Resource management
Edexcel GCSE Geography revision on Resource management. Aligned to the Pearson Edexcel GCSE Geography B 1GB0 specification. This bank has 10 practice questions on this topic.
Sample questions (3 of 10)
-
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
Show answer
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.
-
Question 2
Which of these is a renewable energy source?
- A) Natural gas
- B) Coal
- C) Geothermal
- D) Petroleum
Show answer
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.
-
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
Show answer
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).
Want to test yourself on the remaining cards for this topic?
7 more questions on Resource management — plus mistakes tracking and spaced repetition across the whole Geography spec.