Managing Resources

Question 1

Resource

Answer 1

Something that is needed and valued - the three key resources are food, water and energy

Question 2

Resource Management

Answer 2

To control and monitor our resources so they do not become exhausted and run out

Question 3

Natural/Primary resource

Answer 3

Recourses that come from the Earth (eg. water, air, fish)

Question 4

Basic resources

Answer 4

Resources that we would die without (eg. water, air, food)

Question 5

Manufacturing resources

Answer 5

Resources that are made by people, often from natural/primary resources (eg. table, clothes, steel)

Question 6

Non-renewable/finite resources

Answer 6

Resources that we cannot make more of once they run out (eg. North Sea gas, iron ore, coal)

Question 7

Renewable/infinite resources

Answer 7

Resources that we can recycle or grow more of (eg. wind, solar)

Question 8

Lithosphere

Answer 8

Solid earth (eg. rocks, volcanoes, mountains, river beds)

Question 9

Biosphere

Answer 9

All living things (eg. plants, animals, biomes, humans)

Question 10

Hydrosphere

Answer 10

All water (eg. oceans, seas, riviera, glaciers, ice, snow, rain)

Question 11

Atmosphere

Answer 11

All gases in the air (eg. troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere)

Question 12

Coal

Answer 12

A rock that formed from the remain of plants, not renewable

Question 13

Oil

Answer 13

A dark liquid formed by dead organic matter on the sea bed not renewable

Question 14

Natural gas

Answer 14

A gas formed by dead organic matter on the sea bed not renewable

Question 15

Nuclear

Answer 15

Uranium atoms that split and create heat and energy, not renewable

Question 16

Hydro

Answer 16

A large amount of trapped water that is allowed to flow, renewable

Question 17

Wind

Answer 17

Energy from the movement of the air, renewable

Question 18

Solar

Answer 18

Energy from the light given off by the nearest star (the sun), renewable

Question 19

Biomass

Answer 19

Energy from living things and organic matter, renewable

Question 20

Geo-thermal

Answer 20

Heat generated from deep within the Earth, renewable

Question 21

Tidal

Answer 21

Energy from the flow of the water caused by the Moon, renewable

Question 22

Wave

Answer 22

Energy from the movement of the water caused by the wind, renewable

Question 23

Advantages of fossil fuels

Answer 23

1. Energy intensive
2. Efficient, cheap and can generate for a long time

Question 24

Disadvantages of fossil fuels

Answer 24

1. High carbon emissions
2. Fossil fuel reserves are running out due to the pace of consumption

Question 25

Advantages of wind energy

Answer 25

1. Renewable and infinite 2. Cheap operational costs 3. More and more common

Question 26

Disadvantages of wind energy

Answer 26

1. Expensive building costs 2. Inconsistent as we cannot control the wind 3. Visually not appealing (?)

Question 27

Advantage of nuclear energy

Answer 27

1. No carbon emissions

Question 28

Disadvantages of nuclear energy

Answer 28

1. Radioactive leaks and nuclear waste could be generates 2. Expensive to build