Thoughts - How did you all find the exam? (1 Viewer)

[lindzapatroid]

yeah, smaller the scale, the bigger the number, the less detail.

no im pretty sure its the opposite of this...

 

[The_highwayman]

no im pretty sure its the opposite of this...

Well explain the other way that the answer could be "Source B"?!
The question asked for the smallest scale
Source b had the biggest number on the RHS ie. 1:biggest number
It had the least amount of detail.
Source B is correct and suits everything i said.

The opposite to what i said would be:
"The bigger sthe scale, the smaller the number, the more detail"
Which would also be correct.

That discussion is already over

 

[lindzapatroid]

Well explain the other way that the answer could be "Source B"?!
The question asked for the smallest scale
Source b had the biggest number on the RHS ie. 1:biggest number
It had the least amount of detail.
Source B is correct and suits everything i said.

The opposite to what i said would be:
"The bigger sthe scale, the smaller the number, the more detail"
Which would also be correct.

That discussion is already over

"A large scale map refers to one which shows greater detail because the representative fraction" ok your right

 

[The_highwayman]

i think the geo exam was alrite for skills.....

Same

but the essays questions were really fucked because it was impossible to write the normal length.

I agree, i felt like i wasnt covering everything because i wrote less than what i usually do.

So how did everyone interpret "human impacts influencing nature of the ecosystem"my teacher said it isn't ecological dimensions,
but how the human impacts from "external forces" such as the demand of guest, the changing tourism industry and how they affect the economic enterprise.
eg. because people are taking shorter holidays and visiting relatives, Quay West Hotel has had to market to business customers.
did anyone approach the essay in a different angle?

We did Aquaculture (fish farming) so i talked about the following:
ECOLOGICAL:
- Temperature: Our enterprise grew a tropical species of fish in a temperate climate so had to use insultation on their sheds and a clever roof design to make the temperature right. the fish type also dictated that it had to be an indoor "intensive" enterprise, rather than an outdoor "extensive enterprise"
- Drought: Aquaculture needs water, and because of the recent drought the enterprise's water licence was reduced.

HUMAN IMPACTS: I approached this in a way that looked at POTENTIAL human impacts and how the nature of the enterprise was changed in an effort avoid them.
- Bund Wall: A concrete wall thing that surrounds the enterprise and stops chemicals leeching into waterways.
- Hydroponic system: Uses fish waste to grow vegies. oterwise the waste would have to be removed, treated and them disposed which would require more chemicals, consumption of petrol etc.

That was my essay plan, including diagrams and an explanation of the enterprise.

 

[lindzapatroid]

The Highwayman

How did you do in the short answer questions about world cities did u give a definition of them or just talk about character?

 

[demosthenes]

i think the geo exam was alrite for skills.....

but the essays questions were really fucked because it was impossible to write the normal length.

So how did everyone interpret "human impacts influencing nature of the ecosystem"

my teacher said it isn't ecological dimensions,
but how the human impacts from "external forces" such as the demand of guest, the changing tourism industry and how they affect the economic enterprise.
eg. because people are taking shorter holidays and visiting relatives, Quay West Hotel has had to market to business customers.

did anyone approach the essay in a different angle?

i said pretty much the same.....mine was an ecotourism operation, and i said this really swanky line: "rather than constraining the MRC as an economic enterpise, the environment acts as one of its most valuable business partners"

I talked about external and internal linkages of human activities as well as changes in human perceptions about ecotourism leading to a net increase in tourist activity in the area blah blah blah

 

[always_smile]

Does any body know what the answer is to question 5 M/C... I got B. One geography teacher got C and my geography teacher got B. Me very confused......

 

[lindzapatroid]

Does any body know what the answer is to question 5 M/C... I got B. One geography teacher got C and my geography teacher got B. Me very confused......

which question was that?

 

[The_highwayman]

The Highwayman

How did you do in the short answer questions about world cities did u give a definition of them or just talk about character?

I think i defined them as "the command and control centers of the world economy, a product of globalisation"

Then i talked about their character: see this previous post:
http://community.boredofstudies.org/showpost.php?p=1941093&postcount=82

 

[wwjd_frog14]

there was no need to talk about your specific ecosystem

that means we wasted all that time studying 2 ecosystems in detail.

there was a need 2 talk bout it coz in the rubric it said 2 refer 2 case studies...

and demosthenes i do know darbs, i do business with him...he's a little legend, and not 2 mention the teachers pet in bus. st. lol

 

[jemsta]

which question was that?

the one where you had to find the area of Thomsons lake....everyone either got B or C....i got c

 

[Jazzap]

i thought it was close enough to a proper circle..so i went pie times radius squared (area of a circle..der!!) and that came out very close to 2.3 (which was b yeh??)...

 

[The_highwayman]

yeah i got c too, but i was having a major dillemma about choosing b as well. i was so torn. would have liked to make an average

 

[wwjd_frog14]

hmmm....i put b...2.3 4 the lake q...

 

[lindzapatroid]

hmmm....i put b...2.3 4 the lake q...

yep so did i, i was tied between 2.3 and 2.8 i think i did 2.3 because i got like 2.5 or something.

 

[ViRtUaL]

i think the geo exam was alrite for skills.....

but the essays questions were really fucked because it was impossible to write the normal length.

So how did everyone interpret "human impacts influencing nature of the ecosystem"

my teacher said it isn't ecological dimensions,
but how the human impacts from "external forces" such as the demand of guest, the changing tourism industry and how they affect the economic enterprise.
eg. because people are taking shorter holidays and visiting relatives, Quay West Hotel has had to market to business customers.

did anyone approach the essay in a different angle?

na i'm pretty sure it corresponded to the ecological dimensions part
thats where human impacts (on the environment) and environmental constraints come from anyway. if it was external forces they would have said global changes or internal and external inkages or something

 

[ViRtUaL]

there was a need 2 talk bout it coz in the rubric it said 2 refer 2 case studies...

and demosthenes i do know darbs, i do business with him...he's a little legend, and not 2 mention the teachers pet in bus. st. lol

i didnt refer to either of my case studies. but i had examples of other ecosystems. would that be alright? i figured that if they asked to refer to one or both of your particular case studies they would have said that in the question ("with reference to..."). hope i dont get penalised

 

[lindzapatroid]

i didnt refer to either of my case studies. but i had examples of other ecosystems. would that be alright? i figured that if they asked to refer to one or both of your particular case studies they would have said that in the question ("with reference to..."). hope i dont get penalised

it probably depends how much you referred to them..did u do lots of examples?

 

[zenger69]

na i'm pretty sure it corresponded to the ecological dimensions part
thats where human impacts (on the environment) and environmental constraints come from anyway. if it was external forces they would have said global changes or internal and external inkages or something

yeh thats what I wrote in the exam cos when i saw environmental contrainsts I automatically started thinking of ecological dimensions.
After the exam the teacher said it was "human impacts influencing the nature of the ecosystem".

I wrote down stuff like:
The hotel uses lots of power and they've employed strategies to save power. These strategies change the nature of the economic enterprise and makes the hotel more "green".
Things like that, just a little bit more sophisticated

 

[gigi_ruff]

it says in the rubric to refer to case studies and illustrative examples where necessary, i felt that because it asked "in ecosystems" it was refering to a theory based response backed up by illustrative examples, whereas it would have been specified if it was account for vulnerability and resillience in your ecosystems at risk. or something of that nature

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