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Flashcards by katie.prowd, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by katie.prowd
almost 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Social Example ? | -understaning of the ways humans have impacted the natural environment -Clearing trees to build schools or houses. |
| How do you value the natural environment? | with recreation and adventure, because the activities i do, i enjoy them, they amuse me and bring me pleasure. i also love the risks and excitement that is come from adventure. |
| how do humans value nature? | resource, recreation, adventure, spiritual connection and study site |
| Positive aspects of technology | -more safer -climate control e.g.;air cons and heaters -often allows someone to be recused. |
| negative aspects of technology | -to much relying -don't get the full experience |
| how has technology changed over time? | Technology has changed over time in various good and bad ways. EG a GPS, in about the 1960’s was a small cheap team that was not very popular, and now the GPS is very popular and can be very expensive. |
| How do you understand a particular environment | I personally understand an environment through experience. I experience the environment and know it through that. Eg,walking at Wilsons Prom or Swimming with the seals. |
| Historical | understanding of landforms, climate & weather events, landscape alternations, local plant and animal species. Insight into what has changed and why and also what may happen in the future. |
| ecological | scientific understanding of interrelationships between abiotic (non-living) and biotic (living) factors- Like a koala living in the forest with trees |
| economic | understanding of how natural environments contribute to economies e.g. through natural resources, tourism and farming and for us to see how greatly we rely on the environment. eg- Fisheries |
| experience | to properly understand an environment you must immerse yourself within in it, where as just reading or looking at pictures of the place is not an experience. Going for a hike in the bush at Wilsons Prom or Swimming with seals in the Port Phillip Bay |
| What are the factors the affect our way of accessing the outdoors | SES, age, gender, physical ability and cultural background. |
| SES | We may not be able to afford equipment. Example: surfing, the wetsuit and the surfboard may be to much. Traveling to the surf spot. If you are staying overnight. |
| Age | Whether young or old you will have barriers in participating in a certain activity. |
| gender | Some activities can be seen as either male or female activity, or it is a both gender activity. |
| physical ability | For example, a person may only have one leg, so if there were participating in hiking or surfing it would make it a lot more difficult to move around. Or equipment can be modified to make it easier. |
| cultural background | Clothing, some religions have to always wearing clothes or covering a certain amount of skin, this can make it harder to participate in an activity like surfing. |
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