Junior Cycle Geography help
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How Sage helps
- Ask about anything you're stuck on. You get hints, not the answer.
- Take a photo of your homework and Sage helps you through it.
- 81 practice questions, with a hint whenever you need one.
What's on the course
- Exploring the physical world
- Exploring how we interact with the physical world
- Exploring people, place and change
- Geographical skills (integrated)
Physical: rocks, plate tectonics, volcanoes, earthquakes, weathering, mass movement, rivers, the sea, glaciation, weather and climate. Interaction: resources, energy, farming, tourism, natural hazards, climate change, sustainability. People: population, migration, settlement, urban change, economic activity, development and aid. Skills: OS maps (grid references, scale, contours), aerial photos, graphs, fieldwork.
How it's examined
CBA 1: Geography in the News. CBA 2: My Geography (a fieldwork-based study). Final written exam at common level with OS map and photo questions.
Exam tips
Use labelled diagrams for landforms. Develop each point with an explanation and an Irish or world example. Give six-figure grid references with the letter first.
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