section C

Question 1

global inequality of food and water

Answer 1

rich countries have food surplus meaning they have more then enough food and can feed economy, able to farm
poor countries have food deficit meaning they don’t have the conditions and food to feed the entire economy. these countries experience draughts etc

Question 2

global inequality of energy

Answer 2

high end countries use 30 times the amount of energy poor countries use.
rich economies have higher wages allowing them to spend money on energy eg holidays mobile phones tv etc

Question 3

explain uk attempt to respond to increase food demand

Answer 3

farm more, import a lot more food

Question 4

evaluate the issues of large scale water transfers in the uk

Answer 4

cost lots of money to make, bad for the environment, destroys habitats.
places that have water scarcity will no longer have to worry about droughts, jobs will be provided

Question 5

why does the uk use renewable and non-renewable energy resources

Answer 5

renewable - Renewable energy resources are necessary because they will not run out and are less harmful to the environment.
non-renewable - much higher energy production, provides jobs, increase trade

Question 6

physical and human factors influencing the availability of water

Answer 6

physical - climate change, salt water encroachment, less rain fall
human - water contamination, global warming, industrial pollution, over abstraction

Question 7

benefits of increasing water supply

Answer 7

create energy, managing flooding, drinking water all year round, water crops to food us

Question 8

costs of increasing water supply

Answer 8

massively expensive as you need to build dams and pay workers

Question 9

how can demand for water be more sustainable

Answer 9

water butts for gardening, don’t use garden hose, use second button on toilet, filleted rain water can be used on farms.

Question 10

negative of the Hoover dam

Answer 10

it changed the Colorado River’s course, affecting fish habitats, sediment structures, water quality, and the capacity of the initial floodplains

Question 11

positives of the Hoover dams

Answer 11

controls the flooding of the Colorado River, irrigates to over 1,500,000 acres of land, and provides water to over 16,000,000 people.
Power generated by the dam provides energy to power over 500,000 homes.