Year 11 - Geography
Factors affecting access to energy resources
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Unit Summary
This unit teaches pupils about different energy resources, their extraction and uses. Pupils learn about the different types of energy, the factors affecting extraction and the patterns and inequalites associated with production and consumption. Pupils also learn about energy futures.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to explain how access to energy resources is affected by physical resources and access to technology.
Key Notes
- Access to energy resources is not evenly distributed.
- Access to energy resources is affected by physical resources, such as geology, accessibility, climate and landscape.
- Access to energy resources is affected by access to technology.
Vocabulary To Learn
- access: the ability to use a resource in a way that benefits people
- geology: the type, structure and layers of rock found beneath Earth's surface
- reserve: the amount of a fossil fuel that has been discovered and can be extracted and sold
- fracking: hydraulic fracturing (fracking) is a method used to extract gas or oil from shale rock formations deep underground
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- If a country has fossil fuels underground, it can easily use them.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this geography topic using two clear key points.
Access to energy resources is not evenly distributed. Access to energy resources is affected by physical resources, such as geology, accessibility, climate and landscape.
2. Define this geography term and use it in an example. 'access'
the ability to use a resource in a way that benefits people.
3. Correct this common geography misunderstanding.
Mistake: If a country has fossil fuels underground, it can easily use them. Correction: Some countries lack the infrastructure or funding to develop their resources, even if they are accessible, while in other cases a country might have resources that require advanced and expensive technology to access.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Changing attitudes to unsustainable energy consumption Study Guide
- Changing oil supply and prices Study Guide
- Classification of energy – non-renewable, renewable and recyclable Study Guide
- Costs and benefits to fossil fuel alternatives Study Guide
- Developing conventional oil/gas sources in sensitive or remote areas Study Guide
- Developing unconventional oil/gas sources in sensitive or remote areas Study Guide
- Distribution of oil reserves, factors affecting growth of oil consumption Study Guide
- Energy futures – contrasting views Study Guide
- Environmental impacts of energy extraction Study Guide
- Global patterns of energy use and causes of variations Study Guide
- Reducing demand on fossil fuels Study Guide
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