Natural Resources around the World: Use and Sustainability
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Eco-Tipping Points
What are some of the ways in which countries around the world are practising environmental stewardship?
Ethical Use of Resources
Tragedy of the Commons
Human-Caused Concerns
Deforestation
Desertification
Fishing
Renewable Resources
Climate Change & Renewable Energy
Wind
Biofuel
Solar
Geothermal
Water
Is the extraction and use of fossil fuels sustainable?
Most Valuable
Non-Renewable
Natural
Why might some countries be better able than others to extract and use natural resources in a sustainable way?
Political
Economical
Environment
What are our most valuable natural resources?
Natural Resources
Non-renewable
Renewable
Flow
How do we determine whether the extraction and/or use of a natural resource is sustainable?
Sustainability
Subtopic
Key Vocubulary
Quizzizz Activity
Overview of Unit
Additional Goals
Economics
Law
Politics
Learning Goals:
In this unit, we are learning to:
- analyse aspects of the extraction/ harvesting and use of natural resources in different regions of the world, and assess ways of preserving these resources
- demonstrate an understanding of the sources and use of different types of natural resources and of some of the effects of the extraction/ harvesting and use of these resources
- use the geographic inquiry process to investigate issues related to the impact of the extraction/ harvesting and/or use of natural resources around the world from a geographic perspective
Big Ideas for this Unit
- Resource development is affected by social, political, economic, and geographic factors.
- The ways in which people extract and use natural resources can have social, economic, political, and environmental consequences.
- There is a relationship between Earth’s physical features and the distribution of natural resources and how people use these resources to meet their needs and wants.
