Environmental systems and societies (ESS) Flashcards
1.1A Perspective, values, and worldview1 deck25 cards
1.1B Environmental value system1 deck24 cards
1.1C Environmental movements1 deck22 cards
1.2A Systems1 deck32 cards
1.2B Negative feedback loops1 deck23 cards
1.2C Positive feedback loops1 deck20 cards
1.2D Models1 deck22 cards
1.2E Emergent properties1 deck10 cards
1.2F Resilience of a system1 deck19 cards
1.3A Sustainability and its pillars1 deck24 cards
1.3B Sustainable development1 deck21 cards
1.3C Unsustainable use of natural resources1 deck21 cards
1.3D Common indicators of economic development1 deck44 cards
1.3E Environmental justice and inequality1 deck22 cards
1.3F Sustainability indicators1 deck25 cards
1.3G Biocapacity1 deck19 cards
1.3H Citizen science1 deck20 cards
1.3I Frameworks and models for sustainability1 deck19 cards
2.1A Organisms1 deck27 cards
2.1B Population1 deck16 cards
2.1C Ecological Niche and Population Interactions1 deck25 cards
2.1D Carrying capacity1 deck21 cards
2.1E Population size and growth1 deck17 cards
2.1F Population abundance estimation1 deck23 cards
2.1G Community1 deck24 cards
2.1H Habitat1 deck17 cards
2.1I Ecosystems1 deck23 cards
2.1J Keystone species1 deck21 cards
2.1K Planetary boundaries model and biosphere integrity1 deck17 cards
2.1L Classification methods (HL)1 deck15 cards
2.1M Niche (HL)1 deck10 cards
2.1N r- and K strategists (HL)1 deck22 cards
2.1O Knowledge of species' classification (HL)1 deck21 cards
2.2A First law of thermodynamics1 deck23 cards
2.2B Photosynthesis and cellular respiration1 deck21 cards
2.2C Second law of thermodynamics1 deck28 cards
2.2D Food Chain and Energy Loss1 deck20 cards
2.2H Pollutants and human activities1 deck10 cards
2.2I Productivity and Ecological efficiency (HL)1 deck16 cards
2.2J Modes of nutrition (HL)1 deck10 cards
2.3A Biogeochemical cycles1 deck24 cards
2.3B Carbon cycle1 deck22 cards
2.3C Carbon in lithosphere (HL)1 deck26 cards
2.3D Methane (HL)1 deck22 cards
2.3E Nitrogen cycle (HL)1 deck35 cards
2.4A Climate1 deck21 cards
2.4B Biomes1 deck23 cards
2.4C The tricellular mode of atmospheric circulation1 deck23 cards
2.4D Climate in biomes (HL)1 deck22 cards
2.4E El Nino (HL)1 deck20 cards
2.4F Tropical cyclones (HL)1 deck22 cards
2.5A Zonation1 deck44 cards
2.5B Succession1 deck13 cards
2.5C Ecosystem resilience 1 deck17 cards
2.5D Community and productivity in succession (HL)1 deck11 cards
2.5E Climax communities and plagioclimax (HL)1 deck21 cards
3.1A Biodiversity1 deck22 cards
3.1B Natural selection and speciation1 deck23 cards
3.1C Species diversity1 deck30 cards
3.1D Genetic Diversity and Reproductive Isolation (HL)1 deck25 cards
3.1E Biodiversity hotspots (HL)1 deck22 cards
3.1F Human activities and selective forces (HL)1 deck26 cards
3.1G Earth history and the Anthropocene (HL)1 deck22 cards
3.2A Human impacts on biodiversity1 deck22 cards
3.2B Invasive species1 deck22 cards
3.2C IUCN1 deck20 cards
3.2D Tragedy of the commons1 deck24 cards
3.2E Key biodiversity hotspots and areas (HL)1 deck23 cards
3.2F Traditional indigenous approaches to land management (HL)1 deck16 cards
3.2G Environmental justice and conservation efforts (HL)1 deck21 cards
3.2H Loss of biosphere integrity (HL)1 deck20 cards
3.3A Arguments for conservation and strategies1 deck20 cards
3.3B Regeneration and rewilding1 deck22 cards
3.3C Choice of conservation1 deck22 cards
3.3D Success in conservation and eco-tourism (HL)1 deck21 cards
3.3E Rewilding projects (HL)1 deck22 cards
4.1A Hydrological cycle1 deck33 cards
4.1B Characteristics of water (HL)1 deck22 cards
4.1C Oceans as a carbon sink (HL)1 deck23 cards
4.1D Stratification (HL)1 deck22 cards
4.1E Thermohaline circulation (HL)1 deck21 cards
4.2A Water security1 deck22 cards
4.2B Water supply1 deck25 cards
4.2C Water scarcity1 deck21 cards
4.2D Water conservation1 deck24 cards
4.2E Freshwater resources and use (HL)1 deck22 cards
4.2F Water footprints and Citizen Science (HL)1 deck21 cards
4.2G Water stress (HL)1 deck4 cards
4.3A Phytoplankton and macrophhytes1 deck73 cards
4.3B Consumption of organisms from freshwater and marine environments1 deck31 cards
4.3C Maximum sustainable yield1 deck16 cards
4.3D Impact on freshwater and marine ecosystems1 deck22 cards
4.3E Productivity, thermal stratification, nutrient mixing, and loading (HL)1 deck16 cards
4.3F Conservation and Management of Global Fisheries (HL) 1 deck20 cards
4.4A Water pollution1 deck22 cards
4.4B Water quality1 deck23 cards
4.4C Eutrophication1 deck23 cards
4.4D Pollutants in water (HL)1 deck20 cards
4.4E Algal blooms and anoxic/hypoxic waters (HL)1 deck25 cards
4.4F Sewage treatment (HL)1 deck8 cards
4.4G Water quality management (HL)1 deck25 cards
5.1A Soil system1 deck21 cards
5.1B Contribution of soil1 deck24 cards
5.1C Soil texture1 deck22 cards
5.1D Soil as a carbon sink 1 deck21 cards
5.1E Soil horizons (HL)1 deck22 cards
5.1F Soil formation (HL)1 deck43 cards
5.1G Soil properties (HL)1 deck6 cards
5.2A Land and land use1 deck27 cards
5.2B Agriculture systems1 deck35 cards
5.2C Synthetic fertilizers 1 deck16 cards
5.2F Agricultural choices and farming approaches (HL)1 deck20 cards
5.2G Sustainability of different diets (HL)1 deck21 cards
5.2H Traditional or indigenous methods (HL)1 deck23 cards
5.2I Uneven distribution of food (HL)1 deck23 cards
6.1A Atmosphere1 deck22 cards
6.1B Tricellular model of atmospheric circulation1 deck23 cards
6.1C Greenhouse effect1 deck26 cards
6.1D Atmosphere system (HL)1 deck31 cards
6.1E Milankovitch cycles (HL)1 deck20 cards
6.1F Quaternary period (HL)1 deck22 cards
6.2A Climate and anthropogenic GHG emissions1 deck17 cards
6.2B Climate change1 deck36 cards
6.2C Climate models (HL)1 deck21 cards
6.2D Tipping cascades (HL)1 deck21 cards
6.2E Varying responsibility for climate change (HL)1 deck12 cards
6.3A Mitigation and adaptation strategies 1 deck30 cards
6.3B Stakeholder responses (HL)1 deck39 cards
6.3C Technology to aid mitigation of climate change (HL)1 deck21 cards
6.3D Challenges to overcome (HL)1 deck22 cards
6.3E Geoengineering (HL)1 deck20 cards
6.3F Climate change perspectives (HL)1 deck20 cards
6.3G Tragedy of the commons in action (HL)1 deck23 cards
6.4A UV radiation1 deck22 cards
6.4B Ozone depletion1 deck22 cards
6.4C The Montreal protocol1 deck22 cards
6.4D Stratospheric ozone depletion and ODSs (HL)1 deck25 cards
7.1A Natural resources1 deck26 cards
7.1B Ecosystem services1 deck21 cards
7.1C Natural capital1 deck124 cards
7.1D Resource scarcity and use of natural resource1 deck23 cards
7.1E Management and intervention of strategies to influence use of natural resources (HL)1 deck22 cards
7.1F Environmental impact assessment (HL)1 deck29 cards
7.1G Unsustainable extracting, harvesting, transporting, and processes1 deck18 cards
7.1H Economic interests (HL)1 deck18 cards
7.1I Natural resource insecurity and security (HL)1 deck17 cards
7.2A Energy sources, global energy consumption and energy choices1 deck65 cards
7.2B Energy storage systems1 deck18 cards
7.2C Energy conservation and energy efficiency1 deck17 cards
7.2D Energy security (HL)1 deck19 cards
7.2E Global economy and fossil fuels (HL)1 deck23 cards
7.2F Nuclear power and battery storage (HL)1 deck16 cards
7.3A Solid domestic waste1 deck14 cards
7.3B Waste disposal and management1 deck10 cards
8.1A Birth and Immigration as Inputs to Population Growth1 deck19 cards
8.1B Human population management1 deck35 cards
8.1C Age-sex pyramids and demographic transition model1 deck21 cards
8.1D Rapid population growth (HL)1 deck23 cards
8.1E Dependency ratio and population momentum (HL)1 deck23 cards
8.1F Environmental migration (HL)1 deck20 cards
8.2A Urban systems1 deck24 cards
8.2B Urbanization and suburbanization1 deck28 cards
8.2C Urban planning1 deck33 cards
8.2D Principles of ecological urban planning (HL)1 deck19 cards
8.2E Sustainable urban systems (HL)1 deck23 cards
8.3A Urban air pollution1 deck261 cards
8.3B Acid rain1 deck15 cards
8.3C Photochemical smog (HL)1 deck17 cards
8.3D Tropospheric ozone (HL)1 deck22 cards