Resource Management

Question 1

What is a Resource?

Answer 1

A supply or stock of something which has value and purpose to humans

Question 2

Why is there more water in the West of the Uk than the East?

Answer 2

There is more rain because of the higher altitudes

Question 3

What is energy security?

Answer 3

When a country is self reliant with energy

Question 4

What are the advantages and disadvantages of renewable energy?

Answer 4

advantages: cheap, clean energy
disadvantages: reliant on environment, expensive to build

Question 5

Why has there been a change in energy consumption?

Answer 5

Advances in technology, population increase, economic development

Question 6

What was the UK energy consumption in 2015-2016?

Answer 6

Transport 40%
Domestic 29%
Industry 17%
Services 14%

Question 7

What is the UK trying to ban by 2035?

Answer 7

The selling of diesel and petrol cars, this is because transport is the biggest consumer of energy

Question 8

How can you reduce your energy cost in your home?

Answer 8

Don’t leave taps running
Get better insulation
Insulate lofts
Close curtains at dusk

Question 9

How can businesses reduce their cost of energy?

Answer 9

They can use up to 40% less energy on heating by getting better insulation and blocking draughts. Turning lights off in rooms which aren’t used and monitoring temperatures in rooms

Question 10

How does carbon capture work?

Answer 10

Trapped CO2 is compressed and then it is injected into the ground using old oil/gas wells. It is then trapped inside the rocks forever

Question 11

What are the advantages and disadvantages of carbon capture?

Answer 11

Advantages: keeps carbon under the ground for millions of years
Disadvantages: costs electricity so is expensive

Question 12

What is combined heat and power and what does it do?

Answer 12

Heat from power stations is used to heat homes or businesses. It can also be used in small scale

Question 13

What is a biogas?

Answer 13

A fuel which is produced when organic matter is broken down by microorganisms in the absence of oxygen

Question 14

Give an example of a small scale renewable energy scheme

Answer 14

Biogas in India

Question 15

How does the biogas production work?

Answer 15

Takes a waste product and other materials which then rot and ferment in a digester. This released methane which can be used to burn in homes for cooking and heating

Question 16

What are the advantages of biogas in India?

Answer 16

Provides low cost, clean gaseous fuel
Time saved in collecting firewood
Reduced deforestation and erosion
Over 4 million small plants for cattle manure so far, predicted to be 12 million
Costs from RS.6000 (US$150)

Question 17

What are the disadvantages of biogas in India?

Answer 17

Still produces CO(2) from cooking
Cows produce methane from belching
Space and grass required to feed cows ( 70-100kg of grass per day)
Construction required to build the digesters and pipes to homes

Question 18

Why is biogas in India a good example of a small scale sustainable scheme for improving energy in an NEE?

Answer 18

It has appropriate technology- won’t break
Sustainable- not reliant on finite resources
Simple/ low tech - easily accessible to anyone