Managing Resources

Which of the following is a simple procedure to conserve water at home?

• Leave the tap running while brushing your teeth

• Use the dishwasher for a single cup

• Repair dripping taps

• Take long showers

Answer explanation

Fixing leaking faucets is a simple and effective way to conserve water at home, as it prevents water waste. The other options either waste water or are inefficient uses of water.

How does resource management contribute to reducing malnutrition?

• Limiting food production

• Ensuring sustainable agricultural practices

• Increasing food waste

• Promoting unhealthy diets

Answer explanation

Resource management contributes to reducing malnutrition by ensuring sustainable agricultural practices, which promote efficient use of resources, increase food availability, and support healthy diets.

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What is a disadvantage of managing natural resources?

• an increase in pollution

• a reduction in the space take up in landfills

• an increase in the removal of natural resources

• the cost of making technologies that use resources more efficient

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How is conservation related to stewardship?

• Conservation occurs at the global level whereas stewardship occurs at the individual level.

• Conservation involves nonliving resources whereas stewardship involves living resources.

• Conservation is for renewable resources whereas stewardship is for nonrenewable resources

• Conservation is an important part of stewardship because it applies methods of preserving resources

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• It provides access to unused resources.

• It helps reduce the use of new resources.

• It helps waste break down faster over time.

• It converts energy from one form to another.

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Which of the following is the most important reason for people to carefully manage natural resources?

• Recycling facilities are being constructed around the world.

• Underground reserves of oil have not yet been discovered.

• Technology that uses natural resources more efficiently are being developed.

• The growing human population is putting increasing demands on natural resources.

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Which of the following is a disadvantage of managing resources?

• less of the natural resource is wasted

• reduction in pollution due to less manufacturing

• expense of recycling materials

• more resources extracted from Earth

Which of the following is the most typical consequence of disposing of used resources improperly?

• damage to local environments

• changes to convenient lifestyles

• greater time for resources to be replenished

• greater difficulty in extracting new resources

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• Arranging the steep land into levels slows erosion.

• Plowing land into layers causes plants to grow taller.

• Making the land steeper helps water flow more easily.

• Planting more seeds results in a greater number of plants.

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Which of the following is a simple procedure to conserve water at home?

• Leave the tap running while brushing your teeth

• Use the dishwasher for a single cup

• Repair dripping taps

• Take long showers