Yr 10 Environmental Change

What word best fits this definition?

“meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”

• Sustainability

• Ecosystem Services

• Conservation

• Altruism

​ What is not one of the four categories of ecosystem services?​

• Regulating

• Cultural

• Supporting

• Provisioning

• Establishing

​ Which is not a type of function of an environment?

• Source

• Sink

• Spiritual

• Service

• Sustain

Match these timeframes to quantities of human populations

• 15 years ago

• 7.9 billion people

• Prediction for 2050

• Humans first thought to exist.

• 60 years ago

• Over 9 billion people

• 200 000 years ago

• Population doubles to 6 million

• Current population

• Human population at 3 billion

What does anthropogenic mean?

• moral philosophy focused on protecting species from extinction

• environmental change caused or influenced by people, either directly or indirectly

• aspects of human society, culture and behaviours

• changes to the environment having a natural influence or cause

What are the three pillars of sustainability?

• Economic

• Social

• Environmental

• Critical

• Educational

Categorise these potential causes of biodiversity loss

Groups:

(a) Cause

,

(b) Not a cause

• Photosynthesis

• Spread of invasive species

• Habitat change / deforestation

• Conservation efforts

• Pollution of land, water and air

• The food chain

• Over exploitation of resources

• Human induced climate change

True or False: Human-centred worldviews see an almost unlimited potential for economic growth.

• True

• False

True or False: Earth-centred worldviews believe that humans are the most important species.

• True

• False

Differentiate between natural and human factors causing climate change.

Groups:

(a) Natural

,

(b) Human

• Deforestation

• Natural disasters

• Ocean currents

• Transportation

• Solar activity

• Industrialisation

• Changing earth axis

• Pollution

• Volcanic acitivity

• Agriculture

• Producing greenhouse gases