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GEOS2111/2911
Wrap Up and Exam
Prep
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• Take home messages
• Unit structure review
• Exam information
• Managing exam stress
• Example exam
questions
• USS survey
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Outline of lecture
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Take-home message #1
HAZARD
RISK
EXPOSURE
VULNERABILITY
DISASTER
RESILIENCE
INEQUALITY
MARGINALITY
Back to basics…………
…… know your key terms!
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Take-home message #2
(Source: Dominey-Howes, 2018)
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Take-home message #3
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Shafer et al. 2022, GSA Today
Analysis of Skills Sought
by Employers of
Bachelors-Level
Geoscientists
Take-home message #4
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Unit structure review
Post ALL questions to Discussion Board!
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• Saturday 26th November, 2022 @ 9 am
• Duration: 2 hours plus 10 minutes of reading time plus
15 minutes of upload time
• Submission: online via Turnitin on Canvas
• Type D exam – open book
• There will be a replacement exam if things go wrong
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GEOS2111/2911 exam details
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The exam paper
• Comprises 6 long answer essay questions – you ONLY
answer 3!
• All questions worth equal marks
• Complex, compound questions requiring you to think!
• Some specific – some general in style
• Draft answers offline in word, upload at end of exam
via Turnitin
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• For students who need to book an on-campus
computer space:
• https://www.library.sydney.edu.au/libraries/room-
booking.html
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On campus computer space
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Technical issues on the day of exam
If you run into technical issues on the day of the exam,
please contact Educational Innovation:
canvas.tests@sydney.edu.au
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Managing exam stress
If you’re experiencing difficulties
Counselling and mental health support:
https://sydney.edu.au/students/counselling-and-mental-health-
support.html
Beyond Blue:
www.beyoundblue.org.au
Reach Out:
https://au.reachout.com/
Head Space Camperdown:
https://headspace.org.au/headspace-centres/headspace-
camperdown/
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Can you give me some examples?
With reference to the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull eruption in
Iceland - explore its impacts and effects and critique the
severity of the event from a disaster risk reduction
perspective
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Can you give me some examples?
Why are disaster losses (human fatalities and economic
losses) on the rise despite advances in technological and
scientific knowledge? Discuss with reference to two
examples of your choice.
Explain what the difference between weather and climate
is and to what extent are climate drivers significant for our
understanding of hazards?
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