MaryTylerMoore
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Hey 
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Geography check list:
** Are you familiar with the processes and material?
** Are you familiar with the syllabus and all the indentations so you can answer a question fully?
** Have you done (or gone over) multiple choice questions for all past HSC exams?
** Have you done (or gone over) the short answer questions for all past HSC exams?
** Can you do the following?
- Calculate gradient of a slope
- Calculate vertical exaggeration
- Determine sight lines between two points
- Construct a transect and describe changes along that transect
- Identify spatial interaction and change using a variety of sources
- Describe patterns, relationships, networks, linkages and evidence of change
within and between regions or areas
- Determine the density of a specific feature on a map
- Read, construct and interpret chloropleth maps
- Recognise the key features of changing pressure patterns on weather maps
- Design and interpret flowcharts
- Calculate the rate of increase or decrease between two points
- Estimate the value of proportional circles of different size using a key
- Estimate the value of particular segments in pie graphs of different size
- Identify the three elements depicted in a ternary graph and the line scale of
each
- State the composition and amount (mix) of elements at any point on a ternary graph
- Identify clusters and patterns on a ternary graph
- Construct and interpret proportional divided circles
- Interpret frequency distributions and diagrams
- Read and interpret logarithmic and semilogarithmic graphs
- Interpret and analyse population pyramid data
- Orientate a photo to a map
- Estimate the scale of aerial photographs and satellite images
- Estimate the time of day at which a photograph was taken
- Calculate areas of land use as a ratio
- Identify spatial associations, interactions and change
- Construct a precis map from an aerial photograph or satellite image
- Use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to examine spatial and
ecological issues
- Calculate the speed along a length of road that is obtained from a map
- Identify features on a map
- Evaluate the reliability and validity of data
** Know the outcomes that they can turn into a question (H1 - H13).
** Do you have the following to take into an exam room?
- A calculator
- A pair of dividers
- A compass/protractor
- A see-through ruler (15cm, but 30cm is better with cm and mm divisions)
- Coloured pencils/pens
- A magnifying glass (the broadsheets are half-size and the topographic maps can be hard to see)
- A section of string or thread (but use dividers instead to calculate length by setting at a certain small interval of like 3mm and twisting it along a path and counting the number of intervals)
** Can you construct essays (or at least essay plans before the exam that can be transformed and adapted to a piece 8 pages in length containg data, tables, quotes etc.) for the following ensuring they form a sustained, logical and well-structured answer to the question, they communicate geographical information, ideas and issues and they refer to appropriate case studies, illustrative examples and the Stimulus Booklet where appropriate?
** Urban Places:
Always state the location, nature, character and other relevant features of the case study you are using. E.g. Sydney is a beta-level world city located at 33.92*S and 151.17*E on the East Coast of Australia. It is the capital city of NSW and it is the economic and cultural centre of Australia. Or for the case study of an urban dynamic, Pyrmont is a suburb located 3km west of the Sydney CBD (33.92*S/151.17*E) and is a suburb undergoing the process of urban renewal.
1) Compare the nature, character and spatial distribution of world cities and mega cities.
2) Inquire into the role of world cities and the operation of these cities in global networks.
3) Analyse the relationships of dominance and dependence between world cities and other urban centres, and explain the changing role of regional centres and the demise of the small town as a result.
4) Describe the challenges of living in mega cities and evaluate the responses to these challenges.
5) Explain the changing role of regional centres and the demise of the small town as a result of the relationships of dominance and dependence between world cities.
6) Examine the urban dynamics of change, using appropriate illustrative examples.
7) Inquire into the results of urban dynamics in a large city from the developed world.
8) Analyse an urban dynamic operating in a country town or suburb.
** Ecosystems At Risk:
Always state the following for each ecosystem:
- Location (Country, state, coast, distance from coast [aquatic/terrestrial], type of ecosystem [rainforest, coral reef etc.], draw a map)
- Altitude (sealevel or below and up)
- Latitude (and longitude if possible - estimate from an atlas)
- Size (area)
- Shape
- Continuity (an ecosystem which has more continuity is able to be managed easier and is less likely to undergo islandisation, is easier to manage and maintain etc.)
Know the case studies and other examples. Use maps, statistics, tables, data and quotes etc.
1) With reference to TWO ecosystems at risk, explain the biophysical interactions that lead to diverse ecosystems and their functioning.
2) With reference to TWO ecosystems at risk, examine the vulnerability and resilience referring to natural and human-induced stress.
3) Justify the importance of ecosystem management and protection, referring to TWO case studies.
4) Evaluate traditional and contemporary management strategies and practices in TWO case studies, referring to their ecological sustainability.
5) Examine the nature and rate of change that affects ecosystem functioning, with reference to human impacts, and outline management practices used to mitigate them at TWO ecosystems at risk.
6) Examine human impacts that affect TWO ecosystems at risk and explain how the management strategies and practices implemented mitigate these impacts.
** People and Economic Activity:
State location, nature (primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary sector) etc.
Know figures and quantitiative data.
Economic activity = global scale
Economic enterprise = local scale
1) Describe the nature, spatial patterns and future directions of ONE economic activity.
2) Explain the nature, spatial patterns and future directions of ONE economic activity.
3) Evaluate the environmental, social and economic impacts of an economic activity.
4) Outline the internal and external linkages and flows of people, goods, services and ideas of an economic enterprise and analyse the effects of global changes on these.
5) Account for the location of an economic enterprise and describe the ecological dimensions related to this enterprise.
6) Explain how global changes in an economic activity have affected an economic enterprise.
Mwah.
,Geography check list:
** Are you familiar with the processes and material?
** Are you familiar with the syllabus and all the indentations so you can answer a question fully?
** Have you done (or gone over) multiple choice questions for all past HSC exams?
** Have you done (or gone over) the short answer questions for all past HSC exams?
** Can you do the following?
- Calculate gradient of a slope
- Calculate vertical exaggeration
- Determine sight lines between two points
- Construct a transect and describe changes along that transect
- Identify spatial interaction and change using a variety of sources
- Describe patterns, relationships, networks, linkages and evidence of change
within and between regions or areas
- Determine the density of a specific feature on a map
- Read, construct and interpret chloropleth maps
- Recognise the key features of changing pressure patterns on weather maps
- Design and interpret flowcharts
- Calculate the rate of increase or decrease between two points
- Estimate the value of proportional circles of different size using a key
- Estimate the value of particular segments in pie graphs of different size
- Identify the three elements depicted in a ternary graph and the line scale of
each
- State the composition and amount (mix) of elements at any point on a ternary graph
- Identify clusters and patterns on a ternary graph
- Construct and interpret proportional divided circles
- Interpret frequency distributions and diagrams
- Read and interpret logarithmic and semilogarithmic graphs
- Interpret and analyse population pyramid data
- Orientate a photo to a map
- Estimate the scale of aerial photographs and satellite images
- Estimate the time of day at which a photograph was taken
- Calculate areas of land use as a ratio
- Identify spatial associations, interactions and change
- Construct a precis map from an aerial photograph or satellite image
- Use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to examine spatial and
ecological issues
- Calculate the speed along a length of road that is obtained from a map
- Identify features on a map
- Evaluate the reliability and validity of data
** Know the outcomes that they can turn into a question (H1 - H13).
** Do you have the following to take into an exam room?
- A calculator
- A pair of dividers
- A compass/protractor
- A see-through ruler (15cm, but 30cm is better with cm and mm divisions)
- Coloured pencils/pens
- A magnifying glass (the broadsheets are half-size and the topographic maps can be hard to see)
- A section of string or thread (but use dividers instead to calculate length by setting at a certain small interval of like 3mm and twisting it along a path and counting the number of intervals)
** Can you construct essays (or at least essay plans before the exam that can be transformed and adapted to a piece 8 pages in length containg data, tables, quotes etc.) for the following ensuring they form a sustained, logical and well-structured answer to the question, they communicate geographical information, ideas and issues and they refer to appropriate case studies, illustrative examples and the Stimulus Booklet where appropriate?
** Urban Places:
Always state the location, nature, character and other relevant features of the case study you are using. E.g. Sydney is a beta-level world city located at 33.92*S and 151.17*E on the East Coast of Australia. It is the capital city of NSW and it is the economic and cultural centre of Australia. Or for the case study of an urban dynamic, Pyrmont is a suburb located 3km west of the Sydney CBD (33.92*S/151.17*E) and is a suburb undergoing the process of urban renewal.
1) Compare the nature, character and spatial distribution of world cities and mega cities.
2) Inquire into the role of world cities and the operation of these cities in global networks.
3) Analyse the relationships of dominance and dependence between world cities and other urban centres, and explain the changing role of regional centres and the demise of the small town as a result.
4) Describe the challenges of living in mega cities and evaluate the responses to these challenges.
5) Explain the changing role of regional centres and the demise of the small town as a result of the relationships of dominance and dependence between world cities.
6) Examine the urban dynamics of change, using appropriate illustrative examples.
7) Inquire into the results of urban dynamics in a large city from the developed world.
8) Analyse an urban dynamic operating in a country town or suburb.
** Ecosystems At Risk:
Always state the following for each ecosystem:
- Location (Country, state, coast, distance from coast [aquatic/terrestrial], type of ecosystem [rainforest, coral reef etc.], draw a map)
- Altitude (sealevel or below and up)
- Latitude (and longitude if possible - estimate from an atlas)
- Size (area)
- Shape
- Continuity (an ecosystem which has more continuity is able to be managed easier and is less likely to undergo islandisation, is easier to manage and maintain etc.)
Know the case studies and other examples. Use maps, statistics, tables, data and quotes etc.
1) With reference to TWO ecosystems at risk, explain the biophysical interactions that lead to diverse ecosystems and their functioning.
2) With reference to TWO ecosystems at risk, examine the vulnerability and resilience referring to natural and human-induced stress.
3) Justify the importance of ecosystem management and protection, referring to TWO case studies.
4) Evaluate traditional and contemporary management strategies and practices in TWO case studies, referring to their ecological sustainability.
5) Examine the nature and rate of change that affects ecosystem functioning, with reference to human impacts, and outline management practices used to mitigate them at TWO ecosystems at risk.
6) Examine human impacts that affect TWO ecosystems at risk and explain how the management strategies and practices implemented mitigate these impacts.
** People and Economic Activity:
State location, nature (primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary sector) etc.
Know figures and quantitiative data.
Economic activity = global scale
Economic enterprise = local scale
1) Describe the nature, spatial patterns and future directions of ONE economic activity.
2) Explain the nature, spatial patterns and future directions of ONE economic activity.
3) Evaluate the environmental, social and economic impacts of an economic activity.
4) Outline the internal and external linkages and flows of people, goods, services and ideas of an economic enterprise and analyse the effects of global changes on these.
5) Account for the location of an economic enterprise and describe the ecological dimensions related to this enterprise.
6) Explain how global changes in an economic activity have affected an economic enterprise.
Mwah
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