Reading the notation

Printed on page 2 of the paper. Use their language.

📖 The concepts the papers print and expect you to use

8 terms

Environments: May be natural and/or cultural. They have particular characteristics and features, which can be the result of natural and/or cultural processes. Your chosen environment is the frame for everything else
Location: Where something is found. Location can be an advantage or a constraint, and can be described in absolute or relative terms. Say whether it is an advantage or a constraint, and for whom
Processes: A sequence of actions, natural or cultural, that shapes and changes environments, places and societies. Processes can have temporal or spatial variations. Erosion, volcanism, desertification, globalisation
Interaction: Elements of an environment affecting each other and being linked together — movement, flows, connections and interrelationships, one- or two-way. Landscapes are the visible outcome of interactions. The concept the essay is built on
Change: Any alteration to the natural or cultural environment. Change can be spatial and/or temporal, occurs at varying rates, at different times and in different places. "Varying rates" invites comparing a fast change with a slow one
Perspectives: Ways of seeing the world that help explain differences in decisions about, responses to and interactions with environments — bodies of thought or world views that shape values and have built up over time. Not just an opinion: explain WHY the group holds it
Patterns: The arrangement of features or values across space, or their trend over time — clustered, dispersed, linear, concentrated, rising or falling. Describe it, quantify it, then name the anomaly
Sustainability: Whether the way an environment is used can continue without degrading it — examined at Level 2 as social, economic AND environmental sustainability. All three dimensions, not just the environmental one

Practice for this standard covers the whole topic — flashcards and quiz.