Natrual resources

Question 1

What is a natural resource?

Answer 1

Any feature or part of the environment that can be used to meet human needs

Question 2

What is a biotic resource?

Answer 2

A resource composed of organic material such as living organisms (trees), products (sap/bark) or remains(coal).

Question 3

what is an abiotic resource?

Answer 3

A resource composed of non-organic, non-living material (water).

Question 4

what is a renewable resource?

Answer 4

Resources that are inexhaustible (solar energy), or those that are replenished naturally at a sufficient rate for sustainable extraction to take place within a meaningful human time frame

Question 5

What is a non-renewable resource?

Answer 5

Resources with a finite quantity (uranium), or which do not replenish at a sufficient rate for sustainable extraction to take place within a meaningful human time-frame (oil)

Question 6

Give examples of renewable biotic resources

Answer 6

• Plants:
- Wheat, maize, soy beans
- Oak, Beech wood
- Palm oil, sunflower oil
- Plant waste for biomass
• Animals:
- Sheep, cattle

Question 7

Give examples of renewable a-biotic resources

Answer 7

• Renewable electricity:
- Solar power
- Geothermal power
- Wind power
- Hydro-electric power
• Water

Question 8

Give examples of non-renewable biotic resources

Answer 8

• Fossil fuels:
- Coal
- Oil
- Natural gas
• Sedimentary rocks
- Chalk
- Limestone

Question 9

Give examples of non-renewable abiotic resources

Answer 9

• Uranium - nuclear power 
• Building materials:
- Sand
- Igneous rocks (e.g. Granite) 
- Ores (e.g. Iron ore, Bauxite)