Yearly: Environmental Change and Management

Question 1

What is BOLTSS?

Answer 1

6 features that always occur on maps

Question 2

What does BOLTSS stand for?

Answer 2

Border, Orientation, Legend, Title, Scale, Source

Question 3

Border

Answer 3

An outline enclosing the map

Question 4

Orientation

Answer 4

The direction north is on the map

Question 5

Legend

Answer 5

Explains the definition of the meanings

Question 6

Title

Answer 6

A heading to provide context

Question 7

Scale

Answer 7

A ratio of the map to real life

Question 8

Source

Answer 8

Where is the information is from

Question 9

Functions of the environment

Answer 9

Source, Sink, Service and Spirit

Question 10

Source function

Answer 10

The natural resources which orginate directly from the biophysical environment

Question 11

Sink function

Answer 11

The environment’s ability to break down, recycle or safely store human waste.

Question 12

Objects the environment can sink

Answer 12

Rubbish, gaseous emissions, effluent, industrial waste and fertilzer run-off

Question 13

Service function

Answer 13

Environmental services and ecosystems that can sustain life without human action

Question 14

Spirit function

Answer 14

The spiritual, recreational, psychological and aesthetic value of the environment

Question 15

Define intergenerational equity

Answer 15

The responsible use of natural resources to enable fair access to the same resources by future generations of
humans

Question 16

Define microplastics

Answer 16

Pieces of plastic less than 5mm

Question 17

What is the majority of microplastics in the ocean? Where does it come from?

Answer 17

Microfibers released by washing plastic clothing

Question 18

Views of the environment

Answer 18

Commodity, Productivity, Spiritual, Ecological and Community

Question 19

Commodity (world)view

Answer 19

Values the land for its commodities

Question 20

Productivity (world)view

Answer 20

Values the land for its potential to be productive

Question 21

Spiritual (world)view

Answer 21

Values the land for its spiritual importance

Question 22

Ecological (world)view

Answer 22

Values the land for its environment

Question 23

Community (world)view

Answer 23

Values the land for its community

Question 24

Ecocentrism

Answer 24

Focus on the environment

Question 25

Biocentrism

Answer 25

Focus on organisms

Question 26

Anthropocentrism

Answer 26

Focus on humans

Question 27

Technocentrism

Answer 27

Attempts to fix environmental issues with technology

Question 28

Enhanced Global Warming

Answer 28

A phenomenon caused by human activities. Burning fossil fuels causes an unnatural rise in temperature as there is a large release of carbon dioxide

Question 29

Indigenous (world)view on climbing Uluru

Answer 29

The Indigenous people have a spiritual (world)view and want climbing Uluru illegal as Uluru is a sacred site

Question 30

Indigenous use of fire

Answer 30

Indigenous people traditionally used fire to burn overgrowing weeds and plants

Question 31

Kangaroo culling

Answer 31

Killing kangaroos with the intent to reduce population numbers