Geography Tomorrow

MinnieMouse15

So is everyone ready? I just learned every short+long question from the exam papers cause I had enough of looking over the stuff in the book.

MomijiHime

I'm kind of nervous since I haven't learned some stuff... but I'm more worried about maths tomorrow

DublinArnie

I'm prepared, hopefully an easy A!

zubikhan

Any predictions for long questions

DublinArnie

zubikhan wrote: »

Any predictions for long questions

Ordiance survey is 100% :rolleyes: it comes up every year as Q5.

ow9654

I hate geography so 1 hours study tonight for it...
Rest of my time for maths

Pwee2029

Can someone define a tremor for me please?

DublinArnie

Pwee2029 wrote: »

Can someone define a tremor for me please?

I believe that's another word for an aftershock. :P

An aftershock is basically small earthquakes that occurs after a major earthquake, usually within a few minutes and hours.

ow9654

An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. The seismicity, seismism or seismic activity of an area refers to the frequency, type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time.

Pwee2029

DublinArnie wrote: »

I believe that's another word for an aftershock. :P

An aftershock is basically small earthquakes that occur after a major earthquake, usually within a few minutes and hours.

Is it like a mini earthquake or what..
oh nevermind thank youuu

DublinArnie

Pwee2029 wrote: »

Is it like a mini earthquake or what..

Basically an earthquake :pac:

zubikhan

Can anyone give me an essay on how eiter spit,bar or tombolos are formed, that would give me a good few marks
Please try not do give too much info, but enough to get me near full marks as my book contains around a whole paragraph of most of it useless crap on how they are formed just for one which I cannot be arsed to learn

legocrazy505

Focusing on maths, nearly failed paper 1 in the mocks so hoping to have a major turn in fortunes. Geography I just need to brush up on a few things, it's mostly common sense stuff, just got to get keywords in and you will get the marks. Probably will spend a few hours after dinner preparing for it as I can always do last minute stuff during lunch for maths.

sotisme

Hi

Can someone please give me a description of how a waterfall is formed?


The one in my book doesn't mention hydraulic action attrition abrasion and solution and apparently the marking sceme states that these must be mentioned for full marks!

DublinArnie

sotisme wrote: »

Hi

Can someone please give me a description of how a waterfall is formed?


The one in my book doesn't mention hydraulic action attrition abrasion and solution and apparently the marking sceme states that these must be mentioned for full marks!

Start with a river. Under the river there's hardrock(basalt), so it won't erode under. As the river keeps going (usually at the youthful stage), it encounters soft rock(limestone etc). It will slowly erode the soft rock using attrition and hydraluic action of the water. Overtime, a large steep slope is formed. The water falls downwards. All the soft rock is gone so hard rock is lefting hanging, called an overhang. As the water drops, it forms a pool and a swirl pool. In the swirl pool, the tiny rocks from the load keep moving in circles, making the hole bigger and preforming abrasion. Under the hardrock, there is soft rock. So, as the swirl pool gets bigger, therefore there is more energy (hydraulic action). It erodes the soft rock which is supporting the overhang. Overtime, a certain amount of soft rock is eroded, and the overhand can't support its self anymore. So it falls. The waterfall gets smaller because of this, the process is repeated until all the soft rock under the hard rock is gone.

A waterfall is basically a river going upstream instead of downstream.

Make sure to draw and lable a diagram if a Q comes up like this.

MmmPancakes

legocrazy505 wrote: »

Focusing on maths, nearly failed paper 1 in the mocks so hoping to have a major turn in fortunes. Geography I just need to brush up on a few things, it's mostly common sense stuff, just got to get keywords in and you will get the marks. Probably will spend a few hours after dinner preparing for it as I can always do last minute stuff during lunch for maths.

Remember for functions in maths that almost every year for Part C it involves subbing into the equation or simualtaneous equations to figure out a point

sotisme

DublinArnie wrote: »

Start with a river. Under the river there's hardrock(basalt), so it won't erode under. As the river keeps going (usually at the youthful stage), it encounters soft rock(limestone etc). It will slowly erode the soft rock using attrition and hydraluic action of the water. Overtime, a large steep slope is formed. The water falls downwards. All the soft rock is gone so hard rock is lefting hanging, called an overhang. As the water drops, it forms a pool and a swirl pool. In the swirl pool, the tiny rocks from the load keep moving in circles, making the hole bigger and preforming abrasion. Under the hardrock, there is soft rock. So, as the swirl pool gets bigger, therefore there is more energy (hydraulic action). It erodes the soft rock which is supporting the overhang. Overtime, a certain amount of soft rock is eroded, and the overhand can't support its self anymore. So it falls. The waterfall gets smaller because of this, the process is repeated until all the soft rock under the hard rock is gone.

A waterfall is basically a river going upstream instead of downstream.

Make sure to draw and lable a diagram if a Q comes up like this.

Thanks so much!!

Edit: is it ok to call it a plunge pool?

Thanks

greenpyjamas

Do you guys think coasts will come up in erosion and deposition instead of rivers? My geo teacher seems to think so as it has not come up in a couple of years...

DublinArnie

sotisme wrote: »

Thanks so much!!

Edit: is it ok to call it a plunge pool?

Thanks

Yes, swirl pool and plunge pool are the same things.

DublinArnie

greenpyjamas wrote: »

Do you guys think coasts will come up in erosion and deposition instead of rivers? My geo teacher seems to think so as it has not come up in a couple of years...

Maybe, but it's easy. Just explain how a sea arch or whatnot is formed. :pac:

greenpyjamas

DublinArnie wrote: »

Maybe, but it's easy. Just explain how a sea arch or whatnot is formed. :pac:

I know cliff and I need to revise beach... cliffs are fun

DublinArnie

greenpyjamas wrote: »

I know cliff and I need to revise beach... cliffs are fun

Basically the same as waterfall only there's no water on top of the hard rock . And the waves erode the soft rock :rolleyes:. I'm not even going to touch the beach.

Cr4pSnip3r

DublinArnie wrote: »

Basically the same as waterfall only there's no water on top of the hard rock . And the waves erode the soft rock :rolleyes:. I'm not even going to touch the beach.

Can you post the different types of river erosion method thingies? I could never get them into my head.

DublinArnie

Cr4pSnip3r wrote: »

Can you post the different types of river erosion method thingies? I could never get them into my head.

Abrasion- When rocks hit each other so they get smaller etc.

Attriction- Rocks hit off the bedside of the river causing bits and pieces to fall off and the rock to get smaller.

Hydraulic action- The force of the water.

They're the only ones I know XD. There's one more but I don't think it's important.

zubikhan

Other one is solution- chemicals in the river help to break down some rocks

MmmPancakes

DublinArnie wrote: »

Abrasion- When rocks hit each other so they get smaller etc.

Attriction- Rocks hit off the bedside of the river causing bits and pieces to fall off and the rock to get smaller.

Hydraulic action- The force of the water.

They're the only ones I know XD. There's one more but I don't think it's important.

Solution - The river carries the lightest particles in solution (suspension) and depending on the substances present in the sample of water, it can erode the riverbank.

DublinArnie

MmmPancakes wrote: »

Solution - The river carries the lightest particles in solution (suspension) and depending on the substances present in the sample of water, it can erode the riverbank.

Yup, that's the one!

zubikhan

For the 3 types of activities as well as urban studies,economic inequalities and population would ye advice to learn them from the exam paper questions or just learn them off from the book,
I studied the physical geog and weather from the book but I would say the other chapters, the one that I named do not need to be studied from the book, I was planning to study them by doing each exam question that came up for them and learn the answers off and hopefully most of them will come up tomorrow as they cannot just add a totally new question out of nowhere, I plan to learn the answers of section B until 2005
What ye guys think ? oh by the way I am aiming for a A

sotisme

Sorry but is there any chance someone could post a sample answer (referring to bays and headlands) to:

Explain with the aid of a diagram how a feature of coastal erosion is formed?

I wrote out exactly what my book said for my mock and only got 7 out of 10!

I'm beginning to lose faith in my book

The Union Forever

woo~

MmmPancakes

sotisme wrote: »

Sorry but is there any chance someone could post a sample answer (referring to bays and headlands) to:

Explain with the aid of a diagram how a feature of coastal erosion is formed?

I wrote out exactly what my book said for my mock and only got 7 out of 10!

I'm beginning to lose faith in my book

I didn't do that so I can't help. But I did a cliff and got full marks. Make sure you give examples, and develop any statement you make and reference your diagram. ''The wave cut notch is blahblahblah and can be seen at (x) on my diagram'' and explain and geographical jargon you use, so explain the features of coastal erosion if you mention them

zubikhan

sotisme wrote: »

Sorry but is there any chance someone could post a sample answer (referring to bays and headlands) to:

Explain with the aid of a diagram how a feature of coastal erosion is formed?

I wrote out exactly what my book said for my mock and only got 7 out of 10!

I'm beginning to lose faith in my book

I wrote exactly what my book said as well, and I got 9/10

claryfray

I got 9/10 for the Bay and Headland. The examiner actually wrote what I was missing. (well she wrote a why beside it so I know what I did wrong! )

Here's what I wrote (+ the why answered )

A Bay and Headland is an example of coastal erosion. A bay is sheltered, softer rock where the sea has cut inland. A headland is a harder rock that juts out. A bay and headland is formed due to corrasion and attrition. A bay is made of a soft rock like limestone and a headland a hard rock like quartzite. The softer rock (bay) erodes quicker than the harder rock (headland). After the waves constantly hitting the rocks, the soft rock will erode quicker and form a bay. The harder rock is more resistant to erosion, and will jut out as a headland. An example of a bay would be Dublin bay. An example of a headland is Dunmore Head.

It looks quite long...but its actually really easy

sotisme

claryfray wrote: »

I got 9/10 for the Bay and Headland. The examiner actually wrote what I was missing. (well she wrote a why beside it so I know what I did wrong! )

Here's what I wrote (+ the why answered )

A Bay and Headland is an example of coastal erosion. A bay is sheltered, softer rock where the sea has cut inland. A headland is a harder rock that juts out. A bay and headland is formed due to corrasion and attrition. A bay is made of a soft rock like limestone and a headland a hard rock like quartzite. The softer rock (bay) erodes quicker than the harder rock (headland). After the waves constantly hitting the rocks, the soft rock will erode quicker and form a bay. The harder rock is more resistant to erosion, and will jut out as a headland. An example of a bay would be Dublin bay. An example of a headland is Dunmore Head.

It looks quite long...but its actually really easy

Thank you so much!

Edit: By the way do you mean corrosion when you say corrasion?

And thanks to everyone else who replied, I really appreciate it!

jpr57852

Does anyone have a list of the most common things that come up; the most essential things to learn? I really, really don't wanna look through that bible of a book...

DublinArnie

jpr57852 wrote: »

Does anyone have a list of the most common things that come up; the most essential things to learn? I really, really don't wanna look through that bible of a book...

Survey and photographic maps will come up 100%. Population/economy will come up in some form. Physical geography will come up some form or another, just look through the past papers. What came up on 2012 won't come up this year and what came up on 2011 is very unlikely to come up this year.

ajguy97

Anyone got sample answer for River deposition :L

Cookiekate

I'm dreading geography! Any ideas on what might come up? 

DublinArnie

ajguy97 wrote: »

Anyone got sample answer for River deposition :L

An oxbow lake is a feature of river deposition. Firstly, rivers are not strong enough to cut through hard rock such as basalt. So they go around them in curves, this is called a meander. The river keeps following and little by little, it reaches soft rock and it erodes the neck of the meander using attrition. Now the river can flow straight through. However, the load such as rocks lose energy. So the river deposits the load at the entrance of the curve. Over time, this builds up. Eventually, it builds up so much that the river can not touch it anymore and it isolates its self from the river. This is called an oxbow lake, a unique feature of river deposition and erosion .

Make sure to include labled diagram.

sotisme

ajguy97 wrote: »

Anyone got sample answer for River deposition :L

An Oxbow lake is a feature of river deposition. An oxbow lake is a horseshoe shaped lake that was once part of a meander but has since been cut off and a straighter river channel has replace the meander. These usually occur in the old stages of a river.

After heavy rains the river gains more energy and erodes both necks of the meander(through hydraulic action, abrasion and possibly solution?), narrowing them. This process is repeated overtime and gradually the meander neck is cut through and a straighter river channel is created.

As this occurs in the old stage of a river, the river is depositing its load of alluvium. Deposition builds up at both ends of the meander until the straighter river channel is seperated from the meander by the deposition. The previous meander is now an oxbow lake

Examples of oxbow lakes can be seen in the Old stages of the River Moy, Missippi and Liffey

suargasm

do ye think tourism will come up? with the gathering and all

Cr4pSnip3r

suargasm wrote: »

do ye think tourism will come up? with the gathering and all

Big possibility, I'd read up on it.

DublinArnie

suargasm wrote: »

do ye think tourism will come up? with the gathering and all

If it does, it's easy. Tourism is common sense ..

Cr4pSnip3r

DublinArnie wrote: »

If it does, it's easy. Tourism is common sense ..

Spain is sunny, people like sunny.

*will now get question wrong for joking about question*

DublinArnie

Cr4pSnip3r wrote: »

Spain is sunny, people like sunny.

*will now get question wrong for joking about question*

Hahahahaahahahahaahah

suargasm

Cr4pSnip3r wrote: »

Big possibility, I'd read up on it.[/QUOTE

thanks hope it comes up that and population:)

Lulub75

Wat could come up on the gathering ??

_ReyRey_

Absolutely bricking it for the exam reading through all the sample answers everyone is giving! I kind of disregarded geography because I had no interest, regretting it so much now. I'll be lucky to scrape a C.

spurious

_ReyRey_ wrote: »

Absolutely bricking it for the exam reading through all the sample answers everyone is giving! I kind of disregarded geography because I had no interest, regretting it so much now. I'll be lucky to scrape a C.

Over 40% get an A or B in HL. That's pretty good odds.
There are a number of skills based questions, like the map and photograph reading and a lot of the rest is common sense. Go in with a positive attitude and see what happens.

_ReyRey_

spurious wrote: »

Over 40% get an A or B in HL. That's pretty good odds.
There are a number of skills based questions, like the map and photograph reading and a lot of the rest is common sense. Go in with a positive attitude and see what happens.

Yeah hopefully I can wing it for questions like tourism and population, thanks for the reassurement

greenpyjamas

_ReyRey_ wrote: »

Yeah hopefully I can wing it for questions like tourism and population, thanks for the reassurement

remember 40% is short qs! Easy marks!