Earth and Environmental Science Students 2008???

[ConquerDiscover]

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Originally Posted by SH33P

YEAH LOL EES!!!

haha ive been waiting for ppl who share some knowledge in this course haha!!!

im writing up notes for caring for the country atm (thats y im on BOS)...
yeah tectonics is a bitch only because i dont know much about where the plates meet up on the earth and i know nothing about interpreting their random diagrams and symbols... tss cbf learning it! i own ETT and IS though... theres heaps of shit to learn though thats the problem... and not many ppl do the course at all so when it comes to the exam they can really fuck u up in some Qs cause u arnt exposed to that kind of material... did any of u do the catholic trial papper? that was the biggest slice of dog shit (question wise) ever! the Qs wernt hard or anything it was just stupid... haha if u got a dp u need to know respond! lol

gtg i need to take a dip in the hamlin pools... hahaha lol ees joke i hope u get it haha

Hey thanks for joining the earth forum

I don't find tectonics particularly hard...but the environments through time topic i reckon is a bit challenging.

caring for the country is not too bad either, though there is quite a lot to learn as you said.

how many days do you get to study for the earth exam?

[ConquerDiscover]

Originally Posted by LinzyHodge

I do Earth! Tectonic Impacts kills me, I can't seem to memorise which volcanoes and their properties goes with each boundary.

I really like Earth, apart from that. We're doing Introduced Species as our option and I can't believe how simple it is =|

Welcome,

For tectonic impacts, try not to memorise it but to actually understand and learn why the processes are happening. that way you'll never forget it.

I also do introduced species as an option. What introduced species do you study?

Btw, your ranks are pretty good, although your school seems quite small.
what was your school ranked last year?

cheers

[henry08]

Hey conquer!

[henry08]

Caring for the country is so easy it is laughable, and it is also the msot boring part I found. Environments throguh time is interesting and not too bad. Tectnic Imapcts is okay and not too bad. Organic Geology is not too bad.

[LinzyHodge]

Originally Posted by ConquerDiscover

Welcome,

For tectonic impacts, try not to memorise it but to actually understand and learn why the processes are happening. that way you'll never forget it.

I also do introduced species as an option. What introduced species do you study?

Btw, your ranks are pretty good, although your school seems quite small.
what was your school ranked last year?

cheers

Hi! Yeah, I've been trying to understand it and connect it all up but its just so much to remember!

I did the Cane Toad and Paterson's Curse for my case study, which turned out to be a good option as they were so easy. How about you?

Haha, thanks, we were ranked like 530 or so last year but that's all going to change this year because we actually tried.

[henry08]

If you werer ranked 530 last year its unlikely you'll do that much better (i.e.< 450). That being said my school was like nearly 200th last year, not exactly great either.

[ConquerDiscover]

Originally Posted by LinzyHodge

Hi! Yeah, I've been trying to understand it and connect it all up but its just so much to remember!

I did the Cane Toad and Paterson's Curse for my case study, which turned out to be a good option as they were so easy. How about you?

Haha, thanks, we were ranked like 530 or so last year but that's all going to change this year because we actually tried.

oh cool. yeah heaps of schools are doing the cane toad =/

Im doing the red fox and the blackberry bush.

yeah introduced species is pretty easy, though since you're doing cane toad, your answers have to be really detailed so that you would stand out from the rest (since most students also do cane toad).

Cool, my school was ranked low last year too , like 350 - 400.

[jasonml]

I shred teh E&ES

[ConquerDiscover]

Originally Posted by jasonml

I shred teh E&ES

shred?

[jasonml]

Originally Posted by ConquerDiscover

shred?

Rip-up, obliterate, dominate, etc. etc.

I'm aiming for high band 6 in other words..

[davidbarnes]

Same

[leee08]

the worst has to be...explaining hypotheses that drive plate motion...slab pull ridge push ect... looking through past hsc exams, its needed in alot of detail.

[ConquerDiscover]

Originally Posted by jasonml

Rip-up, obliterate, dominate, etc. etc.

I'm aiming for high band 6 in other words..

Nice

[ConquerDiscover]

Originally Posted by leee08

the worst has to be...explaining hypotheses that drive plate motion...slab pull ridge push ect... looking through past hsc exams, its needed in alot of detail.

slab pull is just when the plate is getting subducted and whilst it goes down the mantle, it pulls down the rest of the plate, causing the plate to move.

ridge push is just when new basaltic material is being injected in the mid ocean ridges which pushes apart the plates in its opposite direction, causing the plates to move.

that's just the basics though, you need to put a lot more detail

[henry08]

Originally Posted by leee08

the worst has to be...explaining hypotheses that drive plate motion...slab pull ridge push ect... looking through past hsc exams, its needed in alot of detail.

Really?I like that question and would rather have a 5/6 mark question on that than on some asking to describe the Cambrian explosion etc.

What textbook(s) does everyone use?