The challenge of resource management

Question 1

Import

Answer 1

Goods brought into a place from other regions.

Question 2

Export

Answer 2

goods and services that are produced in one country and sold to buyers in another.

Question 3

Food miles

Answer 3

the distance food has travelled to get to your plate.

Question 4

Undernourishment

Answer 4

eating less than the energy required to maintain an active and healthy life.

Question 5

Agribusiness

Answer 5

large-scale capital-intensive, commercial farming.

Question 6

Organic farming

Answer 6

arable farmers producing crops without artificial chemicals releing on natural substances.

Question 7

Water deficit

Answer 7

demand is greater than supply

Question 8

Water surplus

Answer 8

excess water available to the system

Question 9

Water stress

Answer 9

demand for water exceeds the available amount during a certain period.

Question 10

Legislation

Answer 10

a law or a set of laws that have been passed by Parliament.

Question 11

Finite

Answer 11

it cannot easily be replenished

Question 12

Energy mix

Answer 12

the combination of different energy sources used to meet a country’s total energy consumption

Question 13

Fracking

Answer 13

a drilling method used to extract petroleum (oil) or natural gas from deep in the planet.

Question 14

How is food significant to economic and social well-being?

Answer 14

Food is an essential requirement for a healthy life and generates energy in the form of calories:
- in LICs, many people consume far fewer calories than they require this can cause negative affects such as:
–> cannot work as efficiently - damages economy
–> causes mood to fluctuate - damages social well-being

• in HICs, many people consume far too many calories this can also cause negative affects such as:
  –>suffering from obesity - social well-being

Question 15

How is water significant to economic and social well-being?

Question 16

How is energy significant to economic and social well-being?

Question 17

What are the global inequalities in food supply and consumption?

Answer 17

• Asia, Europe and North and South America produce food surplus due to climate, advanced technology and fertile soils –> most people in these regions can meet the daily requirement
• In Africa, physical conditions are much harsher and together with low levels of technology and political instability food production is less reliable –> many people do not receive their basic food requirement and lack from undernourishment and undernutrition

Question 18

What are the global inequalities in water supply and consumption?

Answer 18

Due to uneven climate freshwater is also unevenly distributed across the world:
Africa and parts of the Middle East are prone to water shortages and drought
–> people have to spend huge amounts of time seeking water

Question 19

What are the global inequalities in energy supply and consumption?

Question 20

What is the changing food demand like in the UK?

Question 21

Outline how well off the UK is in terms of food?

Question 22

Outline how well off the UK is in terms of water?

Question 23

Outline how well off the UK is in terms of energy?

Question 24

What is the changing water demand like in the UK?

Question 25

What is the changing energy demand like in the UK?