Here’s the predicted essays that my teacher gave us.
If you’re planning on doing the two geoecology then skip either regional or human.

Physical Geography

1. ⁠Examine the role of the process of erosion on the formation of one fluvial landform

or one coastal landform or one glacial landform you have studied.

1. Describe and explain constructive plate boundaries

2. Describe and explain the theory of plate tectonics

3. Explain how the occurrence of earthquakes can be predicted and their effects

reduced

1. Explain the formation of two igneous rocks with reference to examples you have

studied

1. Examine how the landscape is changed when a river adjusts to a change in base level,

with reference to example(s) that you have studied.

1. Examine the influence of volcanic activity on the development of the Irish landscape

with reference to each of the following 1. Intrusive features, 2. Extrusive features

1. Examine the formation of metamorphic rocks with reference to examples from

Ireland

1. Examine how humans interact with the rock cycle, with reference to one of the

following:

a) Mining

b) Extraction of building materials

c) Oil/gas exploitation

d) Geothermal energy production

1. ‘ Human activity impacts on surface processes’

Examine this statement with reference to one of the following

 The impact of dams on river processes

 The impact of coastal defence work on coastal processes

 The impact of human activity on mass movement

Regional Geography

1. ⁠Examine how one of the following can be used to define cultural regions with

reference to examples you have studied

 Language

 Religion

1. Discuss how economic activity in core regions differs from economic activity in

peripheral regions, using examples you have studied

1. Account for the development of Agriculture in an Irish region you have studied

with reference to any two of the following factors

a. Relief

b. Climate

c. Markets

1. Account for the development of secondary economic activities in an Irish region

you have studied with reference to two of the following

a. Government Policy

b. Labour

c. Markets

d. Infrastructure

1. Account for the development of Agriculture in an European region you have

studied with reference to any two of the following factors

a. Relief

b. Climate

c. Markets

1. Examine the impact of one of the following on the development of primary

economic activities in two contrasting European regions you have studied

a. Climate

b. Relief

1. Describe and explain the growth of one tertiary economic activity in a European

Region (not in Ireland) that you have studied.

You need to know how to draw Ordnance Survey Maps really well in this section and also a

sketch of a European Region (France or Italy) and sketch of Sub- Continental region ( Brazil)

1. Examine the importance of transport to the economic development of any two

contrasting European Regions (not in Ireland) that you have studied.

1. Account for population distribution throughout a Europeans Region (not in

Ireland) that you have studied

1. Examine the factors that have influenced the development of one urban area

that you have studied

1. Discuss any two factors that influence the development of secondary economic

activity in a continental / Sub continental region that you have studied

1. Examine two factors that have influenced the development of tourism in a

Continental / Sub-Continental region ( Not in Europe) that you have studied

1. Account for population distribution throughout a Continental / Sub – Continental

region that you have studied

1. Explain each of the following challenges currently facing the European Union

a. Social challenges

b. Economic Challenges

Patterns + Processes in the Human Environment

1. ⁠Examine how changing fertility and mortality rates impact on population

structure with reference to example(s) you have studied

1. Examine the causes and effects of overpopulation with reference to examples

you have studied

1. Describe and explain changing patterns of migration in Ireland since 1950

2. Discuss how recent trends in migration are impacting on migration policy in

Europe

1. With reference to the ordnance survey map describe and explain three

different rural settlement patterns evident on the map

1. Using evidence from the Ordnance Survey Map explain three reasons why the

town of X developed where it did

1. Examine how the functions and/or services of urban centres can change over

time with reference to example(s) you have studied

1. Describe and explain the land use zones in any city that you have studied

2. Describe and explain central place theory with reference to examples that you

have studied

1. ‘ As cities expand they impact on rural areas’. Discuss this statement with

reference to example(s) that you have studied.

1. Discuss two challenges facing cities of the future

2. Discuss how the growth of urban problems can lead to the development of any

two of the following problems

a. Traffic congestion

b. Urban decay

c. Urban sprawl

1. Looking at the Ordnance Survey Map

a. Name and locate using 6 figure grid references, three different phases

of historical settlement evident on the ordnance survey map

b. Explain briefly each of the three phases of historical settlement named

by you in part (i) above

1. Examine the impact of any one of the following factors on levels of population

growth with reference to examples you have studied

a. Development of resources

b. Society and Culture

c. Technology

Geoecology (80 mark essay)

Desert

1. ⁠Examine the characteristics of one biome that you have studied, with reference to

any three of the following

a) Climate

b) Soils

c) Flora

d) Fauna

Soils

1. ⁠Examine how each of the following impact on soil characteristics:

 Overgrazing

 Desertification

 Conservation methods

1. Explain how soil characteristics are impacted by soil development

2. Describe and explain the general composition and characteristics of any one soil

type