ESS101 CONCEPTS 6 & 7 UPDATED ACTUAL
PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
EXPLANATIONS 2026
◉ Biocentric.
Answer: -all life has an inherent value, not just for humans
-we shouldn't cause extinction of other species
-praise small communities
◉ Deep ecologists.
Answer: -nature has more value than humanity
-humans have no right to interfere with nature
-wants a decrease in human population/ humans to consume less
◉ Carbon Footprint.
Answer: is the total set of greenhouse gas emissions caused directly
and indirectly by an individual, organization, event or product (UK
Carbon Trust 2008)
◉ Systems Approach.
Answer: a way of visualizing a complex set of interactions in ecology,
society or another system.
, ◉ System.
Answer: is defined as an assemblage of parts and the relationships
between them that enables them to work together to form a
functioning whole.
◉ Biomes.
Answer: are groups of ecosystem with similar climates.
◉ Biosphere.
Answer: is the part of the Earth inhabited by organisms, and it
extends from the upper atmosphere to the depths of the Earth's
crust.
◉ Open System.
Answer: -exchanges both matter and energy within its surrounding
across the boundaries of the system
E.g.
-plants fix energy from light
-nitrogen is fixed by bacteria
-forest fires expose topsoils
-energy exchanged, matter exchanged
PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
EXPLANATIONS 2026
◉ Biocentric.
Answer: -all life has an inherent value, not just for humans
-we shouldn't cause extinction of other species
-praise small communities
◉ Deep ecologists.
Answer: -nature has more value than humanity
-humans have no right to interfere with nature
-wants a decrease in human population/ humans to consume less
◉ Carbon Footprint.
Answer: is the total set of greenhouse gas emissions caused directly
and indirectly by an individual, organization, event or product (UK
Carbon Trust 2008)
◉ Systems Approach.
Answer: a way of visualizing a complex set of interactions in ecology,
society or another system.
, ◉ System.
Answer: is defined as an assemblage of parts and the relationships
between them that enables them to work together to form a
functioning whole.
◉ Biomes.
Answer: are groups of ecosystem with similar climates.
◉ Biosphere.
Answer: is the part of the Earth inhabited by organisms, and it
extends from the upper atmosphere to the depths of the Earth's
crust.
◉ Open System.
Answer: -exchanges both matter and energy within its surrounding
across the boundaries of the system
E.g.
-plants fix energy from light
-nitrogen is fixed by bacteria
-forest fires expose topsoils
-energy exchanged, matter exchanged
