Key questions
Key terms
Ecological footprint
Biocapacity
Global hectare
Carbon footprint
Overshoot
Resources
Flow renewable resources
Resource depletion
Optimum population
Economic optimum
Underpopulated
Overpopulated
Optimum rhythm of growth
Population pressure
Neo-Malthusians
Anti-Malthusians
Green Revolution
- How valuable is the ecological footprint as a measure of the relationship between population size and resource consumption?
- To what extent does the ecological footprint vary internationally?
- What are the opposing views (neo-Malthusian and anti-Malthusian) of the relationship between population size and resource consumption?
Key terms
Ecological footprint
Biocapacity
Global hectare
Carbon footprint
Overshoot
Resources
Flow renewable resources
Resource depletion
Optimum population
Economic optimum
Underpopulated
Overpopulated
Optimum rhythm of growth
Population pressure
Neo-Malthusians
Anti-Malthusians
Green Revolution
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Homework (to do as we lose the lesson on Tuesday due to PTS day and Thursday which is a holiday)
Read pages 225-230
Answer questions 1-6 on page 230.
Be ready to share your answers with the rest of the group. You will be doing an activity that requires you to have an answer for each of the questions.
Read pages 225-230
Answer questions 1-6 on page 230.
Be ready to share your answers with the rest of the group. You will be doing an activity that requires you to have an answer for each of the questions.
Malthus, neo-Malthusians and anti-Malthusians
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We will be missing the lesson on Monday 12th May due to sports day.
Please complete the following work in preparation for the lesson on Tuesday.
Please complete the following work in preparation for the lesson on Tuesday.
Changing patterns of energy consumption
Key questions
Key terms
Proved oil reserves
Reserves-to-production (R/P) ratio
Supply shock
Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Peak oil production
Geopolitics
Energy crisis
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Energy pathways
Environmental impact assessment
Oil sands
Resource nationalisation
Key questions
- What are the global trends and patterns in the production and consumption of oil?
- What are the geopolitical and environmental impacts of the changing patterns and trends in oil?
Key terms
Proved oil reserves
Reserves-to-production (R/P) ratio
Supply shock
Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Peak oil production
Geopolitics
Energy crisis
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Energy pathways
Environmental impact assessment
Oil sands
Resource nationalisation
WORK TO BE COMPLETED BY TUESDAY 13TH MAY
Read pages 241-248. Do questions 1-4
Read pages 241-248. Do questions 1-4
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The changing importance of other energy sources
- How have energy sources other than oil changed in importance?
Key terms
Coal gasification
Clean coal technology
Unconventional natural gas
Fast-breeder reactor
Repowering
Biofuels
Geothermal energy
Geothermal gradient
Photovoltaic systems
Conservation strategies
- How can resource consumption be reduced by conservation, waste reduction, recycling and substitution?
- What strategies can be used to reduce the consumption of one resource?
Key terms
Conservation of resources
Recycling
Reuse
Quotas
Rationing
Subsidy
Recycling deserts
Overfishing
Tragedy of the commons
Total allowable catch
Landfill
Incineration
Product stewardship
Substitution
Carbon credit
Carbon trading
Community energy
Microgeneration