Defining Coasts / Factors
What is Mr Hardy's favourite condiment / sauce?
Sriracha
What has caused anthropogenic climate change?
The Greenhouse Gas Effect (increased rate of CO2 released since industrial revolution, trapping excess head in the atmosphere and causing the planet to warm).
What is mitigation?
A response strategy which targets the factors of an issue so that the impacts do not arise in the first place.
What is human wellbeing defined as in geography?
A state in which a person is content with high degrees of health, wealth, happiness, and access to education
Describe a response that aims to improve wellbeing at a local scale.
Define "coasts".
The space where the land meets the ocean.
What is Mr Hardy's favourite subject?
Geography (duh)
What is adaptation?
A response that reduces the severity of the impacts of an issue, without preventing the issue from occurring in the first place.
What are some ways to measure human wellbeing?
By inspecting factors that are qualitative (words) and quantitative (numbers), which can also be categorised as social / political / economic / environmental / technological.
Describe a response that aims to improve wellbeing at a national scale.
Hopefully you just described the who/what/when/where/how/why of the Closing the Gap policy... nice work!
What is the difference between erosion and deposition?
What are the impacts of Climate Change on Australia's coasts?
Sea Level Rise and vanishing coastlines (e.g., Portsea!)
How much money do I have in my pocket?
Sure, I guess
What type of wellbeing indicator is "feelings of safety in public?"
Qualitative
Describe a response that aims to improve wellbeing at a global scale.
Hopefully you just described the who/what/when/where/how/why of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)... nice work!
What is formed when a cave erodes?
Gorge
What are the positive impacts of coastal tourism in Australia?
Increased economic activity in coastal towns, increased awareness of coastal biodiversity in public, creation of policy focussed on coastal protection, etc.
What is an example of hard engineering at Portsea?
Sandbag wall
Should I scroll on reels as a "little treat" in between revision questions?
Nah don't be silly, stop rotting your brain <3
Evaluate the effectiveness of the United Nations to respond to global wellbeing inequality.
No single correct answer: did you justify your opinion? Mine would be: Good in theory... but not in practical/actionable terms.
Explain the process of longshore drift.
Beaches "move" due to the forces of swash and backwash which move in a diagonal zig-zag fashion along the coastline, moving sand along the beach.
Increased rate of erosion due to CO2 emissions from travel, increased rate of ground, water, and air pollution from tourists, etc.
What is an example of soft engineering at Portsea?
Coastal rock wall (in front of the sandbags)
Is Mr Hardy going to miss this class?
Yea obvs :'( Please say hi in the yard next sem, and good luck for the exam!!