Yearly: Environmental Change and Management Flashcards
What is BOLTSS?
6 features that always occur on maps
What does BOLTSS stand for?
Border, Orientation, Legend, Title, Scale, Source
Border
An outline enclosing the map
Orientation
The direction north is on the map
Legend
Explains the definition of the meanings
Title
A heading to provide context
Scale
A ratio of the map to real life
Source
Where is the information is from
Functions of the environment
Source, Sink, Service and Spirit
Source function
The natural resources which orginate directly from the biophysical environment
Sink function
The environment’s ability to break down, recycle or safely store human waste.
Objects the environment can sink
Rubbish, gaseous emissions, effluent, industrial waste and fertilzer run-off
Service function
Environmental services and ecosystems that can sustain life without human action
Spirit function
The spiritual, recreational, psychological and aesthetic value of the environment
Define intergenerational equity
The responsible use of natural resources to enable fair access to the same resources by future generations of
humans
Define microplastics
Pieces of plastic less than 5mm
What is the majority of microplastics in the ocean? Where does it come from?
Microfibers released by washing plastic clothing
Views of the environment
Commodity, Productivity, Spiritual, Ecological and Community
Commodity (world)view
Values the land for its commodities
Productivity (world)view
Values the land for its potential to be productive
Spiritual (world)view
Values the land for its spiritual importance
Ecological (world)view
Values the land for its environment
Community (world)view
Values the land for its community
Ecocentrism
Focus on the environment
Biocentrism
Focus on organisms
Anthropocentrism
Focus on humans
Technocentrism
Attempts to fix environmental issues with technology
Enhanced Global Warming
A phenomenon caused by human activities. Burning fossil fuels causes an unnatural rise in temperature as there is a large release of carbon dioxide
Indigenous (world)view on climbing Uluru
The Indigenous people have a spiritual (world)view and want climbing Uluru illegal as Uluru is a sacred site
Indigenous use of fire
Indigenous people traditionally used fire to burn overgrowing weeds and plants
Kangaroo culling
Killing kangaroos with the intent to reduce population numbers
