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Flashcards of vocabulary terms from the Grade 8 Lecture Notes
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Lifestyle
Refers to the way people live, including their school, transport, and location.
Rural vs. Urban Areas
Differences in lifestyle aspects such as shopping, traffic, schools, hospitals, and job availability.
Self-sufficient communities
Independent societies that look after themselves to survive and aim for self-sufficiency.
Food production through agriculture
Farming of fruits, grains, and vegetables.
Food through livestock
Meat, milk, and eggs obtained through livestock.
Energy generation
Using solar panels, wind, or water to generate power.
Waste management
Recycling, reuse, composting, and manufacturing building bricks.
Provision of needs and wants (community skills)
Undertaking building, woodwork, sewing, childcare, education, and medical services within the community.
Modern Societies
Lifestyle dominated by technology and enhancements.
Work in Modern Societies
Earning money to pay for goods and services provided by businesses.
Technology in Modern Societies
Cloud storage, flat screen TVs, smart devices, streaming services.
Impact of COVID-19 on Modern Societies
Increases in online shopping, remote work, online schooling, and virtual socialization.
Rural Societies
Societies usually isolated from cities.
Short Supply in Rural Societies
Basic comforts lacking; understaffed hospitals, poor communication networks.
COVID-19 impact on Urban vs. Rural
Gap exposed during COVID-19 regarding financial aid and social assistance.
Sustainability
Using natural resources responsibly and considering the future.
Finite (limited) resources
Coal, which will eventually run out.
Renewable resources
Wind or solar power.
Sustainability Actions
Recycling, replanting, actions that decrease our impact on the environment.
Carbon footprint
Measure of our impact on the environment regarding carbon dioxide release.
Environmental Principle 1
Supporting a precautionary approach to environmental challenges.
Environmental Principle 2
Undertaking initiatives to promote greater environmental awareness.
Environmental Principle 3
Encouraging the development and use of environmentally friendly technologies.
Aims of Businesses
Making a profit, supplying products/services, creating employment opportunities.
Stakeholders of a business
Employees, suppliers, customers, government.
Businesses and the Environment
Green decision making due to awareness of climate change.
Consumer Power
Modern consumers boycott companies that don't protect the environment.
3 R's Principle
Reuse, Reduce, Recycle.
Unemployment
People willing and able to work but can't find a job.
Unemployment Rate
Total unemployed people divided by the total labor force, expressed as a percentage.