Leaving Cert 2012 Predictions.

English- i'm gonna say Boland since no one really thinks it's going to come up! :P

Geograpy-rocks in some way, maybe rock cycle?

Biology- plant and animal reproductive systems, always have ecology, genetics, photosynthesis and respiration prepared

Cian_Collins wrote: »

Any predictions on Business or Geog?? Im dreading Business the most , the amount of it to learn is sick and for Geog then any tips tor Regional Geography and Patterns and processes in Econnomic and Human Environment I know for the Physical Environment You would be well covered with
1: Human interaction with surface processes eg. River
2. Human interaction with the rock cycle eg. Oil and Gas exploration
3. Volcanoes

Yeah i badly need predictions for the regional and economic section Any luck ?

Irish : Hoping for something in relation to Recession or Education

English: My favourite is Plath but I'm hoping for a high grade and don't want to be the same as everyone else. My teacher is tipping Plath and Larkin but I'm a Kavanagh woman myself.

Biology : Long question on respiration and enzyme experiments

Chemistry : Hasnt been a water question up on Q 1 for ages and possibly volatile liquid question 3

Has anyone got any predictions for home ec hopin for carbs and I'll be happy if the b group don't come up !!

GEOG : culture in india, earthquakes , migration , historic settlements and central place theory..

Its the c/sc region, so Brazil/India/SW USA, its all the same. Think we might have to do Belgium too either way though.

could really do with help for h.l home ec and o.l biology
doesnt seem to be much o.l biology stuff up :O
thanks

Patchy~ wrote: »

Its the c/sc region, so Brazil/India/SW USA, its all the same. Think we might have to do Belgium too either way though.

Have you any predictions for the economic or global interdependence or any other regional predictions

Nitsuj wrote: »

Culture IN INDIA?
Usually it's your choice which one of the cultural regions you do, innit?

well sub/continent like..alo growth of a sub/continent urban area didn't come up in a good while i tink!

skanger wrote: »

That's great reasoning there on Boland, Rock cycle has come up once and has about 6 lines about it in most books, I doubt it will ever come up as a 30 marker again, and even then it's a stupid thing to try and predict. I christen thee Nostradumbass



No you wouldn't, there is no basis at all to what you just said, the human interaction questions could easily be C parts of two different questions and you appear to have pulled the volcanoes bit out of your arse.

Obviously no prediction will be 100% but you could at least try

There's a lot of stuff that only has a few lines in the core book. River rejuvination doesn't have all that much, and even for the regional. If it wasn't for my hard working teacher, who gives us a ton of handouts with statistics etc, I don't know where I'd get my SRPs.

You're right about the second part. With just 3-4 essays there is no chance you will be covered. Our teacher gave us a prediction list at the start of the year, with about 30+ essays (30 markers), and the only volcanoes stuff is "how plate tectonics cause earthquakes/volcanoes". I just doubt volcanoes will come up.

skanger wrote: »

That's great reasoning there on Boland, Rock cycle has come up once and has about 6 lines about it in most books, I doubt it will ever come up as a 30 marker again, and even then it's a stupid thing to try and predict. I christen thee Nostradumbass



No you wouldn't, there is no basis at all to what you just said, the human interaction questions could easily be C parts of two different questions and you appear to have pulled the volcanoes bit out of your arse.

Obviously no prediction will be 100% but you could at least try

ahahaha... some laaaad!!

PREDICTIONS
english:vision and viewpoint, plath,heaney,larkin,kavanagh
biology:human defence system,photosynthesis,respiration,sex.rep,ecology,genetics,IAA exp.
accounting;section2 ratios published accounts suspensehttp://b-static.net/vbulletin/images/icons/icon8.gif section1 company http://b-static.net/vbulletin/images/icons/icon7.gifsection3 job costing or cash budgeting
geography;regional-development of urban area in india, 2nd activities in IRE, development of sed rocks in physical aswell as rock cycle
german euro 2012 obesity olympics drugs environment

Patchy~ wrote: »

I think the rock cycle would only appear as a 20 marker. There isnt really enough for 30 marks at all

Oh and in the SEC sample they once did a 25/25/30...odd, but not
impossible for this year I guess.

There is. You can talk about geothermal energy (in Iceland).
I made flip cards for all my 30 markers. Here's what I got for the rock cycle. Put it into sentences and you have enough stuff to write almost two pages (yes, I tried to test myself if I could write a 30 marker in 15 mins, and had almost two pages. Wait, how long am I supposed to spend on a 30 marker?)

Geothermal Energy:

(INTRODUCTION:)
-geothermal energy is energy that occurs naturally in the earth.
-in nature, geothermal energy occurs in the form of volcanoes, geysers, hot springs.
-was used for bathing through out the ages, but many countries (US, Iceland, New Zealand) now use it to generate electricity.

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(INFO ON ICELAND:)
-iceland is situated on the mid-atlantic ridge, therefore it has many volcanoes for geothermal energy. it's the largest natural resource.
-geothermal energy is used for central heating, warm water (therefore it's inexpensive). 89% of houses use this method of heating.
-gt energy accounts for 26% in the capital, reykjavik, they heat footpaths with gt energy to prevent freezing.

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(GT ENERGY POWER PLANT/GENERATING GT:)
-wells drilled into reservoirs > water pumped to the surface where its heat is converted to electricity.
-a common type of gt power is the Flash Power Plant.
-hot water pumped into station >steam separated from liquid (water) and pumped into turbine which powers a generator > liquid pumped back into reservoir.

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(BENEFITS OF GT ENERGY:)
-can heat green houses.
-naturally warm soil is good for horticulture, growing crops (potatoes).
-longer growing seasons.
(therefore primary activities/agriculture is improved)
-has the potential to provide the country with 40% of it's electricity needs.
-tourism: blue lagoon, dettiffos (hot waterfalls) in NE.
-bathing in 40degree baths while surroundings covered in snow.
-450,000 tourists in iceland/year.

So yeah, there is quite a bit to talk about.

Anything else in geography that you need some pointers in, ask. As I said, I have flip cards made out for all these, so typing them up is practice for me.

@theVETERAN, why is the IAA thought to come up? My teacher also predicted it (is really stressing that exp. actually), but it has come up only like two years ago.

Patchy~ wrote: »

Haha my teacher wont let me do GT energy I tried it because I hated quarrying and he wouldnt mark it
But thanks for that! I thought we were talking about literally 'explain the rock cycle', which is a really hard thing to milk 30 marks out of, if possible :P

I'm pretty sure they usually ask for interactions with the rock cycle.