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HUms Semi 2 Flashcards

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Environment?

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the significance of the environment in a living thing’s life

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What is urban sprawl?

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Spreading of urban developments into areas on the city boundary

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What are some examples of fossil fuels?

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  • coal
  • oil
  • gas
  • petrol
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What is weather?

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the current state of the atmosphere

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Interconnection?

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how all things in a place are connected and work together

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How do fossil duels impact climate change?

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when they are burned they release large amounts of CO2 which gets trapped

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What is wellbeing?

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a good or satisfactory condition of exsistence

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Why are sea levels rising?

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  • land-based ice is melting
  • seas are getting hotter and expanding
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What is a qualitative indicator?

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subjective measures that cannot be easily measured

feeling

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10
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What is urbanisation?

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the increase in people living in cities

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Why are people moving from developing areas to developed areas?

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  • in search for work
  • join family
  • study
  • better services
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What are non-renewable energy sources?

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  • oil
  • natural gas
  • coal
  • nuclear energy
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What are wellbeing indicators?

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  • health
  • happiness
  • prosperity
  • welfare
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How to reduce an ecological footprint?

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  • reduce our carbon emitions and environemtnal harm
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What are push factors?

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something that makes people want to leave a place

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What did the Kyoto protocol do?

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set targets to reduce greenhouse gases

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17
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Are fossil fuels renewable or non renewable?

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non-renewable

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Why are fossil fuels causing problems to our envionment?

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We are using too much and releasing so much CO2 the earth cannot keep up

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What is emission trading?

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lowering emissions using tradable permits

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What are fossil fuels?

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generic term for non renewable energy sources

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What country has the highest population in the world?

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India

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What is the enhanced greenhouse gas effect?

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increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere adding to global warming

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What is absolute poverty?

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a state of living when income levels are inadequate to enjoy a minimum of standard of living

poverty measured against a standard

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What is the most recent international agreement on climate change?

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The Paris Agreement

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How does human activity affect the enhanced greenhouse gas effect?

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Humans are emitting more greenhouse gases than the world can process thus its nots able to properly escape the earths atmosphere and is stuck warming the earth

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26
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By how much are urbanisation levels increasing?

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slightly

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What are challenges all countries face due to urbanisation?

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  • poor air and water
  • not enough water
  • waste disposal problems
  • high energy consumption
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What is Health Development Index?

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index that measures standard of living and wellbeing by measuring life expectancy, education and income levels

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What are the downsides of urban sprawl?

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harm to environment

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What are pull factors?

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something that attracts people to a place

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What is gross domestic product?

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the value of all goods and services produced by a country in a given period

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What is the biosphere?

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all living things on earth

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What is the impact of the enhanced greenhouse gas affect on the environment?

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  • changes in global rainfall
  • extreme weather events
  • increase in sea level
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What is Gross National Happiness?

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GNH - is an index that aims to measure happiness by combining scores of
-ecological sustainability
- freedom
- sustainable development
- good and fair governance

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What is urban renewal?

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redevelopment of old urban areas including modernisations of household interiors

36
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What is economic downturn?

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a downturn in economic activity

includes unemployment and decreased consumer spending

37
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What are the 5 main different effects of global warming?

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more drought
higher temperatures
sea level rise
heavier rainfall
less snow cover

38
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What are the effects of climate change?

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  • higher temperature
  • more flooding
  • higher rainfall
  • higher sea levels
39
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What can we do to reduce climate change at a national level?

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  • construction of solar power plants
40
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What human factors led to urban decline?

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  • war/conflict
  • economic downturn
41
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What are examples of greenhouse gas?

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carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide

42
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What are greenhouse gases?

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Gases in the earths atmosphere that are able to trap heat

43
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What are positive impacts on wellbeing in regional and remote areas?

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  • high cohesion
  • high participation
  • high volunteering
44
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What causes global warming?

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climate change

45
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Scale?

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geographical phenomena and problems can be explained at different levels such as local, regional, nation or global

46
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How can we reduce urbanisation challenges?

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  • improving public transport
  • reducing waste and recycling
47
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What is urban infilling?

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The division of larger house sites into multiple sites for new homes

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Place?

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the significance of a place and the meaning behind it

49
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How has Australia’s climate changed over time?

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Heavier and more intense rainfall and longer fire season.

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What are negatives of using gross domestic product?

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  • income inequality not shown
  • sustainable growth rate not shown
  • doesn’t include non-market transactions
51
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What causes the greenhouse effect?

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gases being trapped

52
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What is the rural-urban fringe?

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the transition zone where rural and urban areas meet

53
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What is a cities impact on environment?

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  • deforestation
  • habitat loss
  • extraction of freshwater
  • decreasing of biodiversity
54
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What can we do to reduce climate change at a personal level?

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  • save energy
  • walk or bike
  • eat vegetables
  • install solar panels
55
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What is the difference between weather and climate change?

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weather is the current state of the atmosphere and climate change is the change in the earth’s climate over time

56
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What is an urban environment?

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a region in or surrouding a city

the human built structures or spaces

57
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Why do Indigenous people have lower levels of wellbeing?

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  • widespread grief and loss
  • displacement of people
  • loss of land
58
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What are examples of megacities?

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  • Shanghai
  • Tokyo
  • Delhi
59
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What are the impacts of urban growth?

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inadequate housing, poverty and crime

60
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What is global warming?

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observable rise in the earth’s atmospheric temperatures due to the enhanced greenhouse effect

61
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What is the poorest region on earth?

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sub-saharan africa

62
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What is relative poverty?

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income levels are relatively too low to enjoy a reasonable standard of living in that society

poverty in relation to average lifestyle in society

63
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What are negative impacts on wellbeing in regional and remote areas?

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  • higher death/injury rates
  • poor access to services
  • socioeconomic disadvantages
64
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What is climate change?

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any change in climate over time both natural and human

65
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What are the United Nations’ Millennium sustainable development goals?

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  • no poverty
  • no hunger
  • good health/wellbeing
  • quality education
  • gender equality
  • clean water and sanitation
  • affordable and clean energy
  • good work and economic growth
  • industry innovationinfrastructure
  • reduced inequalities
  • sustainable cities
  • reason consumption/production
  • climate action
  • life below water
  • life on land
  • peace and justice
  • partnerships
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What is a megacity?

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a settlement of 10 million or more

67
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What is a quantitate indicator?

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objective indices that are easily measured and can be stated numerically

life expectancy

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What is socioeconomic?

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combination of social and economic factors

69
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What is the difference between relative and absolute poverty?

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absolute poverty is poverty so low you cannot enjoy the minimum standard of living, whereas relative poverty is being poor in comparison to those around you

70
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What are the effects of changes on the rural-urban fringe?

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  • cost of infrastructure
  • loss of fertile farmland
  • loss of greenspace
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What is an ecological footprint?

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a measure of human demand on the earth

land, food, water, transport, housing

72
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What is the hydrosphere?

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all water on earth

73
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What is the difference between regional, remote and urban communities?

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  • regional areas are areas outside of towns and cities
  • remote areas are places considerably secluded from civilisation
  • urban areas include within city and the surrounding areas
74
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Space?

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the physical location and its features

75
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What can we do to reduce climate change at a international level?

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  • punish countries that don’t reduce pollution
76
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What is the Kyoto Protocol?

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internationally agreed to set of rules developed by the UN to reduce climate change by stabilising greenhouse gas emissions

77
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What environmental factors led to urban decline?

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  • tsunami
  • volcano eruption
78
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What are renewable energy sources?

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  • sunlight/solar
  • water
  • wind
79
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Why is India’s life expectancy so high?

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  • ## better education
80
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What changes are happening on the rural-urban fringe?

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  • old farmland is being sold
  • new industrial sites are being built

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