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What does EVS stand for?
Environmental Value System
What is biodiversity?
Variety of life in an area including species, habitat, and genetic diversity
What is one function of soil?
Supports plant growth, stores water, filters pollutants, cycles nutrients
What is ecological footprint?
A measure of land/water area needed to support a person's lifestyle
What is Mr Bacons favorite animal?
Orca
Name one example of a renewable natural capital.
Natural resources that are self-replenishing, like sunlight or wind
What is the IUCN Red List used for?
Tracks endangered species and their conservation status
What is soil erosion?
Removal of topsoil by wind or water
Define carrying capacity
Max population an environment can support sustainably
What is Mr Bacons favourite colour?
Green
What is the difference between open and closed systems?
An open system exchanges matter and energy with surroundings; a closed system exchanges only energy
Name two factors that lead to loss of biodiversity?
Habitat destruction, invasive species, pollution, overexploitation, climate change
Compare intensive and subsistence farming
Intensive: High yield, machinery, chemicals
Subsistence: small-scale, for local use
What are the main types of pollution from solid domestic waste?
What is Mr Bacons favourite food?
Nachos
Explain the first law of thermodynamics using an environmental example.
Energy cannot be created or destroyed e.g. sunlight energy converted to glucose in photosynthesis
What is a species-area curve and what does it show?
A graph showing how species richness increases with area size
Explain how food choice affects ecological footprints
Meat-heavy diets increase footprints due to more land, water, and energy need
How can waste management be made more sustainable?
Reduce, reuse, recycle, and energy recovery all help reduce environmental impact
Who is Mr Bacons favourite person in this class?
Himself
Compare and contrast two EVS perspectives.
Ecocentric vs technocentric: one values nature intrinsically, the other for human benefit through technological advancements
Compare In-Situ and Ex-Situ conservation strategies.
In-Situ: protects creatures in natural habitats (national parks)
Ex-Situ: conservation in zoos, sea banks
Describe how Tragedy of the Commons applies to soil degradation
Share resources (like soil) get overused as individuals act in self-interest, degrading the resource
Evaluate how population growth affects resource availability globally
As population grows there is more demand for water, food, energy - resorurce depletion and environmental stress
What is Mr Bacons 4 favourite ESS topics?
1, 3, 5, and 8