UK Resource Management | AQA GCSE Geography

Question 1

Identify a reason for the growing demand for organic food in the UK.

Accepted Answer

People are concerned about the environmental impacts of food production

Question 2

What name is given to the amount of greenhouse gases produced in the food production process?

Accepted Answer

Carbon footprint

Question 3

Identify a problem caused in UK rivers caused by the run-off of fertilisers.

Accepted Answer

Eutrophication

Question 4

Which of the following is the major fuel source for many poor people in low income countries?

Accepted Answer

Biomass

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a fossil fuel?

Accepted Answer

Wood

Question 6

Which of the following are problems caused by the removal of hedgerows on UK farmland?

Accepted Answer

All of the three other options listed

Question 7

In which sea does the UK have large reserves of oil and gas?

Accepted Answer

North Sea

Question 8

What is sanitation?

Accepted Answer

Adequate sewage disposal

Question 9

What can be extracted using the process of fracking?

Accepted Answer

Shale gas

Question 10

Identify two areas of high-water demand in the UK.

Accepted Answer

London and the Midlands

Question 11

Which type of energy uses uranium?

Accepted Answer

Nuclear

Question 12

In 2021, how much of the UK’s energy supply came from renewable energy?

Accepted Answer

36%

Question 13

Identify the nation with an economy based on vast amounts of oil reserves.

Accepted Answer

Saudi Arabia

Question 14

Which of the following is a disease caused by inadequate access to clean water?

Accepted Answer

Cholera

Question 15

What name is given to the distance which food travels from field to plate?

Accepted Answer

Food miles

Question 16

Which form of renewable energy makes the biggest contribution to the UK’s electricity supply?

Accepted Answer

Wind

Question 17

Which two areas of the UK have the greatest supply of water?

Accepted Answer

North and West

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT a natural resource?

Accepted Answer

Petroleum

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT a reason for the rising demand for water in the UK?

Accepted Answer

The UK is importing more of its water from overseas

Question 20

Malnourishment occurs when people have insufficient access to which resource?

Accepted Answer

Food

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