Lesson 3.2.5.1
3.2.5.1 Resource development Quiz: AQA Geography, Unit 2
20 questions
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The 20 questions
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What term describes a non-renewable resource that exists in finite quantities?
- Stock resource
- Continuous resource
- Perpetual resource
- Flow resource
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Which resource is an example of a flow resource?
- Natural gas
- Coal
- Copper ore
- Solar energy
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Which category of stock resource reserve has the highest level of geological certainty?
- Measured reserves
- Possible resources
- Indicated reserves
- Inferred resources
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What term describes a boundary area where resource exploitation becomes newly viable due to technology or price?
- Resource base
- Resource frontier
- Resource reserve
- Resource peak
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What term describes the point of maximum production rate for a finite stock resource?
- Resource frontier
- Resource peak
- Resource depletion
- Resource reserve
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What is the first stage in natural resource development over time?
- Exploitation
- Processing
- Exploration
- Infrastructure development
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What is the main purpose of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)?
- Accelerate extraction rate
- Evaluate environmental effects
- Maximise mining profits
- Set market prices
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Sustainable resource development ensures resources are used without compromising which group?
- Local governments
- Transnational corporations
- Future generations
- Present investors
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Which stock resource classification refers to reserves estimated with the highest geological certainty?
- Inferred resources
- Measured reserves
- Possible resources
- Indicated reserves
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Which term describes the boundary beyond which resource extraction becomes difficult or unprofitable?
- Reserve threshold
- Resource peak
- Flow boundary
- Resource frontier
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A mine has measured reserves of 12 million tonnes and produces 0.6 million tonnes per year. Ignoring any new discoveries, how many years of production remain?
- 7.2 years
- 20 years
- 200 years
- 12.6 years
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Which stock resource classification has the lowest geological certainty and is largely speculative?
- Indicated reserves
- Inferred resources
- Possible resources
- Measured reserves
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Which curve models the lifecycle production rate of a finite stock resource?
- Hubbert curve
- Lorenz curve
- Kuznets curve
- Lande curve
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What concept describes the point in time when maximum rate of resource extraction is reached?
- Resource threshold
- Resource peak
- Resource frontier
- Reserve margin
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At what stage of a resource project should an Environmental Impact Assessment be conducted?
- During resource extraction
- After mine closure
- Upon resource depletion
- Before project approval
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Moving resource extraction into increasingly remote or technically difficult areas extends which boundary?
- Reserve margin
- Resource frontier
- Resource peak
- Flow boundary
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Which practice contributes directly to sustainable stock resource management?
- Resource recycling
- Unregulated consumption
- Landfilling waste
- Accelerated extraction
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Which classification applies to finite, non-renewable natural resources such as minerals and fossil fuels?
- Continuous resources
- Stock resources
- Flow resources
- Recurrent resources
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What defines a resource reserve compared to a general resource deposit?
- Theoretically infinite
- Economically extractable now
- Completely undiscovered
- Naturally renewable
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Resources naturally replenished on a human timescale are classified as which resource type?
- Measured reserves
- Inferred resources
- Flow resources
- Stock resources
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