← Interacting natural processes in a New Zealand environment
Reading the notation
A handful of terms decide the grade here — "interacting" most of all, since the examiners are explicit that it is the command word for the whole standard.📖 Terms used in interacting natural processes
6 termsCover the right column and check you can say what each one means.
- Natural process
- A sequence of actions, natural or cultural, that shapes and changes environments, places and societies — e.g. erosion, volcanism, desertification.
- Interacting
- One process changes the conditions under which another operates, so the outcome could not be produced by either alone. The command word for the whole standard — a list of processes in order is a sequence, not an interaction.
- Spatial variation
- The environment differs from PLACE to place — shown by comparing two named locations and explaining why the processes operate differently there.
- Temporal variation
- The environment differs from TIME to time — over a day, a season, a year, or geological time.
- Label vs annotation
- A label names a feature; an annotation explains which process formed it and how. "Cirque" is a label. "Cirque enlarged by plucking and freeze–thaw at the glacier head" is an annotation — only the annotation earns the mark.
- Case study evidence
- Named places, measured figures, dates, and rates, graded on a ladder from some → detailed → comprehensive and integrated throughout.