Challenge of resource managment

Question 1

What are the food production factors?

Answer 1

Soil potential, technology and climates

Question 2

What are the food demand factors?

Answer 2

Increasing population (predicted that the world will need 69% more calories by 2050 than 2006) and changing diet

Question 3

Why is water needed?

Answer 3

Wash, drinking, manufacturing

Question 4

How has energy changed to the modern day?

Answer 4

There is an increase in demand and they are more energy efficient

Question 5

Define agribusiness

Answer 5

Treating food production like a business on a large scale and using commercial activity

Question 6

How do more developed countries use more energy?

Answer 6

More household energy is used
Cars and transport are more common
More office jobs

Question 7

What are the benefits of local food sourcing?

Answer 7

Produces less greenhouse gas as there is less transport needed

Question 8

How migh local food sourcing not be as effective?

Answer 8

E.g tomatoes need a heated climate so a heated greenhouse would still use a lot of energy

Question 9

What are the advantages to producers of more organic food being in demand?

Answer 9

More jobs, wages for locals, environmentally friendly and ethical.

Question 10

What are the disadvantages to producers of more organic food being in demand?

Answer 10

Exposure to pesticides, lots of water needed and more expensive to produce.

Question 11

How much has water usage increaased?

Answer 11

70%

Question 12

Why has water demand increased?

Answer 12

People wash more, appliance demand, production, poulation increase

Question 13

How much has UK coal use decreased?

Answer 13

40% down to 10%

Question 14

How much renewable energy has increased?

Answer 14

From 8% to 30%

Question 15

Why is the energy mix changing?

Answer 15

Households use 12% less energy, heavy industry decreased 60% and transport has slightly increased.

Question 16

What are the challenges to nuclear energy?

Answer 16

Expensive, accidents cause it to radiate into the atmosphere

Question 17

What are the positives to nuclear energy?

Answer 17

Creates jobs, cleaner than fossil fuels

Question 18

What causes water pollution?

Answer 18

Pesticides running off, hot water pumped into rivers, dumped litter, oil from ships, chemical waste.

Question 19

How much water is used for agriculture?

Answer 19

92%

Question 20

How many more countries will suffer water shortage by 2040?

Answer 20

20%

Question 21

How much water consumption is household?

Answer 21

36%

Question 22

What are the six impacts of water insecurity?

Answer 22

Water pollution, food production, lack of clean water, waterborne diseases, industrial output and potential for conflict.

Question 23

Give an example of where water pollution affects

Answer 23

The river Ganges; 200 million litres flow into this river annually

Question 24

What are the effects of water pollution?

Answer 24

It kills wildlife/ makes them ill, contaminated wildlife is eaten by humans and it deters tourists

Question 25

How does a lack of water effect food production?

Answer 25

Hunger, poor hygiene, limited access to clean water and calorie defficiency.

Question 26

What percent of the world are in water insecurity?

Answer 26

11% and 785 million without enough safe water

Question 27

What diseases are caused because they are waterborne?

Answer 27

Malaria(mosquitoes), cholera (caused by drinking/eating contaminated water)and dysentry(bacteria that infects the intestines)

Question 28

What is meant by industrial output?

Answer 28

This is when wastes such as nickel, lead and mercury, lead acud battery and jewellry making waste is dumped into rivers.

Question 29

What evidence is there of conflict over water?

Answer 29

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has been built between ethiopia, sudan and egypt. Egypt felt they would lose out

Question 30

How many water treaties have been signed in the last 50 years?

Answer 30

150

Question 31

What methods are there to increase water supply?

Answer 31

Buliding dams, water transfers and desalination

Question 32

What are the benefits and costs of dams?

Answer 32

Benefits- flood management, hydroelectric power, secures a reliable water source Costs- Affects fish and wildlife habitats, deoxyginates water, loss of nutrients, sediment build up

Question 33

Describe water transfer

Answer 33

This is where water is tramsfered from an area of surplus to deficit and this can be through pipes or cajnals. Aquifiers also exist to keep water underground for times of need.

Question 34

What is deslination?

Answer 34

This is where saltwater is filtered to be clean, tunnels are used to take it from the sea.

Question 35

Why was the south - north china transfer scheme needed?

Answer 35

4/5 of china's water is in the south and the north are suffering- it is needed for their vast poulation, farmland and heavy inustry.

Question 36

Advantages of south-north water transfer scheme.

Answer 36

It would support the north, over 45billion metres cubed will be transferred and will benefit 500 million people as well as improving development/economy

Question 37

Disadvantages of south-north water transfer scheme.

Answer 37

It displaced 1.3 million people, destroyed 2,000 archeoligical sites and caused 30x more earthquakes.

Question 38

What is the Kyeni Kya Thwake water conservation scheme?

Answer 38

It is in Kenya, where there is little rainfall, and a concrete wall is built against a sandy riverbed and during the rainy season water builds up and can be used for the community

Question 39

Why is the Kyeni Kya Thwake water scheme good?

Answer 39

It holds up to 20 million litres, increases food security, children can go to education as they aren't needed to get water, women can work for crops bringing in more income as they don't have to walk for water.