Natural Resources
What is a renewable resource?
What is a resource that replenishes naturally at a sustainable rate?
What type of energy is created by flowing water?
What is hydroelectricity?
Which industry involves farming and mining?
What is primary industry?
What does GDP stand for?
What is Gross Domestic Product?
What does an ecological footprint measure?
What is human impact on Earth's ecosystems?
Which Canadian province is known for its potash reserves?
What is Saskatchewan?
What is one way companies encourage people to replace their products more often?
What is designing products that break or become outdated quickly, also known as planned obsolescence?
What is an example of a tertiary job?
What is a teacher, nurse, or retail worker?
What is one reason developed countries tend to have more jobs in the tertiary and quaternary sectors?
What is because they have more technology, higher education levels, and service-based economies
Name two things included in your carbon footprint.
What are transportation and home energy use?
Name two flow resources.
What are wind and sunlight?
Which fossil fuel is a major export from Alberta?
What is oil (or tar sands)?
What industry level involves research and development?
What is quaternary industry?
What is Canada’s largest export category?
What is energy (oil and natural gas)?
What is virtual water?
What is water used to make products we consume?
What does "total stock" refer to?
What is all the components of the environment?
What does "alternative energy" mean?
What is energy that reduces our carbon footprint and doesn't rely on fossil fuels?
What industry level involves research and development?
What is quaternary industry?
What percentage of Canada's economy is based on services?
What is about 70%?
Why is eating less meat considered more sustainable?
What is because livestock use a lot of land, water, and produce greenhouse gases?
What is a challenge of soil as a renewable resource?
What is soil erosion or loss of fertility from poor farming?
What does a geothermal plant use to generate electricity?
What is heat from below the Earth's surface?
Name 2 provinces depend heavily on forestry?
What are Quebec, British Columbia, and the Atlantic Provinces?
Which sector employs the largest portion of Canada's workforce?
Tertiary
What is one benefit of insects as a food source?
What is they require less land, water, and produce fewer emissions?