Scarcity of Natural Resources Pose a Threat to the Future of the Planet

Question 1

What are four points?

Answer 1

Lead to disastrous conflicts
Threatens the air
Alternative sources of energy will be used
Global warming

Question 2

Lead to disastrous conflicts

Answer 2

Three quarters of wars are fought over resources
With increasing modernisation of weaponry, nuclear bombs become more of a possible threat
As natural resources become more scarce, warms may become more violent and if nuclear wars begin, the planet will become too polluted to be inhabitable

Question 3

Threatens the air

Answer 3

Every minute, 2,000 rainforest trees are cut down
Trees absorb carbon dioxide from the air
Without trees, which are natural resources, air pollution would destroy the planet

Question 4

Alternative sources of energy will be used

Answer 4

This alternative energy, such as nuclear, when made in power stations, is toxic to the land and air
As resources become more scarce, more of these toxic alternative will be used thus threatening the planet

Question 5

Global warming

Answer 5

The scarcity of natural resources, such trees, also causes global warming
Every minute, 2,000 rainforest trees are cut down
Trees absorb carbon dioxide from the air
Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas which causes global warming
Global warming threatens the planet immensely