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NR 435 Exam 3 UNH Questions And
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Our perception of risk is shaped by - Answer✔Our situation (age, gender, racial identity, cultural
identity, lived experience èour background)
Our familiarity with the risk
Our qualitative considerations (i.e. our feelings)
risk perception gap - Answer✔natural extension of our hard-wired ability to quickly size up
threats, an ability that draws on much more than facts alone
Heuristics or Biases - Answer✔developed by Daniel Kahnedman
loss aversion - Answer✔avoiding losses is more important than achieving comparable gains
representative effect - Answer✔how new info fits old patterns
Framing - Answer✔how new info feels based on the context in which it is presented
type 1 thinking - Answer✔fast and easy
types 2 thinking - Answer✔
Countries not included in the Paris aggreement - Answer✔US Iran and Turkey
Is the Paris agreement working? - Answer✔we are on course to warm 3C
What will happen if we go above 2C? - Answer✔sea levels will rise 2 feet
30m people in coastal areas could be flooded each year by 2055
37% of the pop would face a severs heatwave every 5 years
388m people could be exposed to water scarcity and 195m will be exposed to severe drought
maize crop yields could fall 9% by 2100
the global per-capita GDP could fall 13% by 2100
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3 areas of risk perception - Answer✔economic, environment and social
Why do opinions vary when it comes to climate change - Answer✔psychological and cultural
Highly impacted ecosystems - Answer✔conversion of forests and grasslands into cropland
diversion and storage of freshwater behind dams
the loss of mangrove and coral reef areas
Brazil amazon fires - Answer✔72,000 fires last year, 84% increase from 2018
reached record level of deforestation
5,019sq miles have been burned in 2020 (8 times the size of London)
Why is the Amazon burning? - Answer✔president enforced mining, farming and logging
agriculture lobby is powerful in Brazil
logs were not cleared out from last year, making it easy to burn
habitat quality - Answer✔The ability of the environment to provide conditions appropriate for
individual and population persistence
habitat degradation - Answer✔changes to the environment/habitat that degrade its biological
function
habitat loss - Answer✔elimination of localized habitat, population declines, loss of genetic and
ecological diversity
habitat fragmentation - Answer✔landscape is altered, remaining populations might be isolated
habitat decreases
# of patches increases
average patch size decreases
amount of edge increases
patch isolation
edge effect - Answer✔an edge is a transition between two habitats. Whether an edge is good or
bad is variable and depends on many factors
what's different at the edge vs in the interior? (abiotic & biotic edge effects) - Answer✔pollution
(chemical, light, noise), microclimate (temp, wind, soil and air moisture),
the theory of biogeography - Answer✔equilibrium: species ultimate richness
relationship between
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NR 435 Exam 3 UNH Questions And
Answers 100% Guaranteed Pass.
Our perception of risk is shaped by - Answer✔Our situation (age, gender, racial identity, cultural
identity, lived experience èour background)
Our familiarity with the risk
Our qualitative considerations (i.e. our feelings)
risk perception gap - Answer✔natural extension of our hard-wired ability to quickly size up
threats, an ability that draws on much more than facts alone
Heuristics or Biases - Answer✔developed by Daniel Kahnedman
loss aversion - Answer✔avoiding losses is more important than achieving comparable gains
representative effect - Answer✔how new info fits old patterns
Framing - Answer✔how new info feels based on the context in which it is presented
type 1 thinking - Answer✔fast and easy
types 2 thinking - Answer✔
Countries not included in the Paris aggreement - Answer✔US Iran and Turkey
Is the Paris agreement working? - Answer✔we are on course to warm 3C
What will happen if we go above 2C? - Answer✔sea levels will rise 2 feet
30m people in coastal areas could be flooded each year by 2055
37% of the pop would face a severs heatwave every 5 years
388m people could be exposed to water scarcity and 195m will be exposed to severe drought
maize crop yields could fall 9% by 2100
the global per-capita GDP could fall 13% by 2100
1|Page
, ©BRIGHTSTARS 2024/2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
3 areas of risk perception - Answer✔economic, environment and social
Why do opinions vary when it comes to climate change - Answer✔psychological and cultural
Highly impacted ecosystems - Answer✔conversion of forests and grasslands into cropland
diversion and storage of freshwater behind dams
the loss of mangrove and coral reef areas
Brazil amazon fires - Answer✔72,000 fires last year, 84% increase from 2018
reached record level of deforestation
5,019sq miles have been burned in 2020 (8 times the size of London)
Why is the Amazon burning? - Answer✔president enforced mining, farming and logging
agriculture lobby is powerful in Brazil
logs were not cleared out from last year, making it easy to burn
habitat quality - Answer✔The ability of the environment to provide conditions appropriate for
individual and population persistence
habitat degradation - Answer✔changes to the environment/habitat that degrade its biological
function
habitat loss - Answer✔elimination of localized habitat, population declines, loss of genetic and
ecological diversity
habitat fragmentation - Answer✔landscape is altered, remaining populations might be isolated
habitat decreases
# of patches increases
average patch size decreases
amount of edge increases
patch isolation
edge effect - Answer✔an edge is a transition between two habitats. Whether an edge is good or
bad is variable and depends on many factors
what's different at the edge vs in the interior? (abiotic & biotic edge effects) - Answer✔pollution
(chemical, light, noise), microclimate (temp, wind, soil and air moisture),
the theory of biogeography - Answer✔equilibrium: species ultimate richness
relationship between
2|Page
