Module 13: Sustainable Development Flashcards
17 Goals to Transform our World
- No Poverty
- Zero Hunger
- Good Health and Well-being
- Quality Education
- Gender Equality
- Clean Water and Sanitation
- Affordable and Clean Energy
- Decent Work and Economic Growth
- Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
- Reduced Inequalities
- Sustainable Cities and Communities
- Responsible Consumption and Production
13.Climate Action - Life Below Water
- Life on Land
- Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions
- Partnership for the Goals
TYPES OF ENVIRONMENTAL
ECOSYSTEMS:
- FOREST ECOSYSTEMS
- GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEMS
- DESERT ECOSYSTEMS
- TUNDRA ECOSYSTEMS
- FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS
- MARINE ECOSYSTEMS
It is a large community of
living organisms (plants, animals and microbes) in a particular area
ECOSYSTEM
It is the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
BIODIVERSITY
It is the introduction of
contaminants into the natural environment that
cause adverse change
POLLUTION
It is the branch of biology which studies the interactions among
organisms and their
environment.
ECOLOGY
It is the warming that happens when certain gases in Earth’s atmosphere trap heat. These gases let in light
but keep heat from
escaping, like the glass walls of a greenhouse.
GREENHOUSE
EFFECT
It is a fuel formed by natural processes, such
as anaerobic decomposition of buried dead organisms,
containing energy
originating in ancient photosynthesis.
FOSSIL FUEL
It is a change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns
when that change lasts for an
extended period of time. Climate
change may refer to a change in
average weather conditions, or
in the time variation of weather
within the context of longer-term
average conditions.
CLIMATE
CHANGE
It is the observed century-scale rise in the average temperature of the Earth’s climate system and its related effects.
GLOBAL WARMING
IMPACTS OF GLOBAL WARMING:
- HOTTER DAYS
- RISING SEA LEVELS
- MORE FREQUENT AND INTENSE
EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS - OCEANS ARE WARMING AND
ACIDIFYING
RESPONSES TO GLOBAL
WARMING
- CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
- CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
- CLIMATE ENGINEERING
It consists of actions to limit the magnitude or rate of long-term
climate change.
CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
It is a response to global warming that seeks to reduce the
vulnerability of social and biological systems to relatively sudden
change and thus offset the effects of global warming.
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
It is the deliberate and large-scale intervention in the Earth’s climate system, usually with the aim of mitigating the adverse
effects of global warming.
CLIMATE ENGINEERING
