Environmental Resources
Geography · 50 practice questions
Types of resources — atmospheric, land, soil, vegetation and minerals; the concept of renewable and non-renewable resources.
- Interpret the concept of environmental resources and relate them to their uses.
- Differentiate between renewable and non-renewable resources.
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- Practice question 1
Public awareness of the limitations of non-renewable resources can encourage
- A.more careful planning for long-term resource management
- B.a complete disregard for any future resource planning whatsoever
- C.an acceleration in the rate of resource extraction and depletion
- D.a factor entirely unrelated to how resources are actually managed
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A. more careful planning for long-term resource management
Greater public awareness of non-renewable resource limits can encourage more careful, forward-looking resource management.
- Practice question 2
Wind energy, a renewable atmospheric resource, is increasingly harnessed using
- A.solar panels exclusively, with no reference to wind turbines
- B.fossil fuel power stations exclusively, with no reference to wind
- C.wind turbines to generate electricity
- D.hydroelectric dams exclusively, with no reference to wind turbines
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C. wind turbines to generate electricity
Wind turbines are specifically the technology used to convert wind energy into usable electricity.
- Practice question 3
Technological innovation can sometimes help extend the usable lifespan of a resource or enable
- A.a factor entirely unrelated to resource use or accessibility
- B.the complete, instantaneous depletion of all remaining reserves
- C.no benefit of any kind to how a resource is actually used
- D.the efficient use of previously inaccessible reserves
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D. the efficient use of previously inaccessible reserves
Technological advances can both extend a resource's usable life and unlock previously inaccessible reserves for efficient use.
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