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Extreme Environments
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Some poor points....
Do not leave gaps- why not just give in?
Always check your answers for silly mistakes
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Plan longer answers- obviously genius doesn't
need this...
Revise
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This was a Department generated paper, but the
questions are reflective of what you might get in
an exam.
Rough grades
A A B C D E F Ggt
78 71 64 55 46 37 28 19
But the exam is not the ultimate success factor...
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Remember, a student who works hard will expect to
rise one grade this year and another two in
Year.11
Remember, in the exam you will be entered for
either a foundation or higher paper.
Entry into a foundation paper, does not mean you
cant achieve an A, this is dependant on the
quality of your coursework.
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Coursework Exam
Year 10 17 N/A
Year 11 50 33
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What is the success factor?
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Antarctica
Temperatures Darkness, in winter (our summer)
there is twenty-four darkness, this makes work
and travel difficult. Snow cover Altitude Isolatio
n/Inaccessibility Dangers (Max 2) Crevasses
etc. Food and water accessibility
Think- four marks four points, or two points
with explanation.
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As in visual or audio representation.
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Video- Inconvenient Truth- (Fragile but important
wilderness.) Pictures from Flickr- (Cold,
isolated, beautiful)
Think- four marks four points, or two points
with explanation.
Andrew Cooney Antarctic Explorer. (1) Through
images and a lecture he showed us the extreme
landscape and cold climate conditions(1) He
discussed with us the dangers, such as crevasses,
crevasses are cracks in the glaciers, caused by
the friction of their movement, sometimes they
can be covered by a thin layer of snow (2). He
showed us his equipment, such as a special
sleeping bag, that was specially adapted for the
environment. (1)
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Ronne Ice Shelf
South Pole
Larsen ice shelf
This question wont come up in the exam, but
youll be expected to be able to draw simple maps
and diagrams.
Antarctica Peninsula
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Vostock
Trans-Antarctic Mountains
Ross Ice Shelf
McMurdo Dry Valleys
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This question was level marked
Say what they are.

• Processes
• Ice sheet development, basal Slippage, and
  icebergs creation.
• Ventifaction erosion, contraction of the
  permafrost.

B
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Ventifacts Patterned Ground Permafrost
Glacier Ice Sheet Ice Shelf Crevasses Nunataks Pan
cake ice/grease ice
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Level Description
Level 3 7-8 Sound knowledge of the features and understanding of the physical processes that caused the features. I want a sandwich, so I go to the cupboard, take out the bread. I then go to the fridge and take out the butter and ham. I butter the bread with a knife and place two pieces of ham between it.
Level 2 4-6 Some knowledge of the features and basic idea of their formation. I want a sandwich, so I go to the cupboard and take out bread and butter.
Level 1 1-3 Basic statements, lacks knowledge and understanding. I want a sandwich.
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Mmm, sandwich...
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Mmm, look at the big space...
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Plan
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This question was level marked
In the exam, you will have to name an area.

• Disintegration linked to global warming.
• Increased iceberg production.
• Icebergs block sunlight and reduce krill
  population, impacts on mammals.
• Iceberg collisions with ice sheet, impact on
  penguin migration.
• Decreasing Albedo effect.
• Speeding up of the ice sheet, due to
  disintegration of the ice-shelf, rise in seas
  levels.
• Increase in size and thickness of the shelf, due
  to increasing ice streams and increased
  precipitation. (?)

• Increased tourism.
• Debris from tourism e.g. litter damages habitat
  and wildlife.
• Invasive species brought by tourist/commercial/in
  dustrial ships, damages native wildlife.
• Resource exploitation, development of associated
  infrastructure.
• Resource exploitation dependant on Antarctic
  Treaty and continued use of fossil fuels.
• Risk of pollution and oil spills,
• Increased colonisation of plant and animal
  species due to warming. Penguins land-based
  increasing, lichens.

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Level Description
Level 3 6-7 Recognition of significant threats. Evaluative approach well-linked to future of chosen area. I want a sandwich, so I go to the cupboard, take out the bread. I then go to the fridge and take out the butter and ham. I butter the bread with a knife and place two pieces of ham between it.
Level 2 3-5 Some ideas of threats, generalised, less well-linked to chosen area. Less able to link to the future. I want a sandwich, so I go to the cupboard and take out bread and butter.
Level 1 1-2 Basic statements of present threat, poorly linked to the future. I want a sandwich.
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Mmm, sandwich...