Resource Management | AQA GCSE Geography (8035)
Resource Management
- 45 questions
- 3 subtopics
- Paper 2
- Paper 2
Resource Management is examined in Paper 2, Challenges in the human environment.
It covers why food, water and energy matter, and how unequally they are shared, resources in the UK, and the changing demand for food and the UK's changing demand for water and energy.
Sample questions from Resource Management
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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Why food, water and energy matter, and how unequally they are shared
Why is a clean, treated water supply so important to public health?
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Untreated water carries diseases such as cholera and typhoid, so a safe supply cuts illness, keeps children in school and keeps adults able to work. -
Why food, water and energy matter, and how unequally they are shared
What is meant by the consumption of a resource, and why is it so uneven between countries?
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Consumption is the amount of a resource actually used, and it is far higher in wealthy countries because people there own more goods, travel further and eat a more varied diet. -
Resources in the UK, and the changing demand for food
What problems can export-crop farming create for people in the country that grows it?
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The best land and scarce water go to crops nobody there eats, wages for the pickers are often very low, and staple food can become scarce or expensive. -
Resources in the UK, and the changing demand for food
Why has the food mileage of a typical UK shopping basket increased?
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Shoppers now expect every kind of produce all year round, so far more of it is flown or shipped in from distant countries outside the British growing season. -
The UK's changing demand for water and energy
What are the main causes of water pollution in the UK?
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Fertiliser and slurry washed off farmland, chemical discharges from factories, and sewage released from treatment works and storm overflows. -
The UK's changing demand for water and energy
Why has coal mining in the UK come to an end?
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The seams that are left lie deep and are expensive to work, imported coal was cheaper, and burning coal releases more CO₂ than any other fuel.
The 3 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
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| Why food, water and energy matter, and how unequally they are shared | What a resource is, why food, clean water and electricity matter to health, farming, industry and daily life, and why consumption per person differs so much between countries. | 10 |
| Resources in the UK, and the changing demand for food | The UK's rising demand for resources and reliance on imports, high-value food exports from poorer countries, all-year demand for seasonal and organic produce, food miles and carbon footprints, local sourcing and agribusiness. | 16 |
| The UK's changing demand for water and energy | Rising UK water use, areas of surplus and deficit and transfers between them, water pollution and its management, the changing energy mix, the end of coal, declining North Sea oil and gas, growing renewables, and the economic and environmental issues of energy. | 19 |
How the guide is worked
Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.
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Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
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Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
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Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.
Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.
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