for LC, but it'd be nice. I couldn't think of what functions Wicklow had, so I just said three and left it. I probably could have expanded more on some of them, but I'm pretty happy regardless.

jumpguy

Yeah I wrote down the case study for the development - defense, port and residential. What was the answer, does anyone know for sure?

Ambrosia

Hmmm, I did the fact it had no ground over 200m near it, the fact it had a river to facilitate drainage and it was also on the coast for ealy man and trade and also that the normans settled the south east coast.

mle1324

Hollaylay wrote: »

yeah I said South east too

me too:)

jclol

jumpguy wrote: »

Yet in most years only roughly 9% of candidates get an A at higher level. Chief examiners reports.

Yeh but 9% is fairly decent and this year was easiest year i've ever seen.

Its just confusing to know if its marked like Maths or are there marks for "overall" answer like for eg History - People in history 16 marks are only for facts, 4 are for the overall impression therefore its rare to get 20/20, usually 19/20.

But i mean The High population density question for eg. 2 marks name it, 8 for the ii part.

Name 2 problems = 4 marks total. Expand each = 4 marks total, if you write a page about poor sanitation systems, unemployment, shanty towns and other random bull how can you not get the full marks

RunningShovel

Does anyone know what question 11 was in the short questions?
Quick GIMP mock-up:




1 is Radial, 3 is linear, but what's 2?

Overall I'll be surprised if I get lower than a B2, even though I left an hour early =P

Eoin MurMur

RunningShovel wrote: »

Does anyone know what question 11 was in the short questions?
Quick GIMP mock-up:




1 is Radial, 3 is linear, but what's 2?

Overall I'll be surprised if I get lower than a B2, even though I left an hour early =P

2's dispersed

All in all it was pretty good though I should have done the mix instead of question 2

What did yawll say for the thing with the coniferous trees on the farm in question 2?

Namlub

Eoin MurMur wrote: »

What did yawll say for the thing with the coniferous trees on the farm in question 2?

"The high spot height and narrowly spaced contours indicate that this a high land area, which is particularly suitable for the growth of coniferous trees as they do not require particularly fertile soils" Don't know if that's enough but hopefully the contour bit will impress them...

Eoin MurMur

Namlub wrote: »

"The high spot height and narrowly spaced contours indicate that this a high land area, which is particularly suitable for the growth of coniferous trees as they do not require particularly fertile soils" Don't know if that's enough but hopefully the contour bit will impress them...

Ah ****e I said they'd stop too much regolith damaging the land in case of a landslide :pac: A ****e :P

daisy17

Eoin MurMur wrote: »

2's dispersed

Yeah i got that too. it's the only other one left over from the three we learnt anyway!

lijh

daisy17 wrote: »

Yeah i got that too. it's the only other one left over from the three we learnt anyway!

I thought that 2 was Grid Iron...cause they're going out in right angles to the road?
Is 1 not clustered?

Ambrosia

My book only said three so I said 1 is nucleated and 2 is dispersed and 3 linear.

soccymonster

Ambrosia wrote: »

My book only said three so I said 1 is nucleated and 2 is dispersed and 3 linear.

same with me.. well i knew for definite that 2 & 3 were correct but nucleated was only other settlement type i could remember so i just wrote it down..:p

Tomebagel

Ambrosia wrote: »

My book only said three so I said 1 is nucleated and 2 is dispersed and 3 linear.

soccymonster wrote: »

same with me.. well i knew for definite that 2 & 3 were correct but nucleated was only other settlement type i could remember so i just wrote it down..:p

ya same with me i never learned about radial?

jumpguy

RunningShovel wrote: »

Does anyone know what question 11 was in the short questions?
Quick GIMP mock-up:




1 is Radial, 3 is linear, but what's 2?

Overall I'll be surprised if I get lower than a B2, even though I left an hour early =P

Is 1 not clustered?

jclol wrote: »

Yeh but 9% is fairly decent and this year was easiest year i've ever seen.

Its just confusing to know if its marked like Maths or are there marks for "overall" answer like for eg History - People in history 16 marks are only for facts, 4 are for the overall impression therefore its rare to get 20/20, usually 19/20.

But i mean The High population density question for eg. 2 marks name it, 8 for the ii part.

Name 2 problems = 4 marks total. Expand each = 4 marks total, if you write a page about poor sanitation systems, unemployment, shanty towns and other random bull how can you not get the full marks

The years are pretty much consistant...always. If there was 9% last year the very most it would shift would be a tiny few percentile, maybe 3% at the very most.
I didn't think this paper was easier or harder than last year. Geography papers are always easy I think. The low amount of marks (150) and the odd marking scheme make it difficult to get an A.

RunningShovel

jumpguy wrote: »

Is 1 not clustered?

I thought clustered was:



Like several groups of houses...

Halla Basin

I hope everyone remembered to answer all five questions, right?

I couldn't do 4 part D because my photograph fell down and some guy picked it up, thinking it was his, and I was too embarrassed to take it back. Teehee.

Still, though. GUARANTEED A

Tomebagel

Halla Basin wrote: »

I hope everyone remembered to answer all five questions, right?

I couldn't do 4 part D because my photograph fell down and some guy picked it up, thinking it was his, and I was too embarrassed to take it back. Teehee.

Still, though. GUARANTEED A

we only had to do 3...

iheartboosh

Yeah same, I only did 3.
For my mocks I was like the only person in my class to just do 3 but I got a pretty good grade so I guess if you just put enough effort into answering 3 questions well then you'll do fine!

Halla Basin

IDIOTS you're supposed to do five otherwise you can't get an A! That's why Geography has one of the lowest A rates, because IDIOTS take the "Only three questions are mandatory" mantra to heart LOLZORINA

iheartboosh

Um no need for the name calling now.
Both of my brothers who have done both geography in the JC have both gotten an A/B grade when they said they only had done the amount of questions which was asked..oh and by the way, one of those brothers has now gone into university to study what? GEOGRAPHY
don't just pigeonhole us for doing was what mandatory..if we're idiots then half of the people sitting their junior cert are idiots.
To get a good grade you need to put time and effort into answering the questions, clearly the people who were able to answer all five are either absolutely geniuses who can write faster than the speed of light, or they didn't put enough effort into answering the questions well.
SUCK ON THAT

Tomebagel

less of that halla basin:rolleyes:

youre asked to do 3/5 so i did 3/5...

id rather answer 3 im happy with then 3 and 2 dodgy answers,
whats the examiner going to think if he see's you dont know anything about the 2 dodgy questions...

j'aime

exactly !! ... id quit while your slightly ahead halla basin

RHRN

jumpguy wrote: »

The geographical mix was surprisingly short. I wrote little for the D (ii). I'm abit concerned that they might've wanted more than "The picture was taken in summer. This is because the leaves are fully fledged on the deciduous trees."

Some buildings in the center, you could see their shadows. Showing sun.
No white water in the sea. Indicates calm weather.
Thats what I wrote anyway.
I did all 5 questions, but thats only because I was writing constantly at almost max speed for the whole exam.
Very easy overall. Very good chance of the A

Halla Basin

RHRN wrote: »

I did all 5 questions, but thats only because I was writing constantly at almost max speed for the whole exam.
Very easy overall. Very good chance of the A

See, this guy knows what he's talking about.

And by the way, what does pigeonhole mean? People are always saying I do it, but I have NO IDEA what it means.

jclol

Halla Basin wrote: »

I hope everyone remembered to answer all five questions, right?

I couldn't do 4 part D because my photograph fell down and some guy picked it up, thinking it was his, and I was too embarrassed to take it back. Teehee.

Still, though. GUARANTEED A

More like guaranteed C.

If you do 5 questions your marked on your best 3, and if you do 5 questions then chances are you will not write as much as you know on it(Unless your just waffling on anyway).

Therefore doing 3 questions and writing 1 page for even 8/10 mark questions like i did, "GUARANTEES A" because your giving more infromation than required to ensure if you got 1 point wrong your still covered with others.

90% of the time, when people answer 5 questions they dont get an A, theres a fixed amount of marks, and i would be willing to bet you wont get an A aswell.

partyatmygaff

jclol wrote: »

More like guaranteed C.

If you do 5 questions your marked on your best 3, and if you do 5 questions then chances are you will not write as much as you know on it(Unless your just waffling on anyway).

Therefore doing 3 questions and writing 1 page for even 8/10 mark questions like i did, "GUARANTEES A" because your giving more infromation than required to ensure if you got 1 point wrong your still covered with others.

90% of the time, when people answer 5 questions they dont get an A, theres a fixed amount of marks, and i would be willing to bet you wont get an A aswell.

Some people are fast writers....
I wrote about 12 pages and answered all 5 questions. Am I guaranteed an A? Probably not guaranteed but I actually have a good chance of getting an A seeing as I answered all 5 questions back in the mock and got 85%. Heres hoping I don't jinx myself.

jumpguy

RHRN wrote: »

Some buildings in the center, you could see their shadows. Showing sun.
No white water in the sea. Indicates calm weather.
Thats what I wrote anyway.
I did all 5 questions, but thats only because I was writing constantly at almost max speed for the whole exam.
Very easy overall. Very good chance of the A

Yeah I was thinking about writing down the same except I thought the sun could be out in winter and the water could be calm in winter. It was a tricky question.

Halla Basin wrote: »

IDIOTS you're supposed to do five otherwise you can't get an A! That's why Geography has one of the lowest A rates, because IDIOTS take the "Only three questions are mandatory" mantra to heart LOLZORINA

Cool your jets, if you do 3 questions excellently you'll get an A. If you do 5 questions to a lesser standard you won't. You're only marked out of the best of your 3 questions, and 150 marks.

jclol

partyatmygaff wrote: »

Some people are fast writers....
I wrote about 12 pages and answered all 5 questions. Am I guaranteed an A? Probably not guaranteed but I actually have a good chance of getting an A seeing as I answered all 5 questions back in the mock and got 85%. Heres hoping I don't jinx myself.

I am also a very fast, messy writer. The thing about geography is that its very hard to get a question "wrong" apart from questions in the test such as "Which pyramid has the characteristics of a developing country" etc.

If you write 1 page on an answer for the ii(8 mark part asking to compare them) you more than likly will get 10/10 for that question. If you write 6-7 lines then yes, possibly if you are to the point and very intelligent and know your stuff then its possible. But the fact is that if you know you are right in the "small" stuff and can develop your answers there is no point in answering all 5.

Mialuvzfun!

Halla Basin wrote: »

IDIOTS you're supposed to do five otherwise you can't get an A! That's why Geography has one of the lowest A rates, because IDIOTS take the "Only three questions are mandatory" mantra to heart LOLZORINA

Clearly not dey wudnt say it other wise! my teacher showed us d marking sceem etc if u put all ur tym into 3 ur gna do bettr den puttin al ur tym int 5!!!

partyatmygaff

Mialuvzfun! wrote: »

Clearly not dey wudnt say it other wise! my teacher showed us d marking sceem etc if u put all ur tym into 3 ur gna do bettr den puttin al ur tym int 5!!!

What If you put all your time into doing 5 A-class answers to get as many marks as possible?

McPooHead

jumpguy wrote: »

Yeah I was thinking about writing down the same except I thought the sun could be out in winter and the water could be calm in winter. It was a tricky question.

I said that it was summer because the trees had green leaves ...
Is that correct?