What is geography
What is our Geography unit called?
Environmental change and management
Climate change, population growth and economic growth
What are some examples of coastal degradation?
Overfishing, pollution, habitat destruction, Sea levels rising, sea temperatures rising, desalination plants
How can we decrease air pollution?
Reduce driving or flying, avoid using gas powered items or burning unnecessarily
Any others?
Human Geography is
How people use and change the land
What impacts do humans have on biodiversity?
Habitat change, pollution, overexploitation of resources, climate change and invasive species
How can tourists cause coastal degradation?
Scuba diving near reefs, pollution and lack of knowledge
How can we ensure overfishing doesn't happen?
You tell me
What is biodiversity
A term to describe the variety of life on Earth
What is the biggest cause of water pollution today
People
Burning Gasoline cause
Air pollution
Managed retreat, sea wall, Groyne or rock armour
Define sustainability
Humans learning to co-exist on this Earth without destroying it
What is the difference between hard and soft engineering?
Hard engineering is expensive and large but works instantly while soft engineering is natural, cheap and smaller but it takes time to implement and work
Using household chemicals causes
Water pollution
What management technique is used to ensure boats safely enter the harbour
Breakwater
Where is Mr Bennett from?
Tully
How can an increase in population cause environmental problems
1. industry and traffic can pollute the air and water
2. People using chemicals can hurt the environment
3. There will be a loss of wild habitat
Building cities and suburbs causes
Loss of habitat
Why would we use beach nourishment to create large beaches?
To decrease erosion levels, minimise flooding and create a desirable landscape feature