resource management key words

Question 1

agribusiness

Answer 1

farms are run as businesses to produce as much food as possible

Question 2

biomass

Answer 2

a type of renewable energy involving burning wood plants or animal waste.

Question 3

carbon footprint

Answer 3

the amount of carbon per person produced

Question 4

conservation

Answer 4

to save (to conserve energy- to save energy)

Question 5

consumption

Answer 5

using something up

Question 6

deficit

Answer 6

not having enough of something

Question 7

demand

Answer 7

the need for something

Question 8

economic wellbeing

Answer 8

whether there is enough money and jobs for a good life

Question 9

efficiency

Answer 9

using al little of something as possible while still getting the maximum outcome.

Question 10

energy mix

Answer 10

the different type of energy a country uses for its needs.

Question 11

food miles

Answer 11

the distance food travels to get from where it is made to who eats it.

Question 12

fossil fuels

Answer 12

coal, oil and gas. theses at burned to make energy and will run out.

Question 13

fracking

Answer 13

getting gas from underground by forcing water into the ground

Question 14

geothermal

Answer 14

producing energy using the extreme heat from inside the earth

Question 15

greenhouse gas

Answer 15

gases released which cause global warming

Question 16

import

Answer 16

buy into a country

Question 17

industrialised

Answer 17

farming is becoming more industrialised (it is using more machinery)

Question 18

insecurity

Answer 18

not having enough of something to last something like scarcity.

Question 19

local sourcing

Answer 19

where food is brought from local areas and not imported.

Question 20

nuclear

Answer 20

energy created by the breaking down of radioactive elements.

Question 21

organic

Answer 21

grown without the use of any chemical or pesticides.

Question 22

production

Answer 22

making something

Question 23

renewable

Answer 23

something that can be continually produced and will not run out.

Question 24

resource

Answer 24

something that has value or purpose.

Question 25

scarcity/scarce

Answer 25

not much of something.

Question 26

seasonal

Answer 26

a resource that is only produced in a certain season

Question 27

social wellbeing

Answer 27

how good the quality of life is

Question 28

supply

Answer 28

providing something like lots of rain brings a reliable supply of water.

Question 29

surplus

Answer 29

providing something

Question 30

sustainable

Answer 30

using resources in a way that meets current demand without stopping future generations from meeting their own needs.

Question 31

water stress

Answer 31

when an area has a water deficit and does not have enough water.

Question 32

water transfer

Answer 32

moving water from areas that have too much, to areas that don’t have enough.