AQA AS Environmental Studies Unit 1: Jan 2013

Don't take these answers as stock, I may have ****ed up too :L

Yep, at least that paper was nice though come to think of it there were a few questions in that exam that I think I got wrong.

what did u all put for the disadvantages of open cast mining in contrast with deep hole mining?

I think both of these papers were quite different from previous years ones since these papers had less stuff that you could have potentially learned

I've been thinking that too and also told my teacher that there was less on the subject content itself.

I wrote exactly something along those lines too! I said open cast mining spans over a larger area therefore destroying more habitats..Are u on fb?

Yes inbox me ure profile link, it's much easier to discuss/ write there please

I don't think you will be seeing me on this thread in september or pre-september as I messed up quite badly yesterday. There's no way I could get enough UMS for a D to go on to the second year =( I worked quite hard for unit 2 aswell, especially for the el nino and la nina ocean current stuff.

I think both of these papers were quite different from previous years ones since these papers had less stuff that you could have potentially learned

Awhh, I'm sure you've done better than what you expected! I hope we all get onto A2 I know I've failed but I hope my unit 1 bring it up :/

I got a B which i'm happy with! Sorry about that:/ Are you going to resit or try boost it up next year? I guess cos one guy does it all you never know how its going to be worded or anything, and since you were so close to a C maybe you can bump it up next year?

I got an A which I'm shell shocked by, because I didn't think the exam went that well. I got 103/120 I reckon it was the soil stuff that tripped me up a little or the calculation questions. Anyway Got and A overall for Environmental studies so I'm happy :L
Congrats to everyone that took the exam no matter what grade you got, you all put in tonnes off effort

What did everyone get? I'm really disappointed as I got a D and the fact that I could have gotten a C overall as I was 3 marks off a C in ENVS1 and 4 marks off a C in ENVS2 has really got to me. I worked so hard, I just dont understand why I'm underachieving in this subject. >.> I kinda knew I would have gotten a D for ENVS2 but I was pretty confident about getting a C in ENVS1... I feel like wanting to get a remark but I'm worried that I could go down a grade and that will mean that I wont be able to carry on with Environmental Studies which I really enjoy.

I got a B which i'm happy with! Sorry about that:/ Are you going to resit or try boost it up next year? I guess cos one guy does it all you never know how its going to be worded or anything, and since you were so close to a C maybe you can bump it up next year?

I got an A which I'm shell shocked by, because I didn't think the exam went that well. I got 103/120 I reckon it was the soil stuff that tripped me up a little or the calculation questions. Anyway Got and A overall for Environmental studies so I'm happy :L
Congrats to everyone that took the exam no matter what grade you got, you all put in tonnes off effort

Well doneee!!



Well done! Have any tips on how I can revise for my resit? :}

Hey I go overboard revising, and this may not work for you but anyway:

Take 2 a3 sheets of paper tape them together to make a2, and put in the middle, atmosphere. Then have arrows coming out for all the key points one big mind map. Do this for atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere.

Also on an a4 sheet draw the carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle, phosphorous cycle. Then on three more a4 sheets do human effects on the carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle and phosphorous cycle.

On another a3 sheet write out different soil testing methods

Stick all these up on a wall (preferably the same wall so you can see it all together.) Make sure you use lots and lots of colour and diagrams to stimulate the brain and I would stick them up at least a few months before the exam.
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Do every single past paper available at least 2 times. Any questions you get wrong put as a priority and look them up in the book. Get someone else to mark your papers.

Copy notes out in class on paper, put notes and handouts into polly pockets then put them into a lever arch folder. Have a divider for each section in the folder so you can flick through the notes easier.

Take a small notebook (a5) and copy the notes out into the notebook. Keep a contents page so you can flick to specific sections.


I resat my whole first year after getting EEU the first year. This year I got AAC. You don't have to do all of this, it takes it to the extreme but I am not a naturally good learner I am dyslexic and also have a condition call Meares Irlens syndrome. So for me to achieve good grades it takes ALOT of effort. But if I can go from EEU to AAC in a year anyone can. Good luck I wish you the best also if you get stuck on anything just ask and Ill explain as best I can.