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Aidens Mind Map - Coggle Diagram
Aidens Mind Map
Enviromental change
Soil degradation: loss of fertility in the land. It can be caused by over-farming, too much fertiliser, getting compacted by machines or animals, salinity
Soil erosion: when soil is worn away by nature such as wind or water. Clearing the land makes the soil vulnerable to wind erosion, sheet erosion, or gully erosion
Ecosystem decline: Ecosystems in an area can be lost for a variety of reasons. It might be loss of plants, invasive species, decline in water quality, etc. Desertification can result
An ecological footprint is a measure of how fast we consume resources and the land needed to deal with the waste created
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Using a device, investigate how much of an ecological footprint you have.
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An ecological footprint is a measure of how fast we consume resources and the land needed to deal with the waste created
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Approximately 50 percent of the Sun’s energy is absorbed, and the other 50 percent reflected back.
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With this effect, the Earth’s average temperature is 14 degrees Celsius. It would be -19 without it.
7 main consepts
Place refers to a part of the Earth’s surface given meaning by people. It refers to both natural and built/human environments.
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Environment means the living and non-living things in an area as a whole. For example, how humans change the environment, or how natural hazards impact us
Environment means the living and non-living things in an area as a whole. For example, how humans change the environment, or how natural hazards impact us.
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Change refers to the processes, both human and natural, that take place on a local and global level.
Scale refers to the spatial level at which we look at something – whether at the local level, regional level, national, international or global.
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lattatude and longatude
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Australia is in the southern and eastern hemispheres. Therefore, any place in Australia must have a latitude that is south and a longitude that is east.
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