Environmental Change And Management

Question 0

What is the definition of the word ‘manage’?

Answer 0

Manage means to use something responsibly and without using it to an extent where it no longer exists.

Question 1

What is the definition of the word ‘worldviews’?

Answer 1

Worldview means a different view on a situation from different parts of the world. In other words its a conception of how the world may appear to others eyes.

Question 2

What are greenhouse gases?

Answer 2

A gas that contributes to the enhanced greenhouse effect. It does so by absorbing infrared radiation.

Question 3

What is the definition of the word ‘atmosphere’?

Answer 3

The atmosphere is the “envelope” of gases that surround earth or another planet.

Question 4

What is global warming?

Answer 4

Global warming is the increase of the earth’s atmosphere due to the enhanced greenhouse effect.

Question 5

What are fossil fuels?

Answer 5

Fossil fuels is a type of natural fuel like coal or gas.

Question 6

What is the definition of the word ‘climate’?

Answer 6

Climate is referred to the condition if the weather in a certain area or place

Question 7

What does rapidly mean?

Answer 7

Rapidly means very quickly. For example you can say the interest rate in decreasing rapidly.

Question 8

What is the water level?

Answer 8

The water level is the height of which the water reaches in a certain place like a reservoir or the ocean water levels.

Question 9

What are the main spheres of the Earth?

Answer 9

The biosphere (life), hydrosphere (water), atmosphere (air), lithosphere (land).

Question 10

What is the main risk to the Earth’s environment?

Answer 10

The main risk is the crisis where we have a rapidly growing human population. An increase in population means an increase in housing. This would mean demolishing bushland, etc.

Question 11

Biodiversity definition

Answer 11

Biodiversity is the variety of life

Question 11

Plants definition

Answer 11

A living organism. Any member of the kingdom plantae.

Question 12

Animals definitiom

Answer 12

A living organism. Any member of the kingdom Animalia.

Question 13

Ecosystems definition

Answer 13

A system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their environment.

Question 14

Native species definition

Answer 14

A species that occurs naturally within a region, either evolving there or arriving and becoming established without human assistance

Question 15

Introduced species definition

Answer 15

A plant or animal that is not native to an ecosystem.

Question 16

Invasive species definition

Answer 16

An invasive species is defined as an organism (plant, animal, fungus, or bacterium) that is not native and has negative effects on our economy, our environment, or our health. Not all introduced species are invasive.

Question 17

Define endangered specie

Answer 17

Endangered species are types of animals or plants, etc, who are under threat and going extinct. Theres only a few left of these type of species which is why they are classified as endangerred

Question 18

Define Giant Pandas

Answer 18

The Giant Panda is an endangered species found in south central China. There are only 1600 left of them in the wild. It’s well known for eating all day and when they aren’t eating they are sleeping.

Question 19

Define the term ‘causes’

Answer 19

Cause means to make something happen. For example: What is the cause of the Giant Panda’s endangerment? Cause is what leads to something.

Question 20

What is population density?

Answer 20

the number of people within a given area, usually per square kilometre

Question 21

What is Population Distribution?

Answer 21

The spread of people across the globe.

Question 22

What is life expectancy?

Answer 22

the number of years a person can expect to live, usually when they are born, based on the average living conditions within a country.

Question 23

What does fertility rate mean?

Answer 23

the average number of children born per woman

Question 24

What is natural increase?

Answer 24

the difference between the birth rate (births per thousand) and the death rate (deaths per thousand). This does not include changes due to migration.

Question 25

What is replacement rate?

Answer 25

the number of children each woman would need to have in order to ensure a stable population level — that is, to ‘replace’ its parents. This fertility rate is 2.1 children.

Question 26

What does rural mean?

Answer 26

Rural means relating to or having characteristics of countryside rather than a town.

Question 27

What does Urban mean?

Answer 27

Urban means relating to or having characteristics of a town or city.

Question 28

What does remote mean?

Answer 28

Remote means situated far from the mains centres if the population, distant, such as a valley which is far from civilisation.