astronomy

Jodi Rowley

Jodi Rowley is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Jodi Rowley rather than just read about it. In short: Jodi J. L.

Key takeaways

Jodi Rowley belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Jodi Rowley to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Jodi Rowley from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Jodi J. L. Rowley is an Australian herpetologist and conservationist.

Life and research Rowley received her bachelor's degree in environmental science at University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, and her PhD from James Cook University. Her doctoral thesis was on the topic of amphibian decline caused by chytridiomycosis. After finishing her PhD, in 2006 she moved to Cambodia to work for Conservation International as a wildlife biologist. She returned to Australia in 2008, and began working at the Australian Museum. In 2016, she was appointed curator of Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Biology at the Australian Museum. Her current work concerns a mixture of taxonomy and conservation biology. One of her on-going projects is to search for the Peppered tree frog. She has run numerous research expeditions in Australia and South-East Asia. Rowley is a member of the New-South Wales Threatened Species Scientific Committee, the IUCN Amphibian Red List Authority, and the Steering Committee of AmphibiaWeb. She is also chair of the Mainland Southeast Asia, IUCN Species Survival Commission Amphibian Specialist Group. Rowley was one of the co-founders of the FrogID app and is its chief scientist. The app uses citizen science to gather data on the distribution and activity of Australian frogs, to inform both research and conservation. Rowley is an editor for Amphibia for Zootaxa.

Matronyms Rowley has had three species named in her honour, one Vietnamese snake, Cylindrophis jodiae, named in 2015; and two Vietnamese frogs, Leptorachella rowleyae named in 2018, and Zhangixalus jodiae named in 2020.

References

External links Official website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Jodi Rowley

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Jodi Rowley claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Jodi Rowley before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Jodi Rowley ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Jodi Rowley

In research: Jodi Rowley appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Jodi Rowley in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Jodi Rowley is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 21st-century Australian women scientists, Australian conservationists, Australian herpetologists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Jodi Rowley outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Jodi Rowley in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Jodi Rowley means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Jodi Rowley out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Jodi Rowley in simple terms?

Jodi J. L.

Why does Jodi Rowley matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Jodi Rowley?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Jodi Rowley.