environments

Question 1

types of environments

Answer 1

wilderness, managed parks, urban and built environments

Question 2

alpine

Answer 2

• used to describe any high mountain areas.
• areas about certain altitudes,
• usually treeless bc of prolonged low temp
• endangered animal: baw baw frog

Question 3

grasslands

Answer 3

-occur in small areas today
-covered plains are in risk of urban dev, weed invasion, agriculture practices, salinity
-few trees and open grasses with low shrubs
endangered species: striped legless lizard

Question 4

wilderness

Answer 4

a wilderness can be explained as a big, untouched place.

-big, remote untouched place

Question 5

critiques of wilderness

Answer 5

is a self-defeating purpose?
‘for to cherish we must see and fondle, and when all is seen and fondled with what is left to cherish’
-validity is untouched and unseen? how do we know that

Question 6

urban environments

Answer 6

areas of permanent infrastructure designed to support higher population density such as cities and towns eg Melbourne

Question 7

built environments

Answer 7

areas which have been modified by humans and include buildings, parks and transport systems eg Ballam park

Question 8

outdoor environment eg

Answer 8

replications of outdoor environments

• indoor rock climbing
• artificial surfing reef

Question 9

what is flow

Answer 9

flow is a state of being completely involved in an activity for its own sake

Question 10

what are national parks

Answer 10

large protected areas set aside to protect large scale ecological systems.

• have restrictions such as hunting
• Wilsons Prom, Gippsland

Question 11

what is motivation

Answer 11

the driving force to complete something

Question 12

competence/mastery

Answer 12

• first to achieve something
• build strength through participation
• setting a record or achievement
• being competent in an activity

Question 13

stimulus avoidance

Answer 13

avoidance by doing something

• escape from everyday life
• being on our own
• health and wellbeing benefits

Question 14

socialisation

Answer 14

personal and social development

• growth and independence
• the feeling of community through socialising
• being social

Question 15

cognitive reward

Answer 15

mental rewards from outdoor activities

• learning something new
• obtaining adrenaline rush
• experience flow
• proving yourself and to others

Question 16

nature

Answer 16

idk

Question 17

mother nature

Answer 17

a term relating to the biosphere and includes all living things and relating processes

• a throwback to earlier times where females were the life-giving ones
• women nurtured children so ecosystems were seen as the same

Question 18

negative of zoo

Answer 18

• although zoo aims to replicate the outdoor environment, it is not the same as occurs in the wild
• zoo provides a schedule that is not achievable in the wild

Question 19

positive of zoo

Answer 19

these zoos can be classified as an outdoor environment as these sanctuaries have a variety of fauna and species of animals

Question 20

fact about grasslands

Answer 20

• support rare animals

- attractive to European settlers

Question 21

facts about alpine

Answer 21

• the highest mountain in vic is Mt Bogoung- 1986m

- animals have to cope with extreme temps, high winds, flooding and snow cover