ESS101 CONCEPTS 6 & 7 UPDATED ACTUAL
CORE EARTH SCIENCE CONCEPTS REVIEW
2026
◉ Environmental movement.
Answer: -influential individuals: media publications
-independent pressure groups: awareness campaigns
-corporate businesses: using resources such as coal
-governments: policy decisions
-intergovernmental bodies: influencing governments
◉ Environmental worldview.
Answer: -view of the world is formed from experiences
-background, culture, education and society
◉ Ecocentric.
Answer: a nature-centred value system that views people as being
under nature's control rather than in control of it.
◉ Anthropocentric.
, Answer: a human-centred value system that places human as the
central species and assesses the environment from an exclusively
human perspective.
◉ Technocentric.
Answer: a technologically-based value system that believes the brain
power of humans will enable us to control the environment.
◉ Cornucopians.
Answer: -extreme technocentrists
-think the world has infinite resources
-technology can solve any environmental issue
◉ Environmental managers.
Answer: -Earth is a garden that needs tending
-stewardship, ethical duty to look after the earth
-the government need to make legislations to protect the world
◉ Biocentric.
Answer: -all life has an inherent value, not just for humans
-we shouldn't cause extinction of other species
-praise small communities
CORE EARTH SCIENCE CONCEPTS REVIEW
2026
◉ Environmental movement.
Answer: -influential individuals: media publications
-independent pressure groups: awareness campaigns
-corporate businesses: using resources such as coal
-governments: policy decisions
-intergovernmental bodies: influencing governments
◉ Environmental worldview.
Answer: -view of the world is formed from experiences
-background, culture, education and society
◉ Ecocentric.
Answer: a nature-centred value system that views people as being
under nature's control rather than in control of it.
◉ Anthropocentric.
, Answer: a human-centred value system that places human as the
central species and assesses the environment from an exclusively
human perspective.
◉ Technocentric.
Answer: a technologically-based value system that believes the brain
power of humans will enable us to control the environment.
◉ Cornucopians.
Answer: -extreme technocentrists
-think the world has infinite resources
-technology can solve any environmental issue
◉ Environmental managers.
Answer: -Earth is a garden that needs tending
-stewardship, ethical duty to look after the earth
-the government need to make legislations to protect the world
◉ Biocentric.
Answer: -all life has an inherent value, not just for humans
-we shouldn't cause extinction of other species
-praise small communities
