Edexcell A 6 Water Resource Management

What is a natural resource?

• Any part of the natural environment

• Anything that people use

• Something that people make

• Any part of the environment that people use to meet their needs

Define renewable resource

• A finite resource that will run out

• A resource the can be replenished in our lifetime

• A non living thing

• Living things

• coal, oil and gas

Which is a biotic resource

• Plants

• Water

• Sunlight

• Oxygen

We exploit the environment for natural resources, which two are negative impacts of deforestation to clear land for cattle grazing?

• Over use of fertilisers which runoff into rivers polluting them

• Prevents fish migrations to lay eggs

• habitat loss causing biodiversity loss

• Exposes the soils to erosion

Which is an environmental impact of over extraction of water?

• Artificial fertilisers and pesticides runoff into rivers polluting them

• river, lake or wetland ecosystems are lost

• Global warming

• Soil erosion

In the UK crop farming, e.g cereals like wheat, is found where the soils are deeper and the temperatures are warmer, where is this most likely?

• Mountainous regions

• Regions with metamorphic and igneous rocks

• In the south-east

• In the north

Which part of the UK has the most rainfall?

• North and west

• North and east

• South east

• South west

Why is there water deficit in the south east of the UK? (pick 2)

• Because it has a high population density

• Because rainfall is high due to mountains

• Because the prevailing winds come from the south east bringing moist air from over the ocean

• Because it has lower rainfall due to the rainshadow effect

Which is a reason the UK tends to have water surplus in the winter? (pick 2)

• rainfall tends to be higher

• Evaporation tends to be higher

• Demand tends to be higher e.g watering lawns

• Demand tends to be lower

Natural resources are unevenly distributed around the UK, Which is most likely to be found in the south-east?

• Coniferous forest plantations

• Arable (crop) farming

• Hill sheep farming

• Slate mines