2.1.3- Scientific understandings of outdoor environments
Scientific investigations into the natural world have produced some of the most important discoveries humans have ever made. This sections looks at how we can examine outdoor environments from a scientific perspective. This includes the interrelationships between components, the effects of natural changes and fire upon the environment.
In order to do this we will consider scientific understandings in three different parts: Part 1- The structure of natural systems and interactions between biotic and abiotic components. Part 2- Effects of natural changes to environments on people and places, including: day/night, seasons, tides, flood, drought, migration, succession and climate change. Part 3- The effect of fire (both wild and controlled) on the environment
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