Resource Revolution
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Which classification of resources is based on their availability?

  • Renewable and non-renewable (correct)
  • Ubiquitous and localised
  • Actual and potential
  • Biotic and abiotic

What does the term 'resource' refer to?

  • Economically feasible materials
  • Technologically accessible materials
  • Culturally sustainable materials
  • Materials available in our environment (correct)

What classification of resources is based on their level of development and use?

  • Renewable and non-renewable
  • Ubiquitous and localised
  • Actual and potential (correct)
  • Biotic and abiotic

What is the purpose of resource utilization?

<p>All of the above (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What classification of resources is based on their origin?

<p>Biotic and abiotic (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the broader biological or ecological perspective of a resource?

<p>Satisfying the needs of a living organism (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is required for resource allocation in human society?

<p>Resource management (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a natural resource from a human perspective?

<p>Anything obtained from the environment (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What areas of work are linked to the concept of resources?

<p>All of the above (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the term 'resource' encompass in application within human society?

<p>Commercial and non-commercial factors (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of resource is derived from the environment?

<p>Biotic resources (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the goal of conservation?

<p>To manage natural resources (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of resource is formed over very long geological periods and cannot be replenished once depleted?

<p>Non-renewable resources (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of resource can be replenished or reproduced relatively quickly?

<p>Renewable resources (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the highest rate at which a resource can be used sustainably called?

<p>Sustainable yield (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of resource includes desire along with necessity and is based on markets of currency exchanged for goods and services?

<p>Economic resources (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of resource is any physical or virtual component of limited availability within a computer or information management system?

<p>Computer resources (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of resource comprises non-living things like land, water, air, and minerals?

<p>Abiotic resources (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of resource is obtained from the biosphere and includes forests, animals, birds, fish, and other marine organisms?

<p>Biotic resources (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of resource is known to exist and may be used in the future?

<p>Potential resources (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which one of the following is an example of a conditionally renewable resource?

<p>Forests (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used for resources that are found everywhere, such as air and water?

<p>Ubiquitous resources (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main characteristic of potential resources?

<p>They are insufficiently known or cannot be exploited with current technology (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used for human effort in the production of goods and rendering of services?

<p>Labor (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which one of the following is an example of tangible resource?

<p>Buildings (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the practice of reducing, reusing, and recycling resources called?

<p>The three R's (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used for the pattern of resource use that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment?

<p>Sustainable development (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used for the overconsumption of resources leading to their depletion or destruction?

<p>Tragedy of the commons (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the three R's that should be followed to save and extend the availability of resources?

<p>Reduce, reuse, recycle (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the potential benefits of wise resource usage?

<p>Quality of life, sustainability, wealth (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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