Resource Management

Question 1

Importance of food

Answer 1

1)without people become malnourished
2)right balance of nutrients eg.iron deficiency causes tiredness
3)more likely to get a disease
Eg.⅓ of under 5s die
4)Not enough food perform bad at school and lack of skills
Bad economic development

Question 2

Importance of water

Answer 2

1) clean safe water used for drinking cleaning and washing
2) water sources get POLLUTED by raw sewage
3) diseases such as CHOLERA
4) LONG DISTANCES to get clean star less time to spend working

Question 3

Importance of energy

Answer 3

1) Energy industry, transport, and homes
2) electricity industries to develop CREATING JOBS
3) Better quality of life
4) without electricity causes DEFORESTATION

Question 4

Describe the distribution of global supply and consumption

Answer 4

1) Uneven

2) Consumption depends on wealth and availability

Question 5

FOOD IN UK - SEASONAL FOOD ALL YEAR

Answer 5

1) 1960fruit+veg local no availableall year
2) After 1960 imported eg.Apples South america
3) increase demand for exotic fruit LIC eg.Peru
4) organic food increase

Question 6

FOOD IN UK - CARBON FOOTPRINT

Answer 6

1) Growing,processing and packaging produce CO2
2) 9% of UK CO2 ffrom food 2013
3) transporting food
4) Long journey
5) BUT more aware local people

Question 7

FOOD IN UK - FARMING INDUSTRY 1960

Answer 7

1)Farm sizes increased
2)chemicals increased
3)machinery reduced workers
But environmental impacts eg. Soil erosion and headrows

Question 8

WATER IN UK - DEMAND FOR WATER

Answer 8

NORTH WEST- High rainfall and good supply (SURPLUS)
SOUTH EAST AND MIDLANDS- High population density and high demand (DEFICT)

Demand in increasing
Since 1975 increased by 70% (dishwashe
Population has increased(^10mil by 2040
Population densities (south east)

Question 9

WATER IN UK - Water pollution

Answer 9

Polluted
Nitrates+phosphate- fertilisers
Pollutants from vehicles
Chemicals and oil spills

Question 10

WATER IN UK - Water transfer

Answer 10

Eg. Wales > Birmingham
Problems=
Dams and aqueducts
Wildlife
Political issues

Question 11

ENERGY IN UK - How has the UK energy has changed

Answer 11

1) Before relied on fossil fuels(1970, 91% coal and oil)
2) discover gas (North seas) (1980 22%)
3) Nuclear energy 1990
COAL OIL AND GAS - RUNNING OUT
Last coal mine closed - December 2015

Question 12

ENERGY IN UK - ISSUES

Answer 12

Economic

1) Expensive
2) renewable not reliable
3) Research

Environmental

1) Release CO2
2) Fracking- mini earthquake
3) accidents toxic
4) OIL SPILLS
5) RENEWABLE EYESORE DAMAGE NATURAL ECOSYSTEM