Resource management

Question 1

What is a resource?

Answer 1

A stock or supply of something that has a value or purpose.

Question 2

What are the three most important resources?

Answer 2

Food, energy and water

Question 3

What is LIC, HIC and NEE?

Answer 3

1. LIC: Low income country
2. HIC: High income country
3. NEE: Newly emerging economy

Question 4

What are the characteristics with the current food resource?

Answer 4

1. Obesity is an increasing problem.
2. AUBG has the highest calorie intake
3. Each person need 2000 - 2500 calories per day to be healthy.
4. 2 billion suffer from malnutrition.

Question 5

What is the characteristics with the current energy resources?

Answer 5

1. Energy consumption is increasing as the world becomes more developed.
2. Today energy is traded world wide.
3. Energy is required for economic development.
4. Energy powers factories, machinery and provides fuels for transport.

Question 6

What are the characteristics of the current water resource?

Answer 6

1. Used in agriculture
2. Source of power
3. More people = more water needed
4. by 2025 countries have water shortage.

Question 7

Why does the UK import so much food?

Answer 7

1. Change of diets due to health or environment concerns
2. UK climate can be unsuitable for some food.
3. UK cant grow certain foods.
4. Its cheaper
5. There is an increased demand for seasonal foods all year round.

Question 8

What are the advantages of importing food for the UK

Answer 8

Cheaper, more choices, able to enjoy seasonal food and feed more people.

Question 9

What are the disadvantages of importing food for the UK?

Answer 9

Adds to climate change, freshness of food decreases, not healthy due to the added preservatives.

Question 10

What are the advantages for exporting food for LIC’s?

Answer 10

Constant source of income, increase amount of jobs

Question 11

What are the disadvantages for exporting food for the LIC’s?

Answer 11

People often get exploited, and less people go to LIC.

Question 12

What can we do to reduce food miles in terms of local sourcing food?

Answer 12

1. Supermarkets and small business are increasingly selling and promoting locally produced foods.
2. Farm shops and farmer market sells directly from the farm to the public to support rural economy.
3. Some farms provide opportunity to pick your own fruits and vegetables. This can reduce the farmers cost of harvesting, processing, packaging and transportation.

Question 13

What can we do to reduce food miles in terms of agriculture?

Answer 13

1. Use highly modern food technology, scientific research and chemicals to maximize prodcution.

Question 14

What are the uses of water at home?

Answer 14

1. Cleaning
2. Heating
3. Cooking + drinking
4. Shower

Question 15

Why is the demand for water in the UK growing?

Answer 15

1. Population increasing
2. More houses being built
3. Greater use of domestic appliances
4. Increased use for leisure.

Question 16

What is water surplus, water deficit, and water stress?

Answer 16

1. Water surplus: supply exceeds demands
2. Water deficit: Demand exceeds supply
3. Water stress: Is where demand exceeds supply in high areas of population putting stress on supply chains.

Question 17

What are the advantages of major water schemes in the UK?

Answer 17

1. Food controls can be put into place to alleviate periods of increasing rainfalls.
2. Jobs will be created as part of the construction of dams, aqueducts and pipelines.
3. Reservoirs offer new habitats for plants and animals.
4. Opens up opportunities to educate people about the environment.

Question 18

What are the disadvantages of the water scheme in the UK?

Answer 18

1. Dams and aqueducts are expensive to build.
2. Buildings can have a negative environmental impact
3. Might be political issues ( people may not want water from another area.)
4. People would need to be displaced.

Question 19

What are the causes of agricultural pollution?

Answer 19

1. Agricultural pollution: organic matter such as milk crops and dirty water are highly polluting to water courses.
2. Urban water pollution: detergents from washing machines and run off from houses cause water pollution.
3. Industrial pollution: highly toxic mine water can contaminate water sources.

Question 20

What can we do solve agricultural pollution solution?

Answer 20

1. Control the use of manure
2. Plant and maintain vegetation to prevent run off from streams.
3. Restrict the amount of chemicals used.
4. Keep animals 50m away from water sources.

Question 21

What are the solutions to urban water pollutions?

Answer 21

1. Create sustainable drainage systems.
2. Create large drainage tunnels.

Question 22

What do we use energy for?

Answer 22

1. Shower
2. Light
3. Heating
4. Transport

Question 23

Where does the UK get its energy from?

Answer 23

1. Nuclear
2. Gas
3. Tidal
4. Wind

Question 24

What is fracking?

Answer 24

Extracting the gases using high pressure liquid containing water, sand and chemicals that are injected into the rocks to fracture and release the gas.

Question 25

What are the locations to extract coal in the UK?

Answer 25

1. Near Whitehaven in Cumbria 2. Expected to extract 2.78 million tons of coal.

Question 26

Where in the UK is off shore wind farm used.

Answer 26

1. The worlds largest offshore wind farm in the North sea of Yorkshire. 2. Enough energy to power 1 million homes

Question 27

Where in the UK is nuclear power used?

Answer 27

1. Opening of Hinckley Point C in Sommerset will produce 7% of the UK's electricity demand.

Question 28

Where in the UK is biomass used?

Answer 28

1. Drax power station in North Yorkshire. 2. Will be able to generate up to 6% of the UK's energy needs.

Question 29

What are the physical factors affecting energy supply?

Answer 29

1. Natural gas and oil are trapped in folded layers of rocks. 2. Geology determines the location of fossil fuels.

Question 30

What are the cost factors affecting energy supply?

Answer 30

1. Most energy sources are very expensive to develop. 2. Typical cost for an oil rig is 20 million 3. An oilrig at sea costs over 650 million

Question 31

What are the technological factors affecting energy supply?

Answer 31

1. Technological advances has allowed energy resources in remote and hostile environments. 2. Also enabled the extraction of shale gas using fracking.

Question 32

What are the political factors affecting energy supply?

Answer 32

1. Political instability in the middle east has meant that many oil consuming countries are looking for more alternative sources of energy. 2. Some western countries want to stop Iran form developing nuclear power they fear it will be used for non peaceful purposes.

Question 33

What is energy insecurity?

Answer 33

When a country is unable to supply enough energy to meet the demands of it's people.

Question 34

What are the causes for energy insecurity?

Answer 34

1. As demand increases energy is being extracted from increasingly harsh environments. 2. High price of buying energy from other countries. 3. Can lead to political conflict. 4. Food production uses 30% of global energy. 5. Industry

Question 35

What are the disadvantages of exploiting resources in the arctic?

Answer 35

1. People demand higher wages to work there 2. Drilling equipment may sink during summer thaw. 3. Political issues develop because the territory north of the Arctic is claimed by eight countries.

Question 36

What are some renewable energy resources?

Answer 36

1. Geothermal 2. Solar 3. Wind 4. Biomass 5. Wave 6. Hydro 7. Wave.

Question 37

What are the advantages of extracting natural gas?

Answer 37

1. Provides employment for 1.2 million people 2. Less risk of environmental accidents than oil. 3. Can be transported in a variety of ways.

Question 38

What are the disadvantages of extracting natural gas?

Answer 38

1. Dangerous if handled or transported carelessly. 2. Some gas reserves are in countries that are politically unstable. 3. Contributes to global warming by producing CO2 and methane emissions.

Question 39

What are the advantages of extracting natural gas in the amazon rainforest?

Answer 39

1. Helps provide employment opportunities. 2. Could save money

Question 40

What are the disadvantages of extracting natural gas in the amazon?

Answer 40

1. Deforestation associated with pipeline and other developments. 2. Local people have no immunities to diseases introduced into the area by developers. 3. Clearing routes for pipelines has led to the landslides and pollution of streams.

Question 41

What is carbon footprint?

Answer 41

Is an estimate of the impact that activities have on climate change such as making a product, living a lifestyle or running a company.