1What is a model?
A simplified representation of reality
2What is a system?
Any set of interacting or interdependent compononents organised to create a functional whole, and produces emergent properties
3What is a storage in a system?
Areas where energy or matter are accumulated inside a system
4What happens to a storage when inflows are greater than outflows?
The level of the storage increases
5What does an open system exchange with its surroundings?
Both materials and energy
6What is the difference between a transfer and a transformation?
Transfers move energy or matter from one place to another without changing it, transformations move energy and matter and do change their state or form
7How do negative and positive feedback differ?
Negative feedback dampens effects and promotes return to stability in human body temperatures and predator-prey relationships meanwhile positive feedback amplifies changes and drive the system towards a tipping point
8What is resilience in an ecosystem?
An ecosystem’s tendency to avoid tipping points and maintain stability