Starter quiz
- What are natural resources?
- man-made objects that are useful to humans
- materials found in the natural environment that are useful to humans ✓
- are only found in certain parts of the world
- are substances that are harmful to the environment
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- Which of these are natural resources?
- wood ✓
- coal ✓
- bikes
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- What does the term 'exhaustible' mean in relation to natural resources?
- they are harmful to the environment
- they can be used indefinitely
- they can run out if used too much ✓
- they are not valuable
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- Natural resources are ______ distributed around the world.
- 'unequally' ✓
- What does it mean if a resource is 'unevenly distributed' around the world?
- It is found more in some places than others ✓
- It is found only in the ocean
- It is found only in one country
- It is not valuable or useful
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- What is the link between natural resources and the world's population?
- they are evenly distributed among the population
- they are only used by large populations
- there is no link because people do not need natural resources
- they are essential to the economy and society ✓
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Exit quiz
- Which of these are basic human needs?
- food and water ✓
- a soft bed
- shelter ✓
- warmth ✓
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- Match the keyword to the definition.
- inequality⇔when resources and opportunities are not evenly available for everyone ✓
- consumption⇔the process of using up resources ✓
- natural resources⇔materials produced by the environment that humans can make use of ✓
- Sustainability can be defined as meeting the needs of today without preventing ______ generations from doing so.
- 'future' ✓
- Non-renewable resources are ______ and will eventually run out.
- infinite
- finite ✓
- never ending
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- Which statement is true?
- Renewable resources will never run out.
- Only non-renewable resources will be exhausted.
- Renewable resources could be exhausted if they are not used sustainably. ✓
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- Human demand and natural resources are ______ distributed across the Earth.
- evenly
- equally
- unevenly ✓
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Key learning points
- Sustainability can be defined as meeting the needs of today without preventing future generations from doing so.
- There is great inequality across the world about who gets what, where, when and why.
- We have some power to enact some choices about where we go, how we get there, what we eat and what we do.
Common misconception
Children may believe that renewable resources are 'safe'.
Explain that even water - a renewable natural resource - could become too polluted to use or if trees are cut down quicker than they can be replanted then that supply of wood will be exhausted.
Keywords
Consumption - Consumption is the process of using up resources.
Inequality - Inequality is when something is not shared evenly between everyone.
Natural resources - Natural resources are those that come from Earth without human influence and can be used for human needs.
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