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These Times, They Are A Changing
Potpourri
Nature & Science Fun Facts
The Enigma of LA
100
Utility, Contrast, Scale, Balance, & Proportion describe the concepts of this time period
6th - 15th Century
100
The majority of rising temperatures, supercharged natural disasters, and droughts that just won't quit have been linked to scientifically linked to what?
Human activity
100
How many unexcused classes are allowed according to the syllabus?
2
100
Turning sunlight and CO2 to sugar, energy, and oxygen is what?
Photosynthesis
100
When was the ASLA founded?
1899
200
The term for the unique spiritual force inherent to a place is called what?
Genius Loci
200
Name the big five climat echange severe events.
Heatwaves, Rainfall & Flooding, Wildfires, Tropical Storms/Hurricanes, Droughts
200
What can the Quaking Aspen do in winter that other trees cannot?
The bark can photosynthesize
200
What is it called when nature provides a model for managing resources efficiently, teaching landscape architects to better distribute, balance and utilize elements light, shade, and water
Natural Efficiency
200
What is the IFLA?
International Federation of Landscape Architects.
300
This image shows a 17th Century Frech Classical Garden. What garden is this?
Versailles
300
Name a vapor, a solid, and a liquid fossil derived combutables
Natural Gas, Coal, Petroleum
300
What do landscape architects design that balance recreation, ecology, community gathering, and resilience.
Parks and Recreation Spaces
300
________ is a system governed by inherent laws, while _________ is the disciplined human endeavor to observe, understand, and explain that natural world.
Nature; Science
300
What is the landscape architecture licensure test called?
LARE or Landscape Architect Registration Examination
400
Walled Sanctuaries, Moon Gates, Riocks and Water all feature in this countries garden style for the 6th-15th Centuries.
China
400
What are the top 4 reasons for climate change currently?
Fossil Fuel Burning
Deforestation
Food Production Chain
Consumerism
400
Making climate change visible to the public through designs exposing the science behind and benefits of sustainable practices and design decisions which increase awareness and foster local action is an act of what?
Advocacy and Education
400
What happens with sequestered CO2 with deforestation?
It is released
400
What is the term for places where human history and natural environments intersect reflect how people have shaped, and been shaped by, the land over time.
Cultural Landscapes
500
What Renaiaance ideal was the Italian Style garden in the 17th century based on?
Baroque
500
What are the three primary focus parts that landscape architects are focusing on now and looking toward the future?
Carbon Nuetrality
Visable Climate Change
Adaptive Planting Palettes
500
What is meant by Carbon Nuetrality?
Sequestering as much carbon dioxide as is produced naturally or by man.
500
What are the five classes biotics found on Earth?
Achare, Protists, Bacteria, Fungi, Plants, and Animals
500
Name four green infrastructure methods landscape archites use to deal with water and stormwater.
rain gardens, swales, permeable paving, and wetlands