Component

Component: Ecosystems at Risk

Question 1

Written Paper Section I Question 1 - 2011 HSC

An example of ecologically sustainable development

Question 3

Written Paper Section I Question 3 - 2001 HSC

Definition of the geographical term sustainability

Question 9

Written Paper Section I Question 9 - 2002 HSC

Ecosystems at risk concepts relevant to each of two sources

Question 18

Written Paper Section II Question 18 - 2002 HSC

(a) From the sources, identify an ecosystem that could be placed at risk as a result of drilling for oil at a location specified by an area reference. (b) Outline two likely impacts that the drilling could have on this ecosystem.

Question 18

Written Paper Section II Question 18 - 2001 HSC

(a) Use the sources to identify two human activities that may place the Avon–Heathcote Estuary at risk. (b) Identify a management strategy currently used in this estuary and evaluate its likely success in terms of the ecological sustainability of this ecosystem. (c) State two important questions that a geographer could ask to determine the validity and reliability of the information in the ‘Selected Bird Numbers’ source.

Question 21

Written Paper Section II Question 21 - 2011 HSC

(a) Recommend one primary and one secondary geographical method in managing an ecosystem at risk. (b) Describe one natural and one human-induced change on an ecosystem at risk. (c) How could the park in the stimulus be managed.