Resource management
AQA GCSE Geography revision on Resource management. Aligned to the AQA GCSE Geography 8035 specification. This bank has 18 practice questions on this topic.
Sample questions (3 of 18)
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Question 1
Food, water and energy are described as the world's...
- A) Big three commodities
- B) Essential resources
- C) Renewable resources
- D) Imported resources
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Answer: Essential resources
All three are unevenly distributed and unevenly consumed. The 'rich' world over-consumes; the 'poor' world has insecurity. Each is interlinked: growing food needs water and energy; producing energy may use water; transporting food uses energy.
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Question 2
Which of these is a renewable energy source?
- A) Natural gas
- B) Coal
- C) Geothermal
- D) Petroleum
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Answer: Geothermal
Renewable: solar, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal, biomass (debatable), tidal, wave. Non-renewable (finite): coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear (uranium is finite). Renewable ≠ low-carbon always — biomass releases CO₂ when burnt.
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Question 3
Food security means...
- A) Cheap takeaways are available
- B) Reliable access to enough safe
- C) Free school meals for children
- D) Lots of supermarkets
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Answer: Reliable access to enough safe
Four pillars: availability (supply), access (afford + reach), utilisation (safe + nutritious), stability (no disruption). 800 million+ people globally are food insecure. Threats: climate change, conflict, soil degradation, water shortages, population growth, food waste (1/3 of food produced is wasted).
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