The cards Question What is the Anthropocene? Tap to flip Answer A proposed geological epoch marking when human activity has had a significant impact on Earth. Question Do all scientists accept the term 'Anthropocene'? Tap to flip Answer No. The term is debated by scientists. Question What is the hydrosphere? Tap to flip Answer All the water on Earth, e.g. oceans, rivers, lakes, glaciers, groundwater and water vapour. Question What is the geosphere? Tap to flip Answer The solid parts of Earth, including the crust, mantle and core, plus rocks, soil and landforms. Question What is the biosphere? Tap to flip Answer Life on Earth: all living organisms and the ecosystems they form. Question Give one change that has significantly increased the human impact on Earth's systems. Tap to flip Answer Population increase or industrialisation. Question In what unit is CO₂ concentration in the atmosphere measured? Tap to flip Answer Parts per million (ppm). Question What is a geological marker? Tap to flip Answer Something in Earth's layers (such as rock, ice or mud) that shows a big change in the planet's history. Question Give one example of a geological marker of human impact. Tap to flip Answer Plastics or radioactive elements. Question Are microplastics only found in the ocean? Tap to flip Answer No. They are found in the ocean, soil, rock and animals. Question What is deforestation? Tap to flip Answer The complete removal of trees. Question What is an invasive species? Tap to flip Answer An organism brought into a new environment, usually by humans, where it does not naturally belong. Question Are invasive species always introduced by humans on purpose? Tap to flip Answer No. Many arrive accidentally, e.g. in ships' ballast water or on imported goods. Question What does biodiversity loss reduce in an ecosystem? Tap to flip Answer Its resilience and its services. Question What is overconsumption? Tap to flip Answer When people use more resources than Earth can replace. Question What is fast fashion? Tap to flip Answer The mass production and sale of cheap clothing that is not worn often and is quickly replaced. Question Do richer or poorer countries consume more per person? Tap to flip Answer Richer countries. Question Is incinerating waste good for the environment? Tap to flip Answer No. It releases toxic gases and carbon emissions. Question What does biodegradable mean? Tap to flip Answer Able to break down naturally over time through bacteria, fungi or other living organisms. Question What is a microplastic? Tap to flip Answer A tiny piece of plastic, usually smaller than 5 mm. Question Most plastic is made from what? Tap to flip Answer Fossil fuels. Question Does plastic eventually biodegrade? Tap to flip Answer No. It breaks into ever smaller pieces and eventually becomes microplastics. Question What is an ocean garbage patch? Tap to flip Answer A large area of ocean where plastic and other waste collects, trapped by circular ocean currents. Question What is overfishing? Tap to flip Answer Catching so many fish that the breeding population is too depleted to recover. Question What is ocean acidification? Tap to flip Answer When the ocean becomes more acidic by absorbing extra CO₂ from the air. Question Which threat to oceans causes coral bleaching? Tap to flip Answer Climate change warming the oceans. Question What is primary data? Tap to flip Answer Data collected by geographers themselves in the field. Question Does secondary data have to be collected by an expert? Tap to flip Answer No. It can come from others, such as other students. Question What is the difference between qualitative and quantitative data? Tap to flip Answer Qualitative data is made up of words; quantitative data is made up of numbers. Question What is social shading? Tap to flip Answer Using colour conventions in data presentation, e.g. red for negative and green for positive. Question What does Spearman's rank show? Tap to flip Answer The strength of any correlation between two variables. Question What is non-renewable energy? Tap to flip Answer Energy from sources, such as fossil fuels, that cannot be replaced and will eventually run out. Question What is decarbonisation? Tap to flip Answer Reducing the amount of CO₂ released into the atmosphere, e.g. from burning fossil fuels. Question What is geothermal energy? Tap to flip Answer Energy from the heat inside Earth. Question Is renewable energy always expensive to set up? Tap to flip Answer No. Small-scale projects such as micro-hydro plants can be fairly cheap. Question In which year was the Paris Agreement made? Tap to flip Answer 2015. Question What is an NGO? Tap to flip Answer A non-governmental organisation: a group working independently from governments on social or environmental issues. Question Which regions have contributed the most to total CO₂ emissions? Tap to flip Answer North America and Europe, mainly because they industrialised first (in the 1800s). Question What is a climate model? Tap to flip Answer A computer program that uses maths and science to predict how Earth's climate might change. Question Give one reason sea levels are expected to rise. Tap to flip Answer Melting ice or thermal expansion. Question What is food security? Tap to flip Answer When people have regular access to enough safe, nutritious food to live healthy lives. Question Will climate change make every place hotter and drier? Tap to flip Answer No. The planet is getting hotter, but some places will get wetter. Question What is sustainability? Tap to flip Answer Meeting present needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own. Question What are food miles? Tap to flip Answer A measure of the distance between where a food is grown or made and where it is eaten. Question Whose responsibility is building a more sustainable future? Tap to flip Answer All levels of society: individuals, communities and governments. Where this deck sits in the curriculum Curriculum National Curriculum for England Stage Key stage 3 (Years 7–9) Course KS3 Geography Unit Anthropocene: What is the impact of humans on the world? England's National Curriculum sets what is taught; the units and their order are Oak National Academy's. Flash Feed is not affiliated with Oak or any exam board.
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Show the other sources (12) Primary source Alternative energy supplies (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Global governance (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Our future climate (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Sustainability: A new way of living (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Evidence of the Anthropocene (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source The human impact on ecosystems (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source The impact of consumption (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Plastic pollution (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Threats to oceans (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Fieldwork: Planning an air pollution enquiry and collecting data (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Fieldwork: Presenting air pollution data (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Fieldwork: Analysing, concluding and evaluating air pollution data (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Found a mistake? Write to support@flashfeed.app .
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