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How Humans Influence Biodiversity
What is direct exploitation,
Why is exploiting a habitat not a...,
List the main things humans explo...
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Impact Of Unsustainable Exploitation
What is precipitation,
Examples of precipitation,
What is evaporation
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Human Activities Change Processes In The Hydrological Cycle
What of all water falls as precip...,
Is water a renewable resource,
What happens if humans release wa...
23
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Increasing Sustainability By Treating Contaminated Water
Why might water need to be treated,
What is the first step of water t...,
What is the second step in water ...
20
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Increasing Sustainability By Economical Use And The Exploitation Of New Sources
How does a water meter work,
How can more efficient appliances...,
What is rainwater catchment
15
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Minerals Extracted From The Lithosphere
What is the litosphere,
What can be found in the litosphere,
What does non renewable
43
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Factors Affecting Mine Viability
What is the purity of an ore,
What makes a ore high grade,
What are the problems with a low ...
19
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Control Of The Environmental Impacts Of Mineral Extraction
What of earths surface has been m...,
Why can mines cause conflict,
What ia turbid water
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The Conditions For Life On Earth
How long ago did earth form,
Why was mass important for for life,
What are the essential elements f...
32
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The Importance Of Conserving Biodiversity
What resources do we get from nature,
What can wood be used for,
What can fibres be used for
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Strategies To Secure Future Mineral Supplies
Why do new technologies need tk b...,
What is remote sensing,
How can remote sensing be done
33
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The atmosphere
What is the atmosphere,
How many main gases is the atmosp...,
What are the 3 main gases in orde...
23
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global climate change
What is climate change,
What is human caused climate chan...,
Is the greenhouse effect needed
71
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How human activities affect soil fertility
What is soil,
What is a fertile soil,
What factors can affect soil fert...
50
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Causes Of Soil Degradation And Erosion
What are the types of soil erosion,
What natural features reduce erosion,
What can be used to estimate soil...
24
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Human Activites That Cause Soil Erosion And Degradation
Why is vegetation removal causing...,
What is the benefits of ploughing,
What is the problem with ploughing
38
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The Difficulties Monitoring And Predicting Climate Change
Why is predicting climate change ...,
What is short term change in climate,
What is an example of s short ter...
31
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Feedback Mechanisms And Tipping Points
What is a feedback mechanism,
What are the two forms of feedbac...,
What is a positive feedback loop
48
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Threats To Biodiversity
What is direct exploitation,
How are species directly exploite...,
What are some examples of species...
66
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Setting conservation priorities
What is the iucn,
What is the role of the iucn,
What is the iucn red list
44
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Legislation And protocols
What is the problem with laws to ...,
When did the wildlife and country...,
What area does the wildlife and c...
27
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Captive breeding and release programs
What is ex situ conservation,
What is in situ conservation,
What is five questions need to be...
54
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Habitat conservation
Why is in situ conservation the m...,
What are the several general appr...,
How can land ownership be used to...
111
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the importance of energy supplies in the development of society
Historically what was humans prin...,
How was life limited by sunlight,
What biofuel allowed for fire
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the impact of the features of energy resources on their use
How were technologies previously ...,
How do new technologies need to b...,
What is an example of a new techn...
22
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Selected habitat: Temperate broadleaf Woodland
Where are most temperate broadlea...,
What are most of the trees in bro...,
What does the dominant tree speci...
47
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Selected habitat: tropical rainforest
What percentage of earths land is...,
What have the conditions do you w...,
What has a stable climate allowed...
79
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Selected Habitat: Tropical Coral Reefs
What group do corals belong to,
How many species are in the group...,
What are cilia
48
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Selected Habitats: Deep Water Coral Reefs
What type of water is deep water ...,
Do deep water coral polyps have s...,
Why is not the best that deep wat...
15
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Selected Habitats: Oceanic Islands
What is an oceanic island,
How were most oceanic islands formed,
What species are most likely colo...
28
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Selected Habitats: Mangroves
What is a mangrove forest,
Where are mangroves usually found,
What trees are dominant in tropic...
16
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Selected Habitat: Antarctica
What is antarctica,
How large is antarctica,
What is the ice cover and extent
61
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Research Methods: Specialist Techniques Used In Ecological Research
What is different about these spe...,
How is imagery being used as a re...,
What are image databases
43
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The Carbon Cycle
What are all the different stores...,
Where is carbon found in plants a...,
How many billion tonnes of carbon...
60
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The Nitrogen Cycle
What is the nitrogen cycle an exc...,
Why is nitrogen essential,
What carries out many of the proc...
39
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The Phosphurus Cycle
What are the important biological...,
Why might phosphorus be a limitin...,
How are absorption by roots aa pa...
11
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The Sustainability Of Current Energy Resource Exploitation- Finite Resources
What is sustainability,
What would make energy sustainable,
How do you find naturally occurri...
56
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The Sustainability Of Current Energy Resources Exploitation
Where does nuclear energy come from,
Is nuclear energy dense,
What are the two types of nuclear...
41
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Renewables And Their Sustainability
What lead to a reduction in the u...,
Why did fossil fuels replace rene...,
What has started a resurgence of ...
85
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Properties Of Renewables And The Issues Of Intermittency
What is intermittency,
What are some examples of intermi...,
How are fluctuations in energy us...
46
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Life Processes In The Biosphere- Adaption To The Environment
What must an organism adapt to if...,
How do species become better adapted,
What does natural selection lead to
13
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Life Processes In The Biosphere- Ecological Succession
What is essential in all species ...,
How long can the period of surviv...,
What is the most important thing ...
80
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Species Diversity And Ecological Stability
Where is species diversity often low,
What creates a cycle of populatio...,
What areas will have a higher bio...
47
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Ecological Terminology
What is taxonomy,
What is a taxonomic group called,
What is the problem with taxonomy
31
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New Energy Consrvation Technologies
What are the three areas where en...,
How does car shape affect efficiency,
What does a more effective vehicl...
67
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The Principles Of Agriculture
What does agriculture involve,
What are the key principles of ag...
2
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The Selection Of Species For Agriculture
How many factors affect what crop...,
What factors affect the choice an...
2
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Abiotic Factors And Their Control
How does control of abiotic facto...,
What is the importance of suitabl...,
What is an example of it being wa...
117
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Biotic Factors And Their Control
What are pests,
What ways do pests affect crops l...,
What are some examples of reducin...
81
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Introduction to research methods
What is accuracy,
What is precision,
What is an example of precision
12
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Research methods- scientific methodologies
What are the general principles o...,
What must be considered when desi...,
Why is careful planning needed fo...
31
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Manipulation of species
What is elective breeding,
What are some examples of traits ...,
How will some farmer reduce the e...
46
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Research metods- popualtion studies
Why are ecological surveys essential,
What are some popualtion features...,
What are standard ecological tech...
53
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Research methods- quantitive and numerical measures
What is local abundance,
How is relative abundance calculated,
What can be sued to study an area...
24
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Agricultural energetics
How is the intensity of agricultu...,
What two ways can as much be prod...,
What is extensive farming
46
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Research methods: Abiotic factors
What abiotic factors can be measu...,
What must be done to make sure el...,
What should be done if a meter ca...
24
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Research methods soil analysis
What must you do so soil be be an...,
What can be used to get a represe...,
What is the issue with collecting...
49
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Research methods: statistical analysis
How can the degree of variability...,
What is it possible to do with no...,
What do most scientific investiga...
23
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Research Methods: Specific Practical Investigations
Why can measuring water turbidity...,
What ways can be used to measure ...,
What do most electronic turbidity...
35
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Which stats test should you use?
What stat test do you use for eff...,
Why do you use chi sqaured for ef...,
What investigations will use the ...
10
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Environmental Impacts Of Agriculture
What sort of areas have to be cle...,
Will the land use change to farml...,
What are some ways farmland can c...
38
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social factors that affect agriculture
What personal choices may affect ...,
What types of ethical issues migh...,
What is an example of cultural fa...
12
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Availability of technology (agriculture)
Where are you most likely to find...,
What are some examples of technol...,
What are some examples of machine...
9
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Economic and Political influences on agriculture
What can influence the food and m...,
What is an example of where food ...,
What happened to food production ...
56
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Pollution introduction
What is pollution,
What causes pollution,
What is a pollutant
12
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3.4.1 Pollution: properties of pollutants
What states of matter can polluta...,
What does state of matter affect,
What is usually the case with the...
74
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3.4.2 How environmental features affect the severity of pollution
What is the most recognisable sou...,
How do industrial chimneys disper...,
After the initial stage what is t...
16
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3.4.3 strategies to control pollutants
What is the main cause of delhi s...,
Why do the farmers burn stubble,
How many people are typically aff...
26
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Strategies to increase agricultural sustainability
What is increasingly important wi...,
How are population sizes usually ...,
What happens if population rises ...
36
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Environmental factors affecting the rate of degradation
Will two identical amounts of pol...,
What is an example of a pollutant...,
What does increased temperature u...
28
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Marine productivity
What of earth is covered by oceans,
Why aren t all of the oceans prod...,
What are the 3 layers of light pe...
13
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Fishing
What is demersal fishing,
What are the 2 types of demersal ...,
What is demersal trawling
64
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Environmental impacts of fishing
What will lead to population decl...,
What type of species are more vul...,
Why are k selected species more v...
46
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Principles of pollution control
What is cpa,
What is cpa,
What does cpa allow scientists to do
46
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Atmospheric Pollutants
What is the particulate size of smog,
What is smog,
What can cause fog to build up
73
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Population dynamics and monitoring fish populations
Are fish a renewable resource,
How have all species breeding rat...,
What will the breeding surplus no...
48
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Water pollution
What are the most common final si...,
What is pollutant concentration i...,
What is thermal pollution
98
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Principles of aquaculture
What is aquaculture,
What is the aim of aquaculture,
What is the differnce between int...
41
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Comparison Of Extensive And Intensive Aquaculture Systems
What type of aquaculture is typic...,
What is done with breeding in som...,
What is oyster spat
41
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Extent To Which Aquaculture Can Replace Fishing
What has happened to global fish ...,
What has happened to aquaculture ...,
What is a more productive way of ...
32
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Forest resources- the importance of forests
How much of earths land is covere...,
What type of community are forest...,
What resources can you get from f...
53
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Pollution: solid waste
What is solid waste,
What are some examples of solid w...,
What are some examples of domesti...
85
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Forest exploitation and management
What did traditional woodland man...,
What can oak be used for,
What can beech be used for
24
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Deforestation
How much of the worlds original f...,
What are the 2 main causes of def...,
What are the causes of forest loss
39
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Ionising radiation
What are some examples of ionisin...,
What is ionising radiation,
What 3 types of radiation are there
62
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Principles Of Sustainable Lifestyles
What is the most widely accepted ...,
What were past human impacts on t...,
What does current population grow...
92
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Noise Pollution
What is noise,
How is sound produced,
What is the effect of noise on ob...
50
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Biocapacity And Ecological Footprints
How many organisations make up th...,
What sort of organisations are pa...,
What does the global footprint ne...
21
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Cases Studies Of Sustainble Development
Hi,
How large is the ol pejeta game r...,
What was the ol pejeta game reser...
25
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Selected community sustainability projects
What are some examples of small r...,
Where is eigg,
What as setup in 1996 in eigg
52
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