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Paper 1 Patterns in Resource Consumption
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1
Originator of the idea of limit to population or else there would be famine, war, and disease.
Esther Boserup
Thomas Malthus
Paul Ehrlich
Edith Marie Pestich
2
According to this map of Oil Exports, which region is producing the most oil?
South America
The Middle East
Horn of Africa
Western Europe
3
Which country currently has the highest ecological footprint?
China
Russia
The US
Brazil
4
This alternative energy is
not renewable
, but requires very little raw materials (plutonium)
Wind Power
Solar Power
Tidal Power
Nuclear Power
5
According to this choropleth map, which countries have the highest oil reserve?
Brazil and Egypt
Iran and Mexico
Russia and the US
Canada and Saudi Arabia
6
Which best describes the Anti-Malthusian View?
people have the knowledge to increase food production
People should use contraception to control population
too many people will decrease standard of living for all
lack of food, disease, and war can help reduce population
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This is the name for the reprocessing of waste to produce a new product.
Substitution
Waste Recycling
Waste Reduction
Fly-Tipping
8
The number of people that can be supported without environmental degradation.
positive checks
limits to growth model
negative checks
carrying capacity
9
All of the following affect the supply and demand of
oil
EXCEPT:
Politics: foreign relations, political instability, etc.
Social factors: health impacts, exploitation of workers, etc
Religious Factors: church v. state in oil rich zones
Environmental factors: oil spills, global warming, etc.
10
Peak Oil Production can best be described as the year when the world will reach its:
highest level of oil production, with rates declining after
lowest level of oil production, with rates decreasing after
lowest level of oil production, with rates increasing after
highest level of oil production, with rates increasing after
11
This composite indice creates a sustainability score for countries.
ESI
Ecological footprint
GEM score
HDI
12
According to this oil imports map, which country is consuming the most oil?
India
Spain
The US
South Africa
13
This renewable energy uses fast-flowing water to generate electricity
Wind Power
Hydroelectric Power
Nuclear Power
Tidal Power
14
The ecological footprint DOES NOT take into account which resource?
energy costs (for absorbing CO2)
arable land (growing crops)
species extinction
forests (for fuel, furniture, housing, etc.)
15
The US, Japan, Germany, Russia, Italy, France & ______ account for over 50% of demand for oil.
Niger
India
Afghanistan
China
