A2 AQA Geography GEOG 3 2016

Ecosystems
7 marker - unplanned / planned species
8 marker - animal adaptations
10 marker - tropical biome characteristics

What grade does everyone need in geography? How did you all do last year?


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Just a general question guys, how many case studies do you guys use for a 40 mark question?

what do you mean by animal adaptations? and what were the planned species? i have unplanned e.g. japanese knotweed

Planned species - London plane tree, michaelmans daisy, buddleia, Canadian golden rod, wheat
Unplanned - Oxford ragwort, Japanese knotweed

plant adaptations:
Drip tip leaves - prevents bacteria settling or leaf collapsing under pressure
Anthurium rotates to sunlight
Epiphytes - grow in canopy, get more sunlight
Buttress roots - support tall trees e.g. Kapok tree
lliana- grows up from under storey to canopy layer, obtain more sunlight
Bromeliad - vase shape, collects water like a funnel
Caniverous Venus fly trap - hair like structures on leaf, when 3 are triggered it closes
Giant toro leaf in Malaysia - large SA, maximum rate of photosynthesis

Animal adaptations:
Flying squirrel, flying lemur and flying gecko - flaps of skin, can glide between trees to escape predators
Anteater - great hearing, lives on forest floor where it's dark
Jaguar and vampire bat - nocturnal, hunt when it's dark to conserve energy
Leaf tailed gecko - shape and texture of tree bark, provides camouflage
Tiger - predator with camouflage
Many animals can swim - e.g. Turtles have webbed feet
Spider monkey - long tail so can balance in canopy
Chameleon - camouflage
Poison dart frog - secretes potent poison, deters predators

anyone have revision for ecosystems i may have please? thanks

What else do you need?

im stressed as i dont think my teacher has covered everything

Which modules do you do? I do tectonics, world cities and ecosystems so I can help you with the those, just tell me what you're worried about

these are my exact ones too! mind if i send you a message?

How many case studies do we need for tsunami's and earrhquakes? Do we have to have one LEDC and Medc for both?

Can there be an essay on the nature of earthquakes because they tend to ask this for volcanoes?

It's got to be and no don't think there's anything else - ecosystems at a local scale isn't bad either tbf

It wasn't my favourite, once I'd figured out what it was asking I was fine but I still found it really odd and I'm worried they'll do that again this year because they've run out of things to ask and I'll spend half the time trying to figure out what the question is asking!! I don't mind fragile I think I've finally got my head round it, it's just remembering it all that bothers me. Are you definitely doing the Ecosystems 40?

Planned species - London plane tree, michaelmans daisy, buddleia, Canadian golden rod, wheat
Unplanned - Oxford ragwort, Japanese knotweed

plant adaptations:
Drip tip leaves - prevents bacteria settling or leaf collapsing under pressure
Anthurium rotates to sunlight
Epiphytes - grow in canopy, get more sunlight
Buttress roots - support tall trees e.g. Kapok tree
lliana- grows up from under storey to canopy layer, obtain more sunlight
Bromeliad - vase shape, collects water like a funnel
Caniverous Venus fly trap - hair like structures on leaf, when 3 are triggered it closes
Giant toro leaf in Malaysia - large SA, maximum rate of photosynthesis

Animal adaptations:
Flying squirrel, flying lemur and flying gecko - flaps of skin, can glide between trees to escape predators
Anteater - great hearing, lives on forest floor where it's dark
Jaguar and vampire bat - nocturnal, hunt when it's dark to conserve energy
Leaf tailed gecko - shape and texture of tree bark, provides camouflage
Tiger - predator with camouflage
Many animals can swim - e.g. Turtles have webbed feet
Spider monkey - long tail so can balance in canopy
Chameleon - camouflage
Poison dart frog - secretes potent poison, deters predators