Define it
Pot luck
Getting theoretical
The real world
Flora and fauna
100

Biodiversity

The differences in the number of species, or genetic variations within a particular population or ecosystem

100

The cell that influences where different ecosystems form

Hadley Cell

100

Two things that impact on ecosystems are

What are natural stresses and human induced modifications
100

Our two case studies

The Great Sandy Desert and The Wet Tropic Rainforest
100

The ecosystem has higher diversity and interdependence

Wet Tropic Rainforest

200

Inertia

The ability of an ecosystem or organism to resist change e.g. eucalypt trees

200

Invasive grass in the GSD that traditional rangers are trying to remove

Buffel grass

200
The different approaches to managing ecosystem - ACRONYM and approaches

ECUP - Exploitation, Conservation, Utilisation, Protection

200

The indigenous peoples for the GSD and WTR

GSD - Martu Martu

WTR - Kuku Yalanji


200

The large invasive species in the GSD

Camel

300

Food chain

Organisms within an ecosystem linked together through the passing of energy from one to another

300
The amount of rain a desert receives to be classified as a desert

Less than 250mm per year

300
The factors that lead to vulnerability and resilience in ecosystems

What are Biodiversity, Extent, Location & Linkages

300

The unique land formations in the GSD caused by weathering and erosion

Mesa

300

Plays a niche role in the WTR rainforest through seed dispersa

Cassowary

400

Ecological sucession

One species gradually taking over the environment from another as circumstances within the environment change

400
The four spheres that interact to create diverse ecosystems
Atmosphere, Lithosphere, Hydrosphere, Biosphere
400
The reasons to protect ecosystems

HUMIN - Heritage, Utility, Maintainence of genetic diversity, intrinsic value, need to allow natural change

400
The main vegetation found in deserts

Spinafex grass

400

Buries itself in the earth during periods of stress such as drought

Spade footed toad

500

Malleability

The degree to which ecosystems meet their prestress level in recovery to a change

500

Biophysical  processes

Invasion, Succession, Modification, resilience

500
The strategies used to manage ecosystems

LEEDA - Legislation, Education, Exclusion, Design, Action

500
High levels of biodiversity give the WTR increased what?

Resilience

500

The diversity contained in ecosystems

Species and genetic