Unit 3: Global Resource Consumption and Security
Topic 3.2: Impacts of changing trends in resource consumption Questions
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Outline one interaction between elements of the water-food-energy nexus.
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Explain how growing crops for biofuel can reduce a country's food supply.
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Explain how a growing middle-class population can create land-use pressures.
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Explain how a growing middle-class population can lead to changes in what people eat.
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Suggest two ways in which rising economic development could increase how much food is available in a country.
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Which factor would lower a country's food security?
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Explain how two different factors can lower a country's food security.
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Study the table showing how securing each resource affects the others.
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Explain how rapid population growth can lower a country's food security.
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One reason a country may choose not to use nuclear energy is…
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Suggest two ways that falling water availability could undermine a country's energy security.
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Explain how producing more energy can put pressure on a country's water supply.
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Distinguish between food availability and food access as parts of food security.
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On a food-emergency map, 'Describe the location' means…
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Explain how one environmental issue and one geopolitical issue can each disrupt a country's energy security.
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Suggest two reasons why pressure on the water-food-energy nexus is rising.
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Why does eating more meat add pressure on land?
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A student studies a candidate desert solar site.
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Study the data on food-emergency zones in Ethiopia.
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