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Re: Earth Question Thread
« Reply #15 on: July 24, 2017, 08:50:34 pm »
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« Reply #16 on: July 24, 2017, 09:15:27 pm »
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Re: Earth Question Thread
« Reply #17 on: July 24, 2017, 09:16:28 pm »
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Re: Earth Question Thread
« Reply #18 on: July 27, 2017, 07:31:36 pm »
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Hi Emily ☺️ Congrats!  I'm just wondering how you memorise the tectonic impacts part of the course?  I really struggle with the concept of this part thank you ☺️

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Re: Earth Question Thread
« Reply #19 on: July 30, 2017, 09:38:12 am »
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Hi Emily ☺️ Congrats!  I'm just wondering how you memorise the tectonic impacts part of the course?  I really struggle with the concept of this part thank you ☺️

Hey there!
So the way I learnt this section of the syllabus was to make a massive timeline, using the geological timeline, of when continents formed etc. I also used a lot of diagrams to remember the different types of plate boundaries and their effects. These worked well on palm cards. I would suggest drawing the actual boundary on one side of the palm card, and listing its names and features on the other. That way, you can test yourself on naming/explaining different boundaries. I can't stress the importance of getting your boundary drawings down pat, they are very commonly asked within the HSC!
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Re: Earth Question Thread
« Reply #20 on: August 09, 2017, 10:20:53 pm »
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Hey! I'm so scared that BOSTES will chuck a random introduced specie and ask us to discuss its impact and all! I think they did that in of the past papers about rats or something and their impacts to the environment. And honestly, if I saw that I would've been so "doomed"!! Lmao...
So if that occurs, what strategies can we do to combat those questions OR how should we prepare for these unexcepted questions?
My teacher told us to know about 1-2 well-known introduced animal and plant species.
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Re: Earth Question Thread
« Reply #21 on: August 11, 2017, 12:30:11 pm »
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Hey! I'm so scared that BOSTES will chuck a random introduced specie and ask us to discuss its impact and all! I think they did that in of the past papers about rats or something and their impacts to the environment. And honestly, if I saw that I would've been so "doomed"!! Lmao...
So if that occurs, what strategies can we do to combat those questions OR how should we prepare for these unexcepted questions?
My teacher told us to know about 1-2 well-known introduced animal and plant species.

Im quite sure they did this last year, actually. In my own Earth class, we studies four introduced species in depth - I would recommend doing this too. From memory, they were the Northern Pacific Seastar, the Rabbit, Prickly Pear and Salvinia. Covering a scope of different animals/plants gives you an all round understanding of what impacts introduced species can have on an environment, and how they succeed in doing so (ie. both Rabbits and Salvinia reproduce faster than they can be removed, meaning that the local ecosystem is particularly susceptible to them). It is very likely that a random introduced species you get given in an exam will have the same advantages, and so, you can apply what you know about the ones you've studied to the ones given.
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Re: Earth Question Thread
« Reply #22 on: August 11, 2017, 09:41:06 pm »
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Im quite sure they did this last year, actually. In my own Earth class, we studies four introduced species in depth - I would recommend doing this too. From memory, they were the Northern Pacific Seastar, the Rabbit, Prickly Pear and Salvinia. Covering a scope of different animals/plants gives you an all round understanding of what impacts introduced species can have on an environment, and how they succeed in doing so (ie. both Rabbits and Salvinia reproduce faster than they can be removed, meaning that the local ecosystem is particularly susceptible to them). It is very likely that a random introduced species you get given in an exam will have the same advantages, and so, you can apply what you know about the ones you've studied to the ones given.

Oh yeah! That's a good idea to do ! :) Thank you so much!! :)
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Re: Earth Question Thread
« Reply #23 on: August 19, 2017, 07:58:08 pm »
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Hey! I'm confused on the dot point where it is about the growth of the Australian continent.
What is the explanation to how Australia moved away from that deep ocean trench??
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Re: Earth Question Thread
« Reply #24 on: August 20, 2017, 06:21:22 pm »
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Hey! I'm confused on the dot point where it is about the growth of the Australian continent.
What is the explanation to how Australia moved away from that deep ocean trench??

Hmmm, I don't think its really that Australia 'moved away' from the trench per say. I think it was more so that the volcanic island arcs contributed to building the Eastern coast, meaning that the oceanic-oceanic subduction zone (which is the deep trench) eventually became a continental- oceanic subduction zone, and then died out.
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Re: Earth Question Thread
« Reply #25 on: September 02, 2017, 02:39:38 pm »
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Hey! Is it necesary to know a case study for each natural disaster? I.e. tsunami,earthquakes and volcanoes. Or just one is enough?
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Re: Earth Question Thread
« Reply #26 on: September 09, 2017, 12:33:53 pm »
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Hey! Is it necesary to know a case study for each natural disaster? I.e. tsunami,earthquakes and volcanoes. Or just one is enough?

I would advice knowing one case study for each - just in case you get asked a question on one. Integrating an example in an answer will usually bump a 4/5 up to a 5/5
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Re: Earth Question Thread
« Reply #27 on: September 20, 2017, 09:43:13 pm »
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Hiiii,

So, for your 'mass geological timescale', can you give an example of a part of this timescale and how all the topics are integrated into it? 

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Re: Earth Question Thread
« Reply #28 on: October 19, 2017, 09:14:07 pm »
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Re: Earth Question Thread
« Reply #29 on: January 16, 2018, 07:03:33 pm »
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Hi :)
I was just wondering, in your opinion what would be the best way to study for earth and environment? Would it be plenty of past papers, palm cards, group study etc. I'm at a loss for the best way to tackle this course.
Thanks heaps  :)