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WorksheetsHCC Paper 2 Resource Management
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 23mins
Definition of Resource management is....
The use of resources to maximise pollution
The control of goods and services within the UK
The control and monitoring of resources so they don’t become depleted or exhausted
The ability of future generations to meet their own needs
Which two characteristics apply to organic farming?
Use pesticides
Decreasingly popular
Expensive
Often local and seasonal
Water transfer schemes in the UK aim to move water from ...
Areas of surplus to deficit
Areas of deficit to surplus
Which two statements fit the UK's current energy mix in 2015?
Nuclear 19%
Gas 85%
10% coal
Renewable sources 22%.
Which of the following is an economic concern about Fracking?
Could create job opportunities
Could cause earthquakes
Could pollute underground water sources
Could be expensive to extract
Having access to safe, affordable and nutritious food to maintain a healthy lifestyle. What is this the definition of?
Food production
Food consumption
Food supply
Food security
What do you call the process of drilling and injecting fluid into the ground at a high pressure in order to break up the shale rocks to release natural gas inside?
Drilling
Fracking
Perforation
Bosch
Which of the following is not a disadvantage of fracking?
Causes water pollution
Millions of gallons are wasted during drilling
Unhealthy for workers
Creates job opportunities
In 2013 what % of UK food was imported.
91
23
79
47
All year demands for seasonal food and organic produce has created opportunities for LIC`s. These include.....
More wages and less land for locals to farm to feed themselves. This leads to a better quality of life.
More jobs, wages for people and more tax income for government. This leads to a better quality of life.
A high water use and exposure to chemicals (pesticides and fertilisers). This leads to a better quality of life.
UK supermarkets can stock seasonal food all year round. This leads to a better quality of life.
Food can be grown more cheaply elsewhere can result in what challenge?
The number of Mcdonalds cheeseburgers you could eat increases
Energy efficient appliances and industry mean less energy is used in homes and industry
Malnourishment leads to disease and death. In children it can lead to underperforming at school.
Larger carbon footprints due to the increased number of food miles travelled.
The richest 13% of people globally use what % of the world’s energy.
90
20
50
80
Changing demand for Energy in the UK has created which opportunities?
Investment in renewable energy e.g. solar which creates less air pollution.
Reserves of North Sea oil and gas are declining.
The environmental costs of Nuclear Power are high eg possible radiation leaks.
It is cheaper to import coal into the UK than to mine it. This leads to energy insecurity.
Which one is water food and energy key for.....
human well wishes
human wellbeing
humus wellbeing
human ultra marathons
Sustainable definition is..
a way of looking after resources so there is none left for future generations
a way of management that meets the needs of future generations.
a way of management that doesn`t meet the needs of the present and limits(compromises) the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
a way of management that meets the needs of the present without compromising (limiting) the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
Which of the following group of factors affect energy supply?
Cost of production, political and climate
physical, country location, coal and price of nuclear power
Technology, political, physical and cost of exploitation
political, fracking, climate change and cost of fuel
which group of four are the impacts of energy Insecurity?
Industrial output, conflict, food production and exploration of environmentally sensitive areas
conflict, food production, industrial output and conservation of environmentally friendly areas
food production, protection of environmentally sensitive areas, fracking and the increase in use of fossil fuels.
conflict, reducing carbon footprints, food production and industrial output
Odisha, India Micro Hydro Project is an example to show..
a large scale non renewable energy scheme in a NEE to provide unsustainable energy supplies
a local scale non renewable energy scheme in a NEE to provide sustainable energy supplies
a local renewable energy scheme in a NEE to provide sustainable energy supplies.
a renewable energy scheme in a HIC to provide unsustainable energy supplies.
River water used to turn the turbines to create the electricity is returned to the river (so only borrowed meaning less damage to river ecosystem unlike large dams!) is an example of what type of impact of Micro Hydro schemes.
negative social impact
positive economic impact
negative economic impact
positive environmental impact
Which group are the 4 sustainable energy options:
fossil fuel efficiency, energy conservation in the workplace, individual reduction of carbon footprints and energy conservation in the home.
energy conservation in the workplace, energy conservation in the home, burning more fossil fuels and importing more coal from abroad.
individual reduction of carbon footprints, fracking, importing more oil from abroad and wasting more energy at work.
energy conservation in the workplace, fossil fuel efficiency, more car transport and fracking.
Which one of the following is a positive economic impact of the Micro Hydro scheme in Odisha, India.
No air pollution: as no gases burnt to create electricity.
Lighting allows night safety, helps kids complete school homework, So helps education
Power used in water pumps allows irrigation of crops. So more crops can be grown = surplus sold for cash
Less disease as power to provide pumps for clean drinking water and to deal with toilet waste
How many people die because of diarrhoeal diseases linked to contaminated water supplies.
Over 500,000 people a year
over 100,000 people a year
over 10,000 people a year
over 1000 people per year
