Resource Management Part 1

Question 1

How many calories does the average human need to consume per day

Answer 1

2000-2500

Question 2

What happens when you eat to few calories

Answer 2

Weight loss
Lack of energy

Question 3

What may people who don’t eat enough might find difficult to do

Answer 3

Work

Question 4

How much does water make up of our body

Answer 4

2/3

Question 5

How much water should a person drink a day

Answer 5

Between 1,6 and 2 litres

Question 6

What is water also used for

Answer 6

To keep us clean and healthy and to grow food

Question 7

What enables crops to grow in drier areas

Answer 7

Irrigation

Question 8

What are the uses of energy

Answer 8

Heats homes and offices, cooks out food and powers transport

Question 9

What does mining and biofuel take up

Answer 9

Valuable farmland - less space to grow crops

Question 10

What is food security

Answer 10

Is when people have enough nutritious and affordable food to eat

Question 11

What is food insecurity

Answer 11

When people go hungry or a malnourished

Question 12

What do wealthier countries do to make food more affordable

Answer 12

Imports it from other places

Question 13

What is a food surplus

Answer 13

When there are extra crops and more than enough food to feed population

Question 14

What is a food deficit

Answer 14

Not enough food to go around population

Question 15

The amount of water available in a country is dependent on what

Answer 15

Rainfall temp and population

Question 16

What is water surplus

Answer 16

When an area has more water than they need

Question 17

What is water deficit

Answer 17

When an area does not have enough water for population

Question 18

What type of countries are connected to a national grid

Answer 18

HICs and NEEs

Question 19

What is energy security

Answer 19

Produce more energy than used

Question 20

What is energy insecurity

Answer 20

Consume more energy than produced

Question 21

How many people are experiencing food insecurity

Answer 21

1 billion

Question 22

How much of the UKs food has been imported

Answer 22

40 %

Question 23

In the past what food did people eat

Answer 23

The food that was in season

Question 24

Why can wealthier countries have the same food all year around

Answer 24

Importing food
Greenhouses

Question 25

What is a TNC

Answer 25

a company that operates in many different countries

Question 26

What is organic food

Answer 26

Food that has been grown without uses chemical like pesticides

Question 27

What is a yield

Answer 27

The amount of crops harvested from a certain area

Question 28

When farmers convert to organic what happens to the yields

Answer 28

Decrease

Question 29

How much of the global population experience water insecurity

Answer 29

80%

Question 30

Does the UK have and overall water security or surplus

Answer 30

Surplus

Question 31

What is population density

Answer 31

The average number of people in a certain area

Question 32

How much water on average does a person use per day

Answer 32

150L

Question 33

How long will gas last for

Answer 33

Another 50 years

Question 34

How long will coal last for

Answer 34

112 years

Question 35

Where does 40% of the uks gas supply come from

Answer 35

Domestic supplies(the North Sea)

Question 36

When will the uk supply of fossil fuels run out

Answer 36

5 years

Question 37

How much do renewable fuels make up of the UKs energy mix

Answer 37

Less than 10%

Question 38

How much of the uks renewable energy comes from wind farms

Answer 38

50%

Question 39

How long has the amount of uk energy generated by hydroelectric power been the same

Answer 39

2012

Question 40

How much of the uk electricity could be generated by solar power

Answer 40

4 %