Intro to Geo
The concept defined below:
'the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and how each is affected by the distribution of populations, resources, political and economic activities.'
What is 'geography'
This term means 'declining productivity and quality of land-based environments'
What is 'land degradation'
The long term shifts in temperature and weather patters in a place due to anthropogenic and natural causes.
What is 'climate change'
This type of water degradation related to pesticides, heavy metals, oil and industrial waste being dumped into water sources.
What is 'chemical pollution'
A persons view of the relationship between humans and nature.
What is 'environmental worldviews'
The cutting down of rainforests and trees for farming and industrial land, that released trapped CO2 into the atmosphere.
What is 'deforestation'
The two causes of climate change:
'A___________ & N___________'
What is 'anthropogenic' and 'natural'
This type of land degradation is common in Australia and Africa due to the removal of plants and farming.
What is 'overfarming' and 'deforestation'
This worldview is defined as:
'Humans are viewed as separate from nature, and any environmental problems can be solved by technology.'
What is 'human centered'
This term explains the negative effects on the quality of the atmosphere due to human activity
What is 'atmoshperic degradation'
The natural warming of the Earth due to sun's energy reflecting off the Earth's surface and being trapped by the atmosphere
What is 'greenhouse effect'
This type of water degradation relates to bacteria and parasites from sewage treatment plants, factories, and farms.
What is 'biological pollution'
This worldview is defined as
'Humans are a part of and dependent on nature, therefore they must work with nature to help provide for their wants and needs.'
What is 'earth-centered'
This term explains the contamination of water bodies and its impact on ecosystems and microorganisms.
What is 'water degradation'
Three causes of climate change
What are 'deforestation, burning of fossil fuels, industrualisation, pollution, increased population and agriculture'
This type of water degradation relates to particles of soil, litter, cigarette butts, and plastic in water ways.
What is 'physical pollution'
This worldview is defined as
'Humans have a responsibility to protect the environment and prevent extinction due to all living things having a value and connection to humans both spiritually and culturally.'
What is 'life-centered'
This layer in our atmosphere has been damaged by refridgerator and aerosol chemicals in the 1970s and 1980s.
What is 'the ozone layer'
The rapid increase in temperatures due to more of the suns energy being trapped due to human activity increasing levels of carbon emissions in the atmosphere.
What is 'enhanced greenhouse effect'
This type of land degradation is caused by wind, water and rain eroding the soil, changing its shape and composition.
What is 'soil erosion'