Urbanisation, Population Density, Buildings, Infrastructure, Rural-Urban Migration, Suburbanisation, Urban Land Use

Foundation

Topic 1 All

Perspectives

Systems

Sustainability

Values, Surveys, Worldviews, EVS, Environmental Movement

System Diagrams, Open & Closed Systems, Gaia, Feedback Loops, Equilibrium, Tipping Point, Model, Emergent, Resilience

Development, Justice, Inequalities, Indicators, Footprint, Biocapacity,  SDGs, Planetary Boundaries, Doughnut, Circular

Ecology

Topic 2 All

Species to Ecosystems

Energy & Biomass

Biogeochemical Cycles

Climate & Biomes

Zonation & Succession

Classification, (A)biotic, Carrying Capacity, Limiting Factors, Population Growth, Sampling, Lincoln, Habitat, Keystone

Photosynthesis, Respiration, Thermodynamics, Food Chain & Web, Trophic Level, Productivity, Pyramids, Non-Biodegradeable

Stores, Sinks, Sources, Carbon Cycle, Carbon Sequestration, Fossil Fuels, Ocean Acidification

Weather, Tricellular Model of Atmospheric Circulation, Ocean Currents, Global Warming, Biome Shift

Transects, Environmental Gradient, Sere, Climax Community, Primary & Secondary Succession

Biodiversity & Conservation

Topic 3 All

Biodiversity & Evolution

Human Impact on Biodiversity

Conservation & Regeneration

Natural Selection, Speciation, Richness & Evenness, Simpson's Reciprocal Index, Habitat, Species and Genetic Diversity

Direct & Indirect Threats, Invasive Species, IUCN Red List, Tragedy of the Commons

Species- & Habitat-based, ex & in situ, CITES, CBD, Flagship & Keystone Species, Edge Effect, Corridor, Rewilding

Water

Topic 4 All

Water Systems

Water Access & Use

Aquatic Food Systems

Water Pollution

Water Security, Scarcity and Conservation, Dams, Rainwater, Desalination, Wetlands 

Hydrological Cycle, Glaciers, Groundwater, Evapotranspiration, Precipitation, Run-off, Infiltration, Steady State

Phytoplankton, Macrophytes, Trawling, Ghost Fishing, Maximum Sustainable Yield, Collapse, MPAs, Aquaculture

Sewage, Run-off, Oil Spills, Plastic, Water Quality Index, Biochemical Oxygen Demand, Eutrophication

Land

Topic 5 All

Soil

Agriculture & Food

Soil Profile, Horizon, Texture, Weathering, Erosion, Leaching, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sand, Silt, Clay, Humus

Farming, Crops, Livestock, Food Waste, Distribution and Security, Green Revolution, Fertilisers, Soil Conservation, Diet

Atmosphere & Climate Change

Topic 6 All

The Atmosphere

Climate Change - Causes & Impacts

Climate Change - Mitigation & Adaptation

Stratospheric Ozone

Tricellular Model, Greenhouse Effect, GHGs, Solar Radiation

Carbon Dioxide, Enhanced Greenhouse Effect, Global Warming, Biome Shift, Resilience, Albedo, Methane, Planetary Boundary

Global Action, Decarbonisation, National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPA)

UV Radiation, Mutation, Cancer, Sunburn, Cataracts, ODSs, CFCs, Ozone Holes, Montreal Protocol, Planetary Boundary

Natural Resources

Topic 7 All

Energy Sources

Solid Waste

Natural Capital & Income, Goods, Services, Ecosystem Services, Renewable, Value, Dynamic, Resource Security

Renewable, Fossil Fuels, Nuclear, Intermittency, Storage, Consumption, Choices, Conservation, Efficiency

SDW, E-Waste, Food, Biohazardous, Pollution, Prevent, Restore, Landfill, Incineration, Recycle, Export, Energy, Compost

Human Populations & Urban Systems

Human Populations

Urban Air Pollution

Topic 8 All

Urban Systems & Urban Planning

Births, Deaths, Migration, TFR, DT, NIR, Life Expectancy, Growth, Age-Sex Pyramids, Demographic Transition Model (DTM)

Primary Pollutants, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon Monoxide, Particulate Matter, Fossil Fuels, Acid Rain

Tools & Inquiry

All Tools & Inquiry

Experimental Techniques

Mathematical Tools

Dichotomous Keys, Quadrats, Transects, Lincoln, Abiotic Factors, Surveys, Sampling, Diversity, Populations, Biomass

Calculations, Interpretation of Data, Statistics, Simpson's, Lincoln, NIR, Doubling Time

Systems & Models

Designing Investigations, Processing Data, Concluding and Evaluating

Investigations

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