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Key Terms: The Challenge of Resource Management Practice Questions

Question 1

4 marks

This question is about food security and food insecurity.

(a)

Which one of the following best defines food security? Shade one oval only.

A When a country exports more food than it imports

B When all people, at all times, have access to enough safe, nutritious and affordable food

C When a country produces every type of food that its people eat

D When the price of food in the shops falls each year

(b)

What is meant by food insecurity?

(c)

Explain the difference between an area of food surplus and an area of food deficit.

Question 2

4 marks

Supermarkets in the UK sell green beans that have been flown in from Country X, 6000 km away.

(a)

What is meant by the term food miles?

(b)

What is meant by the term carbon footprint?

(c)

Give two features of agribusiness.

Question 3

4 marks

The table shows three impacts of food insecurity and four definitions.

Definition
A A shortage of food leading to widespread death from starvation
B A diet that lacks the right balance of nutrients, vitamins and minerals
C The removal of fertile topsoil by wind or water, often after over-cultivation
D Not consuming enough calories over a long period of time
(a)

Write the letter of the correct definition next to each term.

Term Letter
Famine
Malnutrition
Undernutrition
(b)

State one other impact of food insecurity, apart from those named in the table.

Question 4

5 marks

This question is about water supply terminology.

(a)

Complete the table by giving the missing term or the missing definition.

Term Definition
Over-abstraction (i)
(ii) Removing salt from seawater to produce fresh water that can be drunk
'Grey' water (iii)
(iv) Moving water by pipeline or canal from an area of surplus to an area of deficit
(b)

What is meant by groundwater?

Question 5

4 marks

This question is about sustainable food production.

(a)

What is meant by organic farming?

(b)

What is meant by permaculture?

(c)

What is meant by urban farming?

(d)

Which one of the following is an example of an urban farming initiative? Shade one oval only.

A A 2000 hectare wheat farm using GPS-guided combine harvesters

B Vegetables grown by local residents on a rooftop garden in a city centre

D Fish caught in the North Sea using nets with a larger mesh size

D Beans flown into the UK from a plantation in Country X