Natural Resources Flashcards
Be able to explain what a natural resource is. Understand the differences between renewable, non-renewable and infinite resources.
Natural resources are created by the Earth . They are derived from and occur naturally within the environment. They are extracted and consumed by humans in order to survive, but quite often for economic purposes as well ($).
What were Innis’s 5 f’s? What does this mean that they were staples of the Canadian economy.
5 Staples (5 f’s) Fish Fur Trade Forestry Farming Ferrous Metals (mining) Now, fur trade can be taken out and replaced with fossil fuels.
What were the reasons why people are guilty of overconsumption of natural resources? We looked at 3 in class.
Economic growth
Population growth
Technology
What did you learn from the world trading game that we played in class? How did this represent the relationship between developed and undeveloped countries.
The developed countries started off with the technology, some land and the time and money to extract resources. The non developed countries had the land, but not the technology or a good socioeconomic status. The developed countries were doing good at first but then they ran out of land. That’s when we would have had to go to the non developed countries and make a trade.
What is the African Land Rush?
More developed countries have come into Africa and are renting or have been sold the natural resources because the country doesn’t have the technology to extract the resources themselves and they need the money now.
What is sustainable development? Be able to explain this concept in terms of resource consumption. (I will go through water).
Using resources to meet the needs of humans without compromising the future ability.
Review the maps on the slides for world locations of the following reserves: oil, forestry and coal, as well as locations from our presentations.
Oil: Saudi Arabia, Canada, Iran
Forestry: Russia, Brazil, Canada
Coal: United States, Russia, China
Understand which countries tend to be the highest consumer of natural resources. (the more developed ones tend to be). Why is this?
Russia, United States, Saudi arabia, Canada
This is because they can get the technology they need and wealthier countries tend to consume more.
Where does our freshwater supply come from? Where is most freshwater held up? Note differences between surface, glacial and groundwater supplies.
Oak Lake aquifer Most freshwater is in the glaciers Surface: 0.3% Glacial: 70% Groundwater: 30%
What sectors of our country tend to be the largest consumer of freshwater?
Agriculture at 70%
Know and briefly be able to explain the phases of the water cycle. This will help you explain what type of natural resource water is.
Evaporation- The sun’s heat makes water evaporate from the oceans, lakes and rivers, crops, plants, precipitation.
Water vapor cools and forms clouds
When there’s enough water vapor in the cloud it all let’s go in the form of rain, snow or hail.
What are desalination plants? Why don’t we use them?
Pump ocean water to the plant and then turns it into drinking water. They’re too expensive, might make the ocean saltier and doesn’t pump much water in at a time.
Where does Melita get its water source from? How is this different from Winnipeg?
Melita gets its water source from Oak Lake Aquifer. Winnipeg’s comes from a lake.
Which provinces/territories tend to be the leader in the following resources: Hydroelectricity Fishing Fossil Fuels Potash Forestry
Hydroelectricity- NWT, Ontario Fishing- west coast, grand banks (east coast) Fossil Fuels- Alberta Potash- Saskatchewan Forestry- Quebec, BC
