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Which EVS argues that technology provides solutions to environmental problems even when humans are pushing natural systems beyond their stable limits? 

Technocentrism

100

Identify two transformations in the carbon cycle.

Respiration, photosynthesis, combustion of fossil fuels

100

What is the term for the evolutionary process sometimes referred to as 'survival of the fittest'? 

Natural selection

100

Name three greenhouse gases. 

carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, water vapour, fluorinated gases

100

Place these solid domestic waste management strategies in order from most sustainable to least sustainable. 

Incineration, recycling, reuse, landfill

Landfill, incineration, recycling, reuse.

200

In which city was the 2015 climate agreement signed by nearly all 197 countries? 

Paris

200

What is the term for the maximum number of species that can be sustainably supported by a given environment? 

Carrying capacity

200

What is this the calculation for? 

Simpsons Diversity Index

200

Of these countries, which produced most energy from nuclear and which produces most energy from fossil fuels?  Denmark, France, Japan, Philippines, Malawi

France - 72% nuclear

Japan - 87% fossil fuels

200

Describe a countries population structure that is in stage 4 of the DTM. 

Contracting base due to alow fertility rate (possibly below replacement level) and a stacked peak due to a high life expectancy. Most older economically active. 

300

Who is the Swedish climate activist who initiated the global school strikes?

Greta Thunberg

300

What is the name of the cell that controls weather over the tropics? 

Hadley cell

300

Identify three natural causes of past mass extinctions. 

Volcanic eruption, meteor strike, global climate change, sea-level change
300

When considering mitigation approaches, what does CCS stand for?

Carbon capture and storage

300

Name the 5 values of nature. 

intrinsic, scientific, sociocultural, economic, ecological 

400

What are the names of the most extreme ecocentric and technocentric views? 

Deep ecologist and cornucopian

400

What type of population growth curve is expected for r-selected species?

J population curve

400

Identify three factors that make species more prone to extinction. 

small pop size, limited distribution, high degree of specialisation, low reproductive potential, non-competitive behaviour, high trophic level, long migration routes

400

Which greenhouse gas has the greatest warming potential? 

Fluorinated gases

400

Distinguish between sustainability and sustainable development. 

Sustainability looks at the rate of use of global resources, whereas SD looks at the ability to meet the needs of people now and in the future. 

500

Which NGO's 'Save the Whale' campaign in 1977 led to the worldwide ban of commercial whaling in 1986?

Green Peace

500

What is the term given to producers that convert sunlight energy into chemical energy? 

Photoautotrophs

500

What is the purpose of CITES? 

international agreement to monitor and confiscate endangered species that are internationally traded. 

500

Describe one negative feedback that affects the climate. 

Cloud cover and atmospheric albedo

Changing vegetation and uptake of CO2

500

Distinguish between natural resource and natural capital. 

Resource implies that it is there to be used by humans, capital refers to the stock of resources that are managed to provide ecosystem goods and services.

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