Resource Management Keywords

Question 1

Agribusiness

Answer 1

Farms that choose more modern farming methods to increase crop yield

Question 2

Aquifer

Answer 2

A permeable rock that stores water

Question 3

Biofuel

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Burning crops for electricity and heat

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Biotechnology

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Genetically modifying crops to grown faster

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Climate change

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The changing characteristics of climate and seasons across the world

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Desalination

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Converting saltwater to fresh potable water

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Drought

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Short term lack of water to meet demand

Question 8

Energy deficit

Answer 8

Country generates less energy that its population needs

Question 9

Energy mix

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Composition of a country’s energy sources

Question 10

Energy security

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Full control of a country’s energy source

Question 11

Energy surplus

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Country generates more energy than its population needs

Question 12

Fair trade

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A charity that ensures farmers are paid a fair wage

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Famine

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Shortage of food, resulting in malnourishment/starvation

Question 14

Fertilisers

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Substances that increase plant growth and contain nutrients

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Food miles

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The journey food takes from farmer to consumer, higher food miles = greater emissions produced

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Food poverty

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A country that grows and exports less food than it feeds its population

Question 18

Fossil fuels

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Non-renewable sources of fuel

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Fracking

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The process that releases trapped natural gas from shale rocks

Question 20

Geothermal energy

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Water is pumped deep underground to be heated for energy

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Greenhouse emissions

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Gases that thicken the earths atmosphere which is casing the planet to warm up

Question 22

Hydroelectric energy

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Water is trapped in a dam and forced up turbines to generate electricity

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Hydroponics

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Growing plants in nutrient rich water (high cost,uses less water)

Question 24

Importing

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Buying resources from another country

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Irrigation

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Keeping crops well watered regularly using hose pipes

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Malnourishment

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When a person doesn’t eat enough nutrients to be healthy

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Malnutrition

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Illnesses and deficiencies caused by eating less food than needed for a healthy life

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Non-renewable

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A source of energy that can only be used to generate electricity

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Nuclear fusion

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The process of joining nuclei for energy

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Obesity

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When people are very overweight due to consuming too many calories

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Organic

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Food that hasn’t been grown using chemicals

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Permaculture

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Trying to adapt farming to the natural environment

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Pesticides

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Chemicals that kill pests to stop crops becoming damaged

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Renewable

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Primary energy that can be reused to produce energy

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Secondary energy

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The product of primary energy

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Soil erosion

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Soil is stripped of it nutrients so it can’t grow crops in the future

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Solar energy

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Using solar panels to convert sunlight into electricity

Question 38

Sustainability

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Trying to conserve resources for the future whilst meeting the demand for goods in the present

Question 39

Tidal energy

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Water rushes out towards the land as the tides change providing energy

Question 40

Water conservation

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Reducing the use of clean water for non-essential uses

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Water deficit

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The supply of water is less than the demand

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Water security

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Having a clean reliable source of water that meets demand through the year

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Water stress

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Unstable volume of water that doesn’t always meet demand

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Water surplus

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The supply of water exceeds demand

Question 45

Water transfer scheme

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Water is taken through pipes from a region of water surplus to a region of water deficit

Question 46

Wave energy

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Electricity generated by passing waves through turbines

Question 47

Wind energy

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Using wind turbines to produce electricity