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Resource Management Flashcards

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Biotic resources

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Biotic resources are living components capable of reproduction

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Abiotic resources

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Abiotic resources are nonliving components

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Nonrenewable resources

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Nonrenewable resources take millions of years, can’t be remade

Coal oil gas

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Renewable resources

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Renewable resources can be naturally replenished

Wind solar HEP

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U.K.’s natural resources

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Precipitation
Agriculture
Oil and gas extracted from the North Sea

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Global usage and consumption

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Food is consumed higher in wealthy countries like USA

Energy usage is higher in Technically Advanced countries like China

Water usage is higher in tropical rainforests

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Why does the global energy mix vary

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Population
Wealth
Availability

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Why has the demand for energy changed in the past 100 years

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Rapid population growth

Advances in technology

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What are the percentages of energy mix globally

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Nuclear 7%
Oil 29%
Renewables 14%
Natural gas 23%
Coal 27%
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China (developing)

Sustainable strategies

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  1. HEP, The three gorges dam
  2. Solar power
  3. Coal restrictions
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Germany (developed)

Sustainable strategies

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  1. Solar power
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