Natural Resource
What is a resource?
Something that is used by people to survive and improve their lives
What is water?
A major way in which people are connect to places.
What is sustainability?
the capacity of the environment to continue to support human lives and the lives of other living creatures into the future
Why is water is a key part of life?
Cultural and spiritual significance of water for Indigenous peoples throughout the world.
This water-borne disease is commonly linked to contaminated water and causes severe diarrhoea.
What is cholera?
This process happens when water changes directly from a solid (ice) into a gas without becoming liquid.
What is sublimation?
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What is a natural resource?
resources sourced from an environment, which can be classified as renewable, non-renewable and continuous
What is access to water?
directly influences the way people live, the crops they grow or the transport they use.
What is water scarcity?
a lack of sufficient available water resources to meet the demands of water usage within a place
Water can brings pleasure to people's lives in the form of views and recreation.
What is aesthetic value?
This disease, spread by parasites in still water, is often transmitted by mosquitoes breeding in water.
What is malaria?
This process in the water cycle occurs when plants release water vapour into the atmosphere through their leaves.
What is transpiration?
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What is a renewable resource?
environmental resources that if managed properly can be used again
What is water force?
Landscapes can be formed and changed by this force.
What is a reservoir?
a natural or artificial place where water is collected and stored for use
A common practice to cleanse with clean water in Buddhism, Islam and Judaism before entering a place of worship.
What is ritual cleansing with water?
Name one way communities can reduce the spread of water-borne diseases in developing nations.
What is (boiling/filtering water) OR (improving sanitation) OR (using mosquito nets)?
This viewpoint believes humans are the most important species and that nature exists to serve human needs.
What is anthropocentric?
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What is a non-renewable resource?
environmental resources that are finite (of a limited amount) and cannot be used again
Rivers have the ability to connect people to which three environments?
What are urban, natural and agricultural environments.
What is a drought?
a long period of abnormally low rainfall
For many Indigenous Australians, water is more than a resource. What term describes the spiritual stories and cultural laws that explain the creation of rivers, lakes, and waterholes?
What is the Dreaming (or Dreamtime stories)?
Explain how climate change may increase the risk of water-borne diseases worldwide.
What is by (increasing flooding that contaminates water supplies) and (expanding mosquito habitats in warmer regions)?
This viewpoint values nature for its own sake and emphasises protecting ecosystems regardless of human use.
What is ecocentric?
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What is a continuous resource?
environmental resources that have a continuous supply and can be used over and over again
Large dams and reservoirs create connections between people by providing which three key resources or services?
What are water supply, hydroelectric power, and irrigation?
What is an artesian bore?
a human-made device to tap water from an artesian basin or aquifer
This Dreaming story tells of a greedy frog who drank all the water, teaching Indigenous Australians the importance of sharing and managing water sustainably.
What is the story of Tiddalick the Frog?
This water-borne disease is often found in areas with poor sanitation and causes jaundice, fever, and abdominal pain.
What is hepatitis A (or sometimes hepatitis E)?
This process transforms neighbourhoods when wealthier people move in, often raising property prices and displacing long-term residents.
What is gentrification?
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