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OUTDOOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIESWritten examination
Tuesday 17 November 2020 Reading time: 11.45 am to 12.00 noon (15 minutes) Writing time: 12.00 noon to 2.00 pm (2 hours)
QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK
Structure of bookNumber of questions
Number of questions to be answered
Number of marks
13 13 90
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Materials supplied• Questionandanswerbookof20pages• Additionalspaceisavailableattheendofthebookifyouneedextraspacetocompleteananswer.
Instructions• Writeyourstudent numberinthespaceprovidedaboveonthispage.• AllwrittenresponsesmustbeinEnglish.
Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised electronic devices into the examination room.
©VICTORIANCURRICULUMANDASSESSMENTAUTHORITY2020
SUPERVISOR TO ATTACH PROCESSING LABEL HEREVictorian Certificate of Education 2020
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2020OUT&ENVSTUDIESEXAM 2
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Question 1 (3marks)Selectoneofthefollowingcharacteristicsbyticking()theboxbesideit:
biologicalisolation
geologicalstability
climaticvariations
ExplainhowtheselectedcharacteristicinfluencedAustralianoutdoorenvironmentsbeforehumansettlement.
InstructionsAnswerallquestionsinthespacesprovided.
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Question 2 (5marks)IdentifyaspecificIndigenouscommunityandaninteractionthiscommunityusedbeforeEuropeansettlement.
Indigenouscommunity
Interaction
a. Describetheidentifiedinteraction. 2marks
b. ExplainhowtheidentifiedinteractiondemonstratesthespecificIndigenouscommunity’srelationshipwiththeirlocalenvironment. 3marks
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Question 3 (7marks)Selectoneofthefollowingoutdoorenvironmentsbyticking()theboxbesideit:
LakePedder(Tasmania)
LittleDesert(Victoria)
FranklinRiver(Tasmania)
a. Analysehowenvironmentalmovementschangedhumanrelationshipswiththeselectedoutdoorenvironment. 4marks
b. Explainhowincreasedenvironmentalawarenesshadanimpactonthepoliciesofpoliticalpartiespriorto1990. 3marks
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Use the following information to answer Questions 4–7.
Coastal heathland conflict
Alargesectionofcoastalheathlandisbeingdestroyedbypeopleparticipatinginfour-wheeldrive activitiesandfishing.Thecoastalheathlandisatwo-hourdrivefromthenearestcityandprovidesgoodaccesstoland-based,deep-waterfishingandarecreationspaceforfour-wheeldriving.Theseactivitieshaveresultedinindiscriminatecampingandthecreationofnewtracksforeasierbeachaccess.ThiscoastalheathlandisnowathreatenedecosysteminVictoria.Itcontainsthreespeciesofendangeredorchidsandanendangerednativemouse.Asaresult,aconservationgroupwantstorestrictaccesstothisarea.
Question 4 (12marks)a. Outlinethedifferentrelationshipsthattheconservationgroupandtherecreationalgroupsmighthave
withthisspecificenvironment. 4marks
Conservationgroup
Recreationalgroups
b. Outlineonemethodthateachgroupmightusetoinfluencedecisionsthatwillbemadeabouttheuseofthisspecificenvironment.Themethodoutlinedforeachgroupmustbedifferent. 4marks
Conservationgroup’smethod
Recreationalgroups’method
Question 4–continued
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c. Evaluatethelikelyeffectivenessofoneofthemethodsoutlinedinpart b.ininfluencing decision-makers. 4marks
Method
Evaluation
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Question 5 (6marks)Selectoneofthefollowingenvironmentalconflictsbyticking()theboxbesideit:
marinenationalparksandsanctuaries
grazingintheAlpineNationalPark
desalinationplantatWonthaggi
proposedGreatForestNationalPark
extractionofcoalseamgas
other(pleasespecify)
a. Fortheselectedenvironmentalconflict,describeaprocessthatwasorcouldbeusedtoresolvethisconflict. 2marks
b. Evaluatehoweffectivetheprocessdescribedinpart a.couldbeinresolvingthecoastalheathlandconflictreferredtoonpage6. 4marks
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Question 6 (3marks)Outlinethreemanagementstrategiesthatalandmanagercouldusetomaintainthecoastalheathland.
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Question 7 (5marks)a. NameanActoraconventionthatcouldapplytothecoastalheathlandenvironment. 1mark
b. EvaluatethelikelyeffectivenessofthisActorconventioninmaintainingthecoastalheathland. 4marks
Question 8 (2marks)DescribetheroleoftheVictorianEnvironmentalAssessmentCouncil(VEAC).
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Question 9 (6marks)
Image 1 – Safety signs at a beach Image 2 – A family playing at a beach
Source:sahuad/Shutterstock.com Source:TomWang/Shutterstock.com
Explainhoweachoftheimagesabovemayinfluencesocietalrelationshipswithoutdoorenvironments.
Image1
Image2
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Question 10–continued
Question 10 (12marks)Societalrelationshipswithoutdoorenvironmentsarereflectedindifferentformsofprimaryindustryandrecreation.
primary industry – Farming and mining
Source:SandraCunningham Source:Nordroden/Shutterstock.com /Shutterstock.com
Recreation – hiking and downhill mountain biking
Source:FiledIMAGE/Shutterstock.com Source:yanik88/Shutterstock.com
Usetheimagesabovetocomparethevariousinfluencesthatdifferentformsofprimaryindustryandrecreationhaveonsocietalrelationshipswithoutdoorenvironments.
Primaryindustry
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Recreation
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Question 11 (7marks)Nameanoutdoorenvironmentthatyouhavevisitedand/orstudiedthisyear.
Selectoneofthefollowingcurrentthreatsthatisrelevanttothehealthoftheoutdoorenvironmentnamedabovebyticking()theboxbesideit:
landdegradation introducedspecies climatechange urbanisation othersignificantthreat(pleasespecify)
a. Describetheimpactoftheselectedthreatonthecurrenthealthoftheoutdoorenvironmentthatyouhavenamed.Provideaspecificexamplethatisrelevanttotheoutdoorenvironmentthatyouhavenamed. 3marks
b. Outlineoneobservablecharacteristicofahealthyoutdoorenvironmentthatwasevidentintheoutdoorenvironmentthatyouhavenamed. 2marks
c. Describeanactionthatmaybetakenbyindividualstoensurethelong-termhealthoftheoutdoorenvironmentthatyouhavenamed. 2marks
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Question 12 (7marks)Sustainabledevelopmenthasbeendefinedinmanyways.AfrequentlyquoteddefinitionisfromtheUnitedNations’‘OurCommonFuture’report:‘Sustainabledevelopmentisdevelopmentthatmeetstheneedsofthepresentwithoutcompromisingtheabilityoffuturegenerationstomeettheirownneeds.’
Source:UnitedNations,‘ReportoftheWorldCommissiononEnvironmentandDevelopment: OurCommonFuture’,1987
a. Withreferencetoanoutdoorenvironmentthatyouhavevisitedand/orstudiedthisyear,explain therolethatsustainabledevelopmentplaysinprovidingabalancebetweenhumanneedsandtheconservationofoutdoorenvironments. 3marks
b. Analysewhysustainabledevelopmenthasbeenhighlycriticised.Inyourresponse,includereasonswhysomepeoplemayfindtheconceptofsustainabledevelopmentdifficulttoaccept. 4marks
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Question 13–continued
Question 13 (15marks)Nameanoutdoorenvironmentthatyouhavevisitedand/orstudiedthisyear.
Explainhowrelationshipswiththeoutdoorenvironmentthatyouhavenamedhavebeeninfluencedbyeachofthefollowing:• thefirstnon-Indigenoussettlers’experiences• increasingpopulation• industrialisation• nation-building
Useexamplestosupportyourresponse.
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Ananswerbookisavailablefromthesupervisorifyouneedextraspacetocompleteananswer.Pleaseensureyouwriteyourstudent numberinthespaceprovidedonthefrontcoveroftheanswerbook.At the end of the examination, place the answer book inside the front cover of this question and answer book.