VCE Environmental Science Revision

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  1. 3. Which sustainability principle focuses on preserving environmental quality so that future generations have equal resource opportunities?
  2. 7. What type of longwave thermal radiation is re-emitted by Earth's surface and absorbed by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere?
  3. 8. Which IUCN Red List category applies to a species when there is no reasonable doubt that its last individual has died?
  4. 10. Which environmental value system views entire ecosystems, including abiotic processes and species interactions, as having intrinsic value as an interconnected whole?
  5. 12. What environmental value system assigns intrinsic moral value to all individual living organisms, regardless of their usefulness to humans?
  6. 14. What type of ecosystem service covers non-material benefits such as eco-tourism, spiritual connection, and recreational hiking?
  7. 16. Timber, freshwater, and wild crops are all examples of which category of ecosystem service?
  8. 18. What term refers to the deliberate human movement and release of wild animals or plants from one geographic location to another to boost local populations or genetic diversity?
  9. 19. Timber, freshwater, and wild crops are all examples of which category of ecosystem service?
  10. 20. The First Law of which scientific branch states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed from one form to another?
  11. 21. What type of ecosystem service is provided when natural coastal wetlands reduce storm surge flooding?
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  1. 1. What term describes a species whose natural geographical distribution is strictly confined to a specific, defined region?
  2. 2. Which sustainability principle asserts that a lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason to postpone measures to prevent environmental degradation?
  3. 4. Which international agreement regulates and restricts the global commercial trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora?
  4. 5. Which IUCN category represents a species facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild?
  5. 6. Which environmental value system prioritizes human needs, economic growth, and resource use above all non-human elements?
  6. 9. Which greenhouse gas emitted from agricultural livestock and landfills has a Global Warming Potential (GWP) approximately 28 times greater than carbon dioxide over 100 years?
  7. 11. What term describes conservation strategies that protect threatened species outside of their natural habitat, such as in seed banks or zoos?
  8. 13. Soil formation, nutrient cycling, and primary production belong to which underlying category of ecosystem service?
  9. 15. Which type of experimental error consistently shifts measurements in one direction due to faulty equipment calibration?
  10. 17. What term describes how close repeated independent experimental measurements under unchanged conditions are to one another?