Year 9 - Geography
Food resources
Natural resources: Can Earth meet our needs?
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Unit Summary
This unit teaches pupils about the growing demand for natural resources and the different renewable and non-renewable ways humans try to meet their needs. Pupils will learn the impact of overexploitation and some of the ways natural resource exploitation can be managed.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to describe global patterns of food security and explain factors that affect food security.
Key Notes
- Roughly one-third of all food produced globally is wasted every year, even as nearly 800 million people go hungry.
- Generally people in countries with a higher GDP per capita buy more food.
- Food security is the ability of people to access sufficient, safe, and nutritious food.
- Poverty, conflict, natural disasters and soil quality affect food security.
- Undernourishment occurs when someone isn't receiving enough calories or essential nutrients to grow and function well.
Vocabulary To Learn
- GDP/capita: the total value of all the goods and services produced in a country (its Gross Domestic Product) in a year, divided by the population
- undernourished: occurs when someone isn't receiving enough calories or essential nutrients to grow and function well
- food security: the ability of people to access sufficient, safe, and nutritious food
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- It is not possible to be overweight and undernourished at the same time.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this geography topic using two clear key points.
Roughly one-third of all food produced globally is wasted every year, even as nearly 800 million people go hungry. Generally people in countries with a higher GDP per capita buy more food.
2. Define this geography term and use it in an example. 'GDP/capita'
the total value of all the goods and services produced in a country (its Gross Domestic Product) in a year, divided by the population.
3. Correct this common geography misunderstanding.
Mistake: It is not possible to be overweight and undernourished at the same time. Correction: Undernourishment occurs when someone isn't receiving enough calories or essential nutrients to grow and function well. So it is possible to over eat but not eat enough of the right foods to acquire sufficient nutrients.
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- Natural resources: The things we use Study Guide
- Rare earth materials Study Guide
- Sustainable fishing Study Guide
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