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GCSE Edexcel B Geography - Unit 1 - Tuesday 24th May 2016

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I know I have dropped atleast 20 marks. That includes 50/50s where I wasn't sure.

No chance of an A* imo but I can hope my cw doesn't drop and I need to smash human (which is thankfully my strongest subject)

I need to redeem myself in human too, if i want an A*!, but unit physical was my strongest :frown:

, plus i have computer science on the same day as human :rip:

Reply 181

UneBellePatience

Original post by srmed

I talked about dams and washlands etc for the flood manangement question but I didnt refer to any case studies, I didn't know any do you think I will lose marks? but it said examine i think and i don't feel like i did that. for the extreme environments we told our teacher what the 8 marker was and she even though that it was a tricky question! i wrote about how in cold regions ike greenland ice will melt and sea temperature will rise causing fish to migrate and so people lose income as they can't sell fish haha and i said for places like the sahel temperature will cause crop failure etc. I literally made it up on the go hope it will get marks :smile:

Omg i wrote literally the same as you for both questions, except i wrote polar bears instead of fish lol.

Reply 182

Athy_Obelia

Original post by JustJannah

Omg i wrote literally the same as you for both questions, except i wrote polar bears instead of fish lol.

loool I wrote about Greenland too haha but about animals in general

Reply 183

oen1bh

Original post by JustJannah

I put Soft engineering at the River Skerne and Hard engineering in York, but i messed up that question so badly :frown:

I did the river Skerne as well and Boscastle but talking afterwards people did lots of different answers so I do not know

Reply 184

oen1bh

Original post by JustJannah

I need to redeem myself in human too, if i want an A*!, but unit physical was my strongest :frown:

, plus i have computer science on the same day as human :rip:

I agree however i have no time for last minute revision as I have Greman in the morning which clashes with Classical Civilisation so I have to sit in Isolation for an hour before i can sit my clashed exam

Reply 185

DebbieRose

Original post by 3.14uren

so do I! I'm just praying for an easy paper :angelblush:

good luck to you!! you'll do amazing :smile:

I think it went quite well.I think I got at least 60 marks. What about you, how'd you think it went? :smile:

Reply 186

3.14uren

Original post by DebbieRose

I think it went quite well.I think I got at least 60 marks. What about you, how'd you think it went? :smile:

I did not understand the traditional economy question at all.. I have no idea how well it went for me tbh... :s-smilie:

Reply 187

ritikp

Does anyone agree that the River Processes and Pressures 8 mark question was quite difficult and unfair as in the spec they don't talk about comparing the effectiveness of flood defences (more than 1) but they talk about these:

Investigate the impacts of flooding and the effectiveness of flood defences for a case study, e.g. Carlisle (2004), York(2002), River Severn (2007).

This point doesn't really have anything to do with effectiveness of flood defences as well:

Compare one traditional, hard engineering, flood management scheme,e.g. York, with one soft engineering approach, e.g. River Skerne, and assess their respective costs and benefits.

Reply 188

nahyr

Original post by ritikp

I put two hard engineering Colorado Dam and Three Gorges Dam

Reply 189

ritikp

I was kinda stuck on that and left that question until the end. I ended up talking about York and River Skerne and how the flood defenses in York have not been very good (e.g. last year). The problem with it is that we weren't really taught the topic at this angle because of how the spec was written.

Reply 190

ritikp

Original post by nahyr

I put two hard engineering Colorado Dam and Three Gorges Dam

I was going to write that but I wasn't sure how to link it to the question. But obviously if you have good contextual knowledge and answer the question you get marks.

Reply 191

nahyr

Original post by ritikp

I was going to write that but I wasn't sure how to link it to the question. But obviously if you have good contextual knowledge and answer the question you get marks.

Im not really sure what is right or what they were looking for

Reply 192

ritikp

Original post by nahyr

Im not really sure what is right or what they were looking for

Yeah that's the confusing part on how they will mark them and whether they will care if the case studies are right or wrong.

Reply 193

nahyr

Original post by ritikp

Yeah that's the confusing part on how they will mark them and whether they will care if the case studies are right or wrong.

I think they may mark you down if you remembered the case study wrong but they wont mark you down for which case study you use as long as they are appropriate

I guess so.

hows revision going for human? I find it easy until I try to apply my knowledge....

Reply 196

a.camz

could u make a revision guide for unit 2 please?

Reply 197

Speedbird129

Original post by a.camz

could u make a revision guide for unit 2 please?

There is one already on the internet. Hopefully it helps!

http://www.huntingtonschool.co.uk/media/folder/Geography/Revision/Unit2_Revision_Guide.pdf

Reply 198

mairossanna

Original post by a.camz

could u make a revision guide for unit 2 please?

Yes of course! I've made a population dynamics one today, but then I got bored and am currently making a "case study" guide for unit 2 if that helps? Ill get round to all the topics in unit 2 and post them here once I've finished :smile:

Reply 199

Rtinde