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HCC Paper 2 Resource Management

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Definition of Resource management is....

a)

The use of resources to maximise pollution

b)

The control of goods and services within the UK

c)

The control and monitoring of resources so they don’t become depleted or exhausted

d)

The ability of future generations to meet their own needs

2.

Which two characteristics apply to organic farming?

a)

Use pesticides

b)

Decreasingly popular

c)

Expensive

d)

Often local and seasonal

3.

Water transfer schemes in the UK aim to move water from ...

a)

Areas of surplus to deficit

b)

Areas of deficit to surplus

4.

Which two statements fit the UK's current energy mix in 2015?

a)

Nuclear 19%

b)

Gas 85%

c)

10% coal

d)

Renewable sources 22%.

5.

Which of the following is an economic concern about Fracking?

a)

Could create job opportunities

b)

Could cause earthquakes

c)

Could pollute underground water sources

d)

Could be expensive to extract

6.

Having access to safe, affordable and nutritious food to maintain a healthy lifestyle. What is this the definition of?

a)

Food production

b)

Food consumption

c)

Food supply

d)

Food security

7.
What does the word inequality mean?
a)
Where people in a place have different access to reources
b)
Poor people get resources
c)
Rich people get resources
d)
resources are given out evenly
8.
What is the term used to describe having too much water?
a)
Water surplus
b)
Water deficit
c)
Water security
d)
Water piping
9.
Which one of these is not a 'Fossil Fuel'?
a)
Gas
b)
Coal
c)
Nuclear
d)
Oil
10.
What does food insecurity mean?
a)
Being without access to enough affordable and nutritious food
b)
Food getting stolen by other people
c)
Having enough food for people to maintain a healthy lifestyle
d)
War because of food
11.
Which type of resource is oil?
a)
Renewable
b)
Non-renewable
c)
Continuous
d)
All of the above
12.
Deplete means...
a)
Use up
b)
Renew
c)
Remain the same
13.
Wind turbines are an example of a ______________ resource?
a)
Renewable
b)
Nonrenewable
14.
Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage of recycling?
a)
Recycling has to be sorted by hand.
b)
Less energy is used to recycle metals than to obtain them from their ores.
c)
More refuse collections must be made.
d)
It can be a hassle for households.
15.

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?

a)

Drilling

b)

Fracking

c)

Perforation

d)

Bosch

16.

Which of the following is not a disadvantage of fracking?

a)

Causes water pollution

b)

Millions of gallons are wasted during drilling

c)

Unhealthy for workers

d)

Creates job opportunities

17.

In 2013 what % of UK food was imported.

a)

91

b)

23

c)

79

d)

47

18.

All year demands for seasonal food and organic produce has created opportunities for LIC`s. These include.....

a)

More wages and less land for locals to farm to feed themselves. This leads to a better quality of life.

b)

More jobs, wages for people and more tax income for government. This leads to a better quality of life.

c)

A high water use and exposure to chemicals (pesticides and fertilisers). This leads to a better quality of life.

d)

UK supermarkets can stock seasonal food all year round. This leads to a better quality of life.

19.

Food can be grown more cheaply elsewhere can result in what challenge?

a)

The number of Mcdonalds cheeseburgers you could eat increases

b)

Energy efficient appliances and industry mean less energy is used in homes and industry

c)

Malnourishment leads to disease and death. In children it can lead to underperforming at school.

d)

Larger carbon footprints due to the increased number of food miles travelled.

20.

The richest 13% of people globally use what % of the world’s energy.

a)

90

b)

20

c)

50

d)

80

21.

Changing demand for Energy in the UK has created which opportunities?

a)

Investment in renewable energy e.g. solar which creates less air pollution.

b)

Reserves of North Sea oil and gas are declining.

c)

The environmental costs of Nuclear Power are high eg possible radiation leaks.

d)

It is cheaper to import coal into the UK than to mine it. This leads to energy insecurity.

22.

Which one is water food and energy key for.....

a)

human well wishes

b)

human wellbeing

c)

humus wellbeing

d)

human ultra marathons

23.

Sustainable definition is..

a)

a way of looking after resources so there is none left for future generations

b)

a way of management that meets the needs of future generations.

c)

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.

d)

a way of management that meets the needs of the present without compromising (limiting) the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

24.

Which of the following group of factors affect energy supply?

a)

Cost of production, political and climate

b)

physical, country location, coal and price of nuclear power

c)

Technology, political, physical and cost of exploitation

d)

political, fracking, climate change and cost of fuel

25.

which group of four are the impacts of energy Insecurity?

a)

Industrial output, conflict, food production and exploration of environmentally sensitive areas

b)

conflict, food production, industrial output and conservation of environmentally friendly areas

c)

food production, protection of environmentally sensitive areas, fracking and the increase in use of fossil fuels.

d)

conflict, reducing carbon footprints, food production and industrial output

26.

Odisha, India Micro Hydro Project is an example to show..

a)

a large scale non renewable energy scheme in a NEE to provide unsustainable energy supplies

b)

a local scale non renewable energy scheme in a NEE to provide sustainable energy supplies

c)

a local renewable energy scheme in a NEE to provide sustainable energy supplies.

d)

a renewable energy scheme in a HIC to provide unsustainable energy supplies.

27.

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.

a)

negative social impact

b)

positive economic impact

c)

negative economic impact

d)

positive environmental impact

28.

Which group are the 4 sustainable energy options:

a)

fossil fuel efficiency, energy conservation in the workplace, individual reduction of carbon footprints and energy conservation in the home.

b)

energy conservation in the workplace, energy conservation in the home, burning more fossil fuels and importing more coal from abroad.

c)

individual reduction of carbon footprints, fracking, importing more oil from abroad and wasting more energy at work.

d)

energy conservation in the workplace, fossil fuel efficiency, more car transport and fracking.

29.

Which one of the following is a positive economic impact of the Micro Hydro scheme in Odisha, India.

a)

No air pollution: as no gases burnt to create electricity.

b)

Lighting allows night safety, helps kids complete school homework, So helps education

c)

Power used in water pumps allows irrigation of crops. So more crops can be grown = surplus sold for cash

d)

Less disease as power to provide pumps for clean drinking water and to deal with toilet waste

30.

How many people die because of diarrhoeal diseases linked to contaminated water supplies.

a)

Over 500,000 people a year

b)

over 100,000 people a year

c)

over 10,000 people a year

d)

over 1000 people per year