Resource Consumption 0.0 / 5 ? Geographyresource consumptionGCSEEdexcel Created by: zoeeshirraCreated on: 04-06-17 14:44 What are renewable resources? resources that can renew themselves without any human interaction (wind, sunlight) 1 of 35 What are non renewable resources? resources that cant be remade/renewed there is only a fixed amount available (coal) 2 of 35 What are sustainable resources? resources that are managed so that they can renew themselves (wood) 3 of 35 What are the different types of resources? energy, mineral, physical, biological 4 of 35 What are energy resource uses? heating, cooking, transport, electricity etc 5 of 35 Energy resources examples oil, coal, gas, water, sunlight 6 of 35 Energy resources category? renewable and non renewable 7 of 35 Mineral resources uses? building, jewellery making, manufacture 8 of 35 Mineral resource examples iron ore, diamond, quartz, stone 9 of 35 mineral resources category non renewable 10 of 35 physical resources use? energy 11 of 35 physical resources examples water, wind, sunlight 12 of 35 physical resources category renewable 13 of 35 biological resources uses food production, energy, manufacture 14 of 35 biological resources examples bio fuels, wheat, timber, fish 15 of 35 biological resources category sustainable 16 of 35 Global supply and use of resources is not what? not consistent across the world. There are inequalities and pressures on supply and consumption 17 of 35 What regions usually consume most resources? Europe, the USA and Japan 18 of 35 What regions consume the least resources? Africa, South America and some parts of Asia 19 of 35 rich regions (resources) some of the richest regions have very few natural resources (japan) 20 of 35 poor regions (resources) some poor regions are resource rich (Sudan) 21 of 35 richest 20% (resources) the richest 20% consume over 86% of all global resources 22 of 35 poorest 20% (resources) the poorest 20% consume only 1.3% of all global resources 23 of 35 Where is an example of inequalities within a country? India- Maharashtra and Bihar 24 of 35 oil oil is found in many countries but s used in every country around the world 25 of 35 What are the differences in oil consumption across the world? generally developed countries consume more oil than developing countries 26 of 35 What happens to a countries demand for oil as it develops? the demand for oil and the amount it consumes is likely to increase 27 of 35 Who pays for oil extraction? governments and large companies because they can make a huge amount of money selling it 28 of 35 What percentage of the worlds oil does the USA use? it uses 21% of the worlds oil despite only having 5% of the worlds population 29 of 35 How much of the worlds electricity is provided by HEP? 20% supplying 1 billion people 30 of 35 99% of wheres electricity is HEP? Norway 31 of 35 What sort of countries generally invest in HEP? more developed countries with more money 32 of 35 How many countries generate and use their own HEP? 150 countries the largest are the USA, Canada, Brazil and China 33 of 35 What is a difference between HEP and oil? oil can be transported but HEP is much harder to transport/ can't be transported 34 of 35 Who believed in the crisis point? Thomas Malthus - Malthusian theory 35 of 35
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