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What are mineral resources ?
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Ores like iron ore and bauxite (for aluminium), gold, diamonds and rock salt
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What are physical resources ?
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Water, the sun's energy, the wind and the land
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What are biological resources?
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Anything living, such as forests, fish in rivers and oceans
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What are energy resources?
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Fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas
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What are non-renewable resources?
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(of a natural resource or source of energy) existing in finite quantity; not capable of being replenished. |
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What are renewable resources ?
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There is a continuous flow of these resources which is infinite so it will never run out
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What are sustainable resources ?
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Theses resources can be used and replaced
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What did Thomas Malthus say about population and resources? |
He suggested that population would grow by doubling : 2,4,8,16 etc. and food production would only increase singly :2,3,4,5 etc.
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What did Ester Boserup say about population and resources?
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She said that we will never run out of resources because as we get to the point when resources are short we are pressured to invent ways of avoiding crisis
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What is sustainable development ?
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It is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own methods
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