chapter 1

Question 1

EVS

Answer 1

A way of grouping individuals or a group of people by the way they percieve the enviorment

Question 2

Ecocentric

Answer 2

• Minimum disturbance of natural proccess
• value for nature
• self imposed restraint

Question 3

Anthropocentric

Answer 3

• Humans must sustainably manage global systems
• prioritse human needs over enviorment

Question 4

Technocentric

Answer 4

• world view that cehcnology and human ingenunity will solve problems
• tehcnology will be used to overcome enviormental problems
• technological innovation and eocnomic growth

Question 5

Baseline Study Ecological

Answer 5

baseline studies include surveys
to identify patterns in vegetation, special
sites and unique habitats, important
(keystone) species, rare (red-listed)
species.

Question 6

Flow

Answer 6

a movement into or out of a system and
between stores in a system (energy or
matter)

Question 7

Open System

Answer 7

Exchanges both energy and matter across its boundary

Question 8

Stable
equilibrium

Answer 8

the condition of a system in which there is a
tendency
for it to return to the previous equilibrium
following disturbance