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Section I
Question 1 - 2011 HSC
An example of ecologically sustainable development
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Section I
Question 3 - 2001 HSC
Definition of the geographical term sustainability
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Section I
Question 9 - 2002 HSC
Ecosystems at risk concepts relevant to each of two sources
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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.
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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.
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Section III
Question 19 - 2001 HSC
Analyse the human impacts affecting the nature and rate of change of two ecosystems at risk.
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Section III
Question 20 - 2002 HSC
With reference to at least one ecosystem you have studied, explain the biophysical interactions that lead to diverse ecosystems and their functioning.
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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.
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Section III
Question 24 - 2011 HSC
Discuss the factors that place ecosystems at risk, referring to an ecosystem studied and the ecosystem in the stimulus booklet.