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AQA GCE Geography Unit 3- 7th June 2013

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Reply 460

sheldorofazaroth

Search geog 3 2013

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Reply 461

HenryLinguistic

Original post by Jade10128

Thanks, very useful!
And I agree with your comment on tectonics essay; not many predictions so far!

No worries :smile:

Yeah I'm not entirely certain but based on previous papers, it's likely to be on volcanic events rather than seismic which cropped up in Jan 13's paper. However again I cannot be adamant on that :P

Reply 462

sheldorofazaroth

Original post by HenryLinguistic

No worries :smile:

Yeah I'm not entirely certain but based on previous papers, it's likely to be on volcanic events rather than seismic which cropped up in Jan 13's paper. However again I cannot be adamant on that :P

You got, or heard, any predications on ecosystems 25 mark questions (7,8 and 10)?

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Reply 463

Jade10128

Original post by HenryLinguistic

No worries :smile:

Yeah I'm not entirely certain but based on previous papers, it's likely to be on volcanic events rather than seismic which cropped up in Jan 13's paper. However again I cannot be adamant on that :P

Yeah same, I doubt seismicitity will come up alone. Reckon it'll either be relating volcanicity/plate theory.
There is limited things they can ask us for tectonics - yet they word the questions so awkwardly sometimes its difficult to understand what they are actually asking for. Damn AQA.

Reply 464

Gary

When they say relate to seismic events, That's just mean earthquakes and not volcanoes? Cause volcanoes are referred to as vulcanicty?

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Reply 465

JenniS

'Planetary surface winds' guys, what do they mean by that? is that the anabatic/katatbatic winds thing or whatever?

EDIT: actually do they mean westerlies, trade winds and polar easterlies?

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Reply 466

JenniS

sorry another question, 'atmospheric pressure and the upper atmosphere circulation', what do they mean by that? does that just come under the tri-cellular model etc

Reply 467

JenniS

Original post by Gary

When they say relate to seismic events, That's just mean earthquakes and not volcanoes? Cause volcanoes are referred to as vulcanicty?

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pretty sure seismic events just means earthquakes

Reply 468

Jade10128

Original post by Gary

When they say relate to seismic events, That's just mean earthquakes and not volcanoes? Cause volcanoes are referred to as vulcanicty?

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Seismic events = earthquakes, tsunamis
so yep

Reply 469

Jade10128

Original post by JenniS

sorry another question, 'atmospheric pressure and the upper atmosphere circulation', what do they mean by that? does that just come under the tri-cellular model etc

the general atmospheric circulation is represented by the tricellular model consisting of hadley, ferrel and polar cells etc
not sure what 'upper atmosphere circulation' is?
from what I understand the tricellular model is the atmospheric system generalised/simplified
But its more complex than that, which is the planetary surface winds
This is a simplified version of them: http://content.answcdn.com/main/content/img/McGrawHill/boating/f0154-01.png

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Reply 470

JenniS

Original post by Jade10128

the general atmospheric circulation is represented by the tricellular model consisting of hadley, ferrel and polar cells etc
not sure what 'upper atmosphere circulation' is?

do you know about rossby waves?

Reply 471

Jade10128

Original post by JenniS

do you know about rossby waves?

waves that occur in the westerlies in mid latitudes?
But they can occur in both northern and southern hemispheres can't they?
Perhaps we should wait for a pro to enter the forum lol! Weather confuses me alot, sorry I can't be of more help.

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Reply 472

St. Brynjar

Hi guys, just found this thread. It might have been touched upon, but have any predictions been made with regard to the Plate Tectonics, World Cities and Contemporary Conflicts& Challenges questions? And the 40 mark essays for Cities & Challenges?

Reply 473

HenryLinguistic

Original post by sheldorofazaroth

You got, or heard, any predications on ecosystems 25 mark questions (7,8 and 10)?

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Tropical Equatorial Rainforest Biome questions seem to be fairly frequent within recent specimens, do I'd expect that to come up.. but haven't looked fully into ecosystems yet so not entirely sure

Reply 474

gracecooke55

Original post by jacktomos95

Hi, you have got a bit confused. think of it of being the opposite so in the summer it brings warm wet weather and in the winter it brings cool dry weather.

The dry season is the winter not the summer as the sun pulls the ITCZ to the north towards the Tropic of Cancer and visa versa.

And regarding wind when the ITCZ is over the land wind is blow in from sea which brings warm air as it travels across and when the band is over the ocean it brings cool air as it travels over land because of the differences of insulation warming of land to sea.

Hope this helps a bit more :smile:

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Well now I feel like an idiot -.- I would have probably gotten the reasons right if I had written 'warm and wet' andstead of warm and dry.. I kept looking back at it to make sure it made sense.... :frown:

But thanks :smile:

Reply 475

mols0756

hey, slightly new to this! but dose anyone have any tips for writing the 40 marks essay?! I'm not a A*/A student, hoping to get a C really! I've only done one 40 marker as my teaches refuse to mark them :/ and I got 18/40 :frown:

any help would be appreciated on learning all the context?! struggling majorly! don't know how I did it at AS

Reply 476

JenniS

Original post by mols0756

any help would be appreciated on learning all the context?! struggling majorly! don't know how I did it at AS

scroll about 3/4 of the way down this thread http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1912173&page=5 and someones uploaded a 40marker writing guide, hope it helps

Reply 477

mols0756

Original post by JenniS

scroll about 3/4 of the way down this thread http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1912173&page=5 and someones uploaded a 40marker writing guide, hope it helps