Terms and Definitions
Flora or Fauna that comes from Nature itself. Native trees or animals that naturally occur in that biome
What is Natural
big remote untouched, or relatively untouched, by humans.
What is wilderness
The driving force behind why we desire to do something, and why a person acts or behaves
in a particular way.
What is motivation?
Geology, Climate, Position and Aspect
What are the factors affecting Biomes
What are examples of Recreational activites?
The variety of flora and fauna within a biome.
What is Biodiversity?
Flora or Fauna that comes from Nature itself. Native trees or animals that naturally occur in that biome
What is Natural
Receiving praise
Engaging in an activity may be for money.
Physical rewards, such as in competitions, when we are challenged and/or gain the respect of others.
What are examples of Extrinsic Motivation?
Located in flat landscapes at low altitudes from 0 to 200 metres above sea level, with a rainfall from 700 to 1200 millimetres per year.
What is the Elevation and climate of coastal biomes?
It could manifest as a sense of peace, where a person can put their life into perspective, or a deeper connection that cannot be achieved through participation in a recreational activity – you may visit an environment just to ‘be’
How could/do non-Indigenous people develop a spiritual connection?
Big, remote, untouched by humans. Otway National Park.
What is Wilderness, and what is an example of Wilderness?
Obtaining knowledge and understanding through actively engaging in an environment.
What is Experiential knowledge?
appreciation, awe, contemplation, inspiration, exhilaration, connection, curiosity.
What are examples of positive responses to an outdoor experience?
Land dominated by trees that have a height of at least 2 metres and a tree canopy cover of at least 20%.
Found mostly between 100 and 1500 metres above sea level.
Eucalypts, casuarinas and cypress pines, and they have grassy, heathy sedge and herb-rich understoreys
What are the features of a Forest Biome
A location or place where investigation, analysis and other activities occur in the pursuit of knowledge
What is a study site?
The chances are it will be the good feeling you get when you do this thing: the adrenaline rush from scoring a goal, or from reaching the top of a difficult rock climb. If it’s not a feeling, it might be a more general sense of personal satisfaction that you’ve done something worthwhile.
What are examples of Intrinsic Motivations?
the responsibility of taking care of or protecting something
What is Custodianship
• being the first to achieve something (e.g. climbing Mount Everest)
• building strength through participating in the experience
• being confident in participating in an activity
• setting a record or other achievement (e.g. ‘bagging’ a peak).
What is Competence/Mastery?
Rocky reefs, mangrove towering kelp forests, seagrass meadows and a wide variety of fish, sponges and other animals from tiny organisms to large sea mammals
What is the biodiversity flora and fauna of the Marine Biome?
The term contains complex ideas about law, place, custom, language, spiritual belief, cultural practice, material sustenance, family and identity.
What is the Indigenous definition of custodianship?
The way in which two or more things affect each other is because they are related in some way
What are interrelationships?
4 million hectares of public land, including 3000 land and marine parks and reserves, making up 18% of Victoria’s landmass, 75% of Victoria’s wetlands and 70% of Victoria’s coastline.
What is Parks Victoria responsible for managing?
When someone is doing something with such concentration that nothing else matters, time seems to move incredibly quickly
What is Flow State?
Acting as conduits for water to move through, allowing nutrients to be transported, and facilitating species migration.
How does Inland waterways interact with other Biomes?
Seen as something from the environment that supplies, supports or aids humans in some way, and is often a source of income.
What are the ways non-Indigenous and Indigenous people experience and understand the Environment as a resource?