Unit 7: Climate Change and Energy Production
Topic 7.1: Natural Resources — Uses and Management Questions
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Suggest two strategies a city could use to manage its mineral and metal resources more sustainably.
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A forest is clear-cut to supply timber for export. Outline two short-term economic benefits of this activity.
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A village uses a nearby forest for building timber and firewood. Define the term natural resource.
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A country plans to expand solar farms, open a new copper mine, and increase fish catches. State which one is a non-renewable resource.
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State whether crude oil is classified as a renewable or a non-renewable natural resource.
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Define the term sustainable yield.
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Using the data table, identify which country obtains the largest proportion of its total energy from non-renewable sources, and calculate that percentage.
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A country introduces certification for sustainably harvested timber. Outline one advantage of this approach.
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A textbook lists sunlight, timber, oil, and iron ore. Classify each as renewable or non-renewable.
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Identify one social impact that open-cast mining can have on a nearby human community.
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A fishery has declining catches and smaller average fish size. Outline two management strategies that could improve sustainability.
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An open pit mine is developed on a hillside above a river used for drinking water and irrigation. Outline two environmental impacts of this extraction.
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Explain why freshwater is considered a renewable resource but can still become scarce.
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Using the data table, calculate the percentage decrease in forest cover in the mining concession between 2010 and 2022.
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Using the pie chart data, calculate by how many percentage points recycling would need to increase for the combined 'recycled' and 'composted' share to reach 60% of total municipal waste.
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Distinguish between a renewable natural resource and a replenishable natural resource, using one example of each.
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Explain how the same natural resource can have different value to different societies, and how its value may change over time.
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Outline three environmental impacts of large-scale logging in a tropical rainforest.
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Outline what is meant by the maximum sustainable yield of a renewable natural resource.
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Table 1 shows per capita material use for two countries. Identify which country is more likely to be a high income country.
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