Resource Reliance - Key Words

Question 1

Agribusiness

Answer 1

Farming by large companies that grow food for profit on large areas of land

Question 2

Biodiversity

Answer 2

The variety of plant and animal species

Question 3

Biofuel

Answer 3

Fuel made from renewable plant material

Question 4

Bottom trawling

Answer 4

A destructive type of fishing in which huge nets are dragged along the sea floor, collecting everything in their path and damaging sea floor ecosystems e.g. coral

Question 5

By-catch

Answer 5

The unwanted fish/organisms collected by large nets

Question 6

Child Mortality

Infant mortality

Answer 6

The death rate of children under 5

The death rate of children under 1

Question 7

Child stunting

Answer 7

The proportion of children under 5 who are short for their age

Question 8

Child wasting

Answer 8

The proportion of children under 5 who have low weight for their height

Question 9

Commercial farming

Answer 9

A type of farming to produce crops to sell for a profit - usually highly mechanised.

Question 10

Commercial fishing

Answer 10

Catching fish to sell for profit usually on a large scale

Question 11

Herbicide

Answer 11

Chemical used to kill weeds

Question 12

Hub and outgrower model

Answer 12

A model for increasing food supply in which infrastructure in an area is improved to attract commercial farming which in turn makes improvements that benefits local farmers

Question 13

Intensive farming

Answer 13

Farming that uses large amounts of machinery, chemicals or labour to maximise the amount of food produced.

Question 14

Mechanisation

Answer 14

The change from working mainly by hand or with animals to using machines and technology.

Question 15

Organic farming

Answer 15

A method of farming that bans the use of chemical fertilisers or pesticides

Question 16

Over-fishing

Answer 16

Catching more fish than are replaced naturally

Question 17

Peak oil

Answer 17

When oil production reaches its maximum level before declining.

Question 18

Permaculture

Answer 18

A way of growing food that tries to achieve food security by imitating nature

Question 19

Pesticide

Answer 19

Chemical used to kill insects

Question 20

Reservoir

Answer 20

A large tank or lake used for collecting and storing water

Question 21

Soil erosion

Answer 21

The wearing away of top soil by natural forces (e.g. wind or water) or by some farming methods

Question 22

Soil nutrient

Answer 22

Nutrients in the soil that plants need to survive and which can be lost by over-farming

Question 23

Stacking

Answer 23

A method of growing crops that allows more crops to be grown in the same amount of space

Question 24

Subsistence farming

Answer 24

When farmers grow crops or raise animals to feed their own families

Question 25

Supply

Answer 25

To provide something that is needed or wanted

Or the amount of something available for use

Question 26

Undernourishment

Answer 26

The percentage of the population who don’t have enough food to be healthy.

Question 27

Demand

Answer 27

The desire to buy goods and services; the amount of a good or service people want to buy

Question 28

Factory farming

Answer 28

A type of intensive farming in which animals are kept indoors in cramped conditions

Question 29

Fair trade

Answer 29

Trade that gives farmers a fairer price for their products

Question 30

Famine

Answer 30

An extreme shortage of food in an area that can lead to people becoming ill and dying

Question 31

Food bank

Answer 31

A place where food is given to people in need, free of charge

Question 32

Food security

Answer 32

When all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life

Question 33

Food waste

Answer 33

The amount of food grown for humans that gets lost or wasted

Question 34

Fracking

Answer 34

The method of obtaining gas and oil by blasting huge amounts of water mixed with sand and chemicals into the ground

Question 35

GM crops

Answer 35

Genetically modified crops

A crop developed by taking DNA from one species and inserting it into another

Question 36

Green revolution

Answer 36

A period in the 1960s when scientists produced rice and wheat seeds by cross breeding which gave very high yields.

Question 37

Growth corridor

Answer 37

A region of economic growth