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Natural resources

A

Materials produced by nature

Necessary for life

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2
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Human Resources

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People needed

More skilled=more valuable

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Manufactured resources

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Items made by people

Help produce goods and services

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Financial resources

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Capital
Needed to process NR and tools
Pay wages

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5
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Renewable resources

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Natural resources
Can be recycled+ reused
Replaced by nature

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Non-renewable resources

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Natural resources
Can’t be replaced
Only after millions of years

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7
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Exploit

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Over use
Cause depletion
Using too much

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8
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Delete

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Reduce no.
By exploitation or destroying environment
Extinction

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9
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Conserve

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Protect
Future use
Use and replace

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10
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Preserve

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Keep resource in present condition

Protect

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11
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Wetland

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Marshes or swamps

Saturated land linked to rivers

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12
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Importance of wetlands

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Water purification-remove toxins effectively
Reducing climate-change- storehouses of carbon
Flood control-slow down force of water
Recreation and tourism-natural beauty and diversity
Reservoirs of biodiversity- provide habitat

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13
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Flora

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Provide shade
Bind soil together 
Purify water
Regulate climate
Provide wide range of products
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14
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Indegenous

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Plants occur naturally
Place currently found
Not been assisted my man

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15
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Alien

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Species doesn’t occur naturally in area
Introduced by man
Exotic plants

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Invasive alien

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Species reproduce and spread
Unassisted by man
Areas not wanted
Threat to nature conservation

17
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Deforestation

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Large scale removal of trees

Without replacing

18
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Afforestation

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Large scale planting of saplings

Where trees been removed

19
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Forests

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Damages roots
Stunts growth
Kills
Strips waxy layers-protect from disease
Weaken
Less resistant to infection
20
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Soils

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Dissolves metals out of soil

Dangerous effect- PSL

21
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Frogs and fish

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High levels are toxic
Smaller and weaker
Provide less food to higher species

22
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Buildings

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Corrodes-marble, limestone, metal pipes,fittings

23
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Human health

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Carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide

Increase heart and lung disease

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