Consuming Reaources

Question 1

what are the different types of resources?

Answer 1

Energy
Mineral
Physical
Biological

Question 2

what are the uses, examples and the categories for energy?

Answer 2

U: heating, cooking, transport
E: oil, coal, water, sunlight
C: non and renewable

Question 3

what are the uses, examples and the categories for Mineral?

Answer 3

U: buildings, jewellery making
E: iron ore, diamond
C: non renewable

Question 4

what are the uses, examples and the categories for physical?

Answer 4

U: energy
E: water, wind and sunlight
C: renewable

Question 5

what are the uses, examples and the categories for biological?

Answer 5

U: food production, manafacture
E: biofuels, wheat, fish
C: sustainable

Question 6

what are the benefits to the use of tar and oil?

Answer 6

• profitable for major oil companies

- reduced dependence on the middle east for oil

Question 7

what are the costs to the use of tar and oil?

Answer 7

• produce three times more co2 than lighter oils
• needs 6 barrels of water to extract one barrel of oil
• 300 billion barrels is only 5 years of supply

Question 8

what are the benefits to the use of biofuel?

Answer 8

• co2 is absorbed when they grow, but it is released when used
• every country could grow its own biofuel

Question 9

what are the benefits to the use of solar?

Answer 9

• solar energy is unlimited

- environmentally friendly

Question 10

what are the costs to the use of biofuel?

Answer 10

• not carbon neutral because the farming of them uses co2

- to meet current demand all the food crop regions of Europe and USA would need to convert to biofuel production

Question 11

what are the costs to the use of solar?

Answer 11

• can be intermittent so needs a back up system
• current production is tiny
• relatively expensive and only lasts 20 years

Question 12

why are so many people hungry?

Answer 12

• poverty: can’t afford it
• pop increase: increase in demand, less resources
• climate change: increase extreme weather events e.g. droughts

Question 13

food security

Answer 13

this exists where people do not hungry or live in fear or starvation
they can either produce enough to meet all their needs or it is imported

Question 14

food insecurity

Answer 14

this exists where people do not have access to adequate food supplies
this can lead to serious problems like famine and starvation and occurs in countries with seasonal or annual food production

Question 15

future food supply will be effected by…

Answer 15

• food use for biofuels
• rising oil prices
• climate change
• changing diet
• rising pop

Question 16

GM crops

Answer 16

NERICA - New Rice for Africa

a GM crop that is a cross between African and Asian varieties - protein rich and drought resistant